Injury report: a lot of problems for Brentford FC ahead of the away game against Manchester City, with Kristoffer Ajer, Shandon Baptiste, Aaron Hickey and the captain Pontus Jansson all missing because of injuries. Conversely, The Citizens don’t have only Kyle Walker in their squad. Bournemouth will miss suspended Chris Mepham, along with injured first goalkeeper Neto and captain Lloyd Kelly. Liverpool is still without Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz, but don’t have new injury worries, while Southampton will be without injured Kyle Walker-Peters, but with a new manager, Nathan Jones. Nottingham Forest must go without suspended Orel Mangala and four injured players, and Tottenham won’t have a trio of sidelined regulars: Ryan Sessegnon, Son Heung-min and Cristian Romero. Leeds United are in an even more difficult situation, with seven players out due to injuries. Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser are questionable for Newcastle United, while Chelsea are without Carney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell, Kepa, Reece James, N’Golo Kante and Wesley Fofana. Julen Lopetegui is the new coach of Wolverhampton, which must play against Arsenal without suspended Diego Costa and sidelined Pedro Neto.
Interesting facts based only on statistics
Manchester City – Brentford FC
Manchester City scored at least one goal in 100% of home games.
Manchester City scored at least two goals in 100% of home games.
Manchester City scored in both halves in 86% of home games.
72% chance that Manchester City will win this game.
72% chance that Manchester City will win and over 1.5 goals will be scored.
64% chance that Manchester City will win the first half.
64% chance that Manchester City and Brentford FC will score in this game.
50% chance that Manchester City and Brentford FC will score in the second half.
57% chance that both teams will score and the goal count will be over 2.5 goals.
93% chance that there will be more than 1 goal in this game.
86% chance that there will be more than 2 goals in this game.
79% chance that there will be more than 3 goals in this game.
29% chance that there will be more than 5 goals in this game.
86% chance that there will be at least 1 goal in the first half.
79% chance that there will be at least 2 goals in the first half.
36% chance that there will be at least 3 goals in the first half.
Tottenham – Leeds United
Tottenham scored at least one goal in 100% of home games.
69% chance that Tottenham will win this game.
69% chance that both Tottenham and Leeds United will score in this game.
69% chance that both teams will score and the goal count will be over 2.5 goals.
69% chance that there will be more than 2 goals in this game.
62% chance that there will be at least 2 goals in the first half.
38% chance that there will be a draw at half-time and Tottenham will win the game.
West Ham – Leicester City
Leicester City scored at least one goal in 100% of away games.
Leicester City scored at least two goals in 71% of away games.
99% chance that there will be more than 1 goal in this game.
22% chance that there will be more than 5 goals in this game.
93% chance that there will be at least 1 goal in the first half.
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Explanation: player statistics (a/b c)
a - games played this season
b - goals scored
c - team position (d - defender, m - midfielder, f - forward, g - goalkeeper).
