WELCOME Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Premier League clash between Brentford and Manchester City. City have won their last nine league matches and can open up a huge nine-point lead at the top of the table with another victory tonight. Let's grab the team news ahead of this 20:15 GMT kick-off!

"We are playing against the team with potentially the biggest budget in the division and the greatest manager of the modern era," said Brentford boss, Thomas Frank. "They have unbelievable players and a very specific style of play that makes it quite difficult for a team like us. They are so good at keeping the ball and they almost never risk it. It is going to be very difficult."

Nathan Ake makes his first start for Man City since December 1 and will fill in at left-back. In total there are four changes from the side that thrashed Leicester 6-3 as Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden also start. Raheem Sterling, Rihad Mahrez, Ilkay Gundogan and Oleksandr Zinchenko drop to the bench.

Yoane Wissa, Frank Onyeka and Mads Roerselv come in as Bryan Mbeumo misses out with injury while Christian Norgaard is suspended and Sergi Canos drops to the bench.

Brentford XI: Fernandez, Thompson, Pinnock, Sorensen, Jansson, Baptiste, Wissa, Jensen, Onyeka, Roerslev, Toney.. subs: Cox, Canos, Forss, Ghoddos, Peart-Harris, Bidstrup, Stevens.

Man City XI: Ederson, Ake, Cancelo, Laporte, Dias, Fernandinho, Silva, De Bruyne, Grealish, Jesus, Foden.. subs: Steffen, Carson, Sterling, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Mahrez, Mbete, Palmer.