City v Brentford: FPL Gameweek 4 Scout Report | OneFootball

The Scout's verdict is in for Gameweek 4 of Fantasy Premier League as City host Brentford.

Pep Guardiola’s side welcome the Bees to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday 14 September for a 15:00 (UK) kick-off.

We enter the game following Haaland’s hat-trick against West Ham in our previous outing which helped us to a 3-1 win in the capital. The Norwegian took control of the game within the first 10 minutes placing a strong shot in the bottom corner of the net with the assist coming from Bernardo Silva.

West Ham levelled only nine minutes later, but Haaland netted twice more, making it his 11th hat-trick for the Club which saw us gain another three points.

Last season, we beat Brentford both home and away in the league, but we'll have to be at our best in order to win on Saturday against a Bees side who have won two of their three league games so far this season.

And there may be crucial decisions for FPL managers to make ahead of Saturday 14 September's 11:00 (UK) deadline.

Read our latest FPL Scout Report below...

WATCH: Extended highlights: City 1-0 Brentford

CITY STAR

Rico Lewis (£4.7m) represents excellent value for money in Fantasy Premier League ahead of the Gameweek 4 deadline. The versatile defender has been playing in a very attacking role, in which he is asked to invert and join in with City’s attacks.

Essentially a midfielder masquerading as a defender in FPL. As a defender he gets extra points for attacking returns in addition to staple clean sheets.

The England international's 76 touches in the final third are more than any other City defender and is the fourth most across all defenders in the game.

Lewis is also City’s highest-scoring defender with 14 points, registered from a clean sheet and an assist.  He has also been unlucky not to score, having struck the crossbar against Ipswich Town.

WATCH: Rico Lewis highlights 2024/25 so far

ONE TO WATCH

Bryan Mbeumo (£7.1m) scored twice against Southampton in Gameweek 3. He is sixth among midfielders for points, with an average of eight points per start.

DIFFERENTIALS

Elsewhere, Amadou Onana (£5.1m) and Jarrod Bowen (£7.5m) are low-owned gems who have good potential in Gameweek 4.

Onana has registered 20 points so far with a goal and an assist as well as five bonus points. He faces Everton in Gameweek 4. Bowen has registered back-to-back returns and faces Fulham this weekend.