Brighton vs Manchester City Live Stream, Predictions

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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-1 Premier League triumph vs Southampton.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 62% possession and 26 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, the scorers were Evan Ferguson (29', 40') and Pascal Groß (69'). On the other side, Southampton got 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Mohamed Elyounoussi (58') was the scorer for Southampton.

Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have hit an aggregate of 15 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 10.

Manchester City

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Manchester City go into this match following a 1-0 Premier League win with the eclipse of Chelsea in their most recent outing.

In that match, Manchester City had 65% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Manchester City was Julián Álvarez (12'). For their opponents, Chelsea had 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

A sequence of accomplished displays from the Manchester City defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 2 from their last 6 outings combined. In that period, their own forwards have managed to score 14. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 11/07/2020 shows that Brighton have won 1 of them & Manchester City 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 13 on 22/10/2022 when the final score was Manchester City 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion.

On that day, Manchester City had 48% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Erling Haaland (22', 43') and Kevin De Bruyne (75').

On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Leandro Trossard (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.

ℹ️ Team News: Brighton

Jeremy Sarmiento (Metatarsal Fracture) and Tariq Lamptey (Knee Injury) aren’t available for Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi.

It’s our opinion that The Seagulls may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for the game, utilising Jason Steele, Pascal Gross, Jan Paul van Hecke, Levi Colwill, Pervis Estupinan, Moises Caicedo, Billy Gilmour, Facundo Buonanotte, Julio Enciso, Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck.

📰 Team News: Manchester City

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola to be concerned with. Nathan Aké (Hamstring Injury) misses out for this game. Benjamin Mendy will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We reckon that The Citizens might play in a 3-2-4-1 system, settling for Stefan Ortega, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rodri, Rico Lewis, Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Brighton & Hove Albion will manage to score a goal against this Manchester City outfit, although just one goal isn’t likely to be good enough.

Therefore, we’re predicting a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Manchester City when all is said and done.

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Renata Leite, 00:07 20/05/2023