📏 Form Guide

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton will play in this fixture after a 1-1 Premier League draw vs Burnley.

In that match, Brighton & Hove Albion had 56% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 on target. For their opponents, Burnley got 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Josh Brownhill (74') and Arijanet Murić (79' Own goal) scored for Burnley.

Brighton & Hove Albion have really struggled up front of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opposition teams during their previous 6 matches. In those games, Brighton & Hove Albion have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 6. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.

Manchester City

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Manchester City head into the game after a 1-0 FA Cup win with the defeat of Chelsea in their most recent outing.

In that match, Manchester City managed 62% possession and 14 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Manchester City was Bernardo Silva (84'). Chelsea had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Manchester City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals in total. Defensively, Manchester City could really do with shoring things up.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 18/05/2021 shows us that Brighton have won 1 of them and Manchester City 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Premier League match day 9 on 21/10/2023 and the score finished Manchester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion.

In that game, Manchester City managed 55% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Julián Álvarez (7') and Erling Haaland (19').

On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion got 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. Ansu Fati (73') scored.

The referee was Robert Jones.

🗞️ Team News: Brighton

Solly March (Knee injury), Kaoru Mitoma (Back injury) and Jack Hinshelwood (Foot surgery) won’t be playing for Brighton gaffer Roberto De Zerbi.

In our view, The Seagulls will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 system and select Bart Verbruggen, Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Igor, Carlos Baleba, Pascal Gross, Facundo Buonanotte, Jakub Moder, Simon Adingra and Danny Welbeck.

🗞️ Team News: Manchester City

Owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Citizens appear most likely to play in a 4-1-4-1 system by sending out Ederson Moraes, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Rodri, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Jeremy Doku and Julian Alvarez.

✨ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Manchester City can have the majority of the possession and should turn some of their chances into goals.

In contrast, Brighton & Hove Albion may well find it hard to get goals of their own although we reckon that they could well end up scoring here as well.

We’re therefore expecting to see a fairly comfortable 1-3 winning score for Manchester City at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:01 25/04/2024