Brighton vs Man City Prediction 25 April 2024

The rivals will play the postponed match of the 29th round of the English Premier League. Brighton is a mid-table team, but it has its own playing style. Manchester City depends only on itself in the championship battle - if it does not lose points in the remaining matches, it will take another title. At first glance, it seems that the "citizens" should not have problems at "Amex" in Brighton.

Losses

Brighton's infirmary is overcrowded. Thus, at least 10 footballers will not play in the upcoming meeting. Among them are Gilmour, Mitoma, Ferguson, and Enciso, on whom the team's creativity depends. Manchester has only Haaland's participation in question.

Head-to-Head Meetings

The opponents have played enough head-to-head matches in the Premier League to talk about any trends. Thus, Manchester City has won 12 matches out of 15. Betting on Manchester City to win is available with odds of 1.5.

Trends

Brighton wins with a handicap of +1.5 at home in 16 out of the last 17 matches. However, Manchester City scores in the first half away in 5 consecutive matches in the Premier League tournament. At the same time, it wins the second half in 6 consecutive matches.

Referee and Fouls

Jarred Gillett is appointed for the match. In the last 10 matches, he has shown an average of 3.6 yellow cards and recorded 21.3 fouls. If considering 100 matches, the number of determined rule violations increases slightly - to 22.

Both teams prefer to play attacking football and use fouls quite sharply. Nevertheless, Brighton commits fouls more often than Manchester City - on average, 10.1 against 7.7. It is not surprising that the team receives more yellow cards - 2 and 1.3 respectively.

Corners

Total over 10.5 corners played in 8 out of the last 9 matches of Manchester City in the Premier League tournament. Meanwhile, the team itself delivers more than 6.5 corners in 13 out of the last 15 matches in the Premier League tournament. If we take games involving the hosts, then Total over 8.5 corners played in 10 out of the last 11 home matches of Brighton in the Premier League tournament.

Team Reviews

Brighton is frankly struggling this season. The team tries to maintain an attacking mindset in any combination. However, injury problems still affect the results. Nonetheless, the attacking mindset of the hosts can be partly confirmed by the trend - Brighton delivers more than 3.5 corners in 12 consecutive matches. Betting on Corners - Brighton Total Over (3.5) is available with odds of 1.73.

Manchester City has a very congested schedule. Six matches in 17 days could knock any team off their stride, but not the "citizens". Indeed, during this time they were knocked out of the Champions League, but they reached the final of the FA Cup and moved to first place in the Premier League. At the same time, Guardiola's charges regularly score in the first half - Manchester City scores in the first half away in 5 consecutive matches in the Premier League tournament. Betting on 1st Half, Manchester City Total Goals Over (0.5) is available with odds of 1.49.

Editorial Prediction

Manchester's busy schedule should eventually take its toll. Moreover, the team should start playing more cautiously to save energy. In such a situation, Brighton has a chance to avoid a heavy defeat. Especially since Brighton wins with a handicap of +1.5 at home in 12 out of the last 13 matches in the Premier League tournament. Therefore, we will opt for a bet on Brighton Handicap (+1.5) with odds of 1.75.

📊In this matchup, let's immediately focus on the statistics. The last official match between the clubs took place on 21 October 2023 at the Manchester City team's field and ended with a score of 2:1.

⚽In total, the sides have played 15, and the numbers are as follows:

• 1 for today's home team;

• 12 for the guests;

• 2 ended in a draw;

• The Brighton & Hove Albion team scored 11 goals against the opponent;

• For the Manchester City team, this number is 39 today;

• The average total goals in head-to-head matches is 3.3.