Brighton vs Manchester City prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-11-08 17:30.
[p]After suffering back-to-back defeats to Liverpool across the EFL Cup and the Premier League, Brighton’s winless run was extended to three consecutive matches (D1, L2). Even with that dip in form, the Seagulls enter the weekend in the top-eight and in contention for the European places after a solid start to the league campaign (W4, D4, L2).[/p]
[p]Next up, manager Fabian HĂĽrzeler will look to improve his side’s woeful recent H2H form against reigning champions Manchester City, who they’ve lost to 12 times across 14 Premier League H2Hs (W1, D1). In that time, the hosts have conceded a whopping 40 goals – their most against any opposition in the competition – but with both of those prior positive results coming at the Amex Stadium, there’ll still be hope in the home dressing room that they can make it six unbeaten home outings to start this league campaign (W2, D3).[/p]
[p]On top of that, Manchester City arrive in the midst of one of their worst-ever spells under Pep Guardiola’s leadership. City surrendered an early lead en route to a 4-1 thrashing against Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, with that result making it three successive defeats in the same season for the first time since April 2018, as they continue to struggle without the injured Rodri.[/p]
[p]Guardiola will now look to avoid losing consecutive Premier League matches for just the fourth time in charge of City and if he’s to do that, he’ll need to get his side well drilled defensively during training this week. That’s because they’ve conceded the opening goal in five of their ten top-flight fixtures this campaign, their most at this stage since 2006/07![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Since moving to England in January 2023, Georginio Rutter has scored in ten different matches for Leeds and Brighton – two this season – with his side winning nine of those (L1). Even though he’s scored just once across his last five league matches and missed a penalty in midweek, City’s Erling Haaland could return to the scoresheet here after netting three goals in as many H2Hs. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The opening 15 minutes of Manchester City’s Premier League matches this season have witnessed nine goals scored in total – a joint-league high. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]