Brighton v Man City Prediction, Preview & Odds - Premier League

We have a Brighton v Man City prediction for you plus a breakdown of the betting odds, team news and matchups ahead of Thursday Night Football.

Brighton haven’t quite hit the heights of last season’s 6th finish, currently 10th with 6 games remaining they could finish between 8th and 14th depending on how the closing games go.

Man City are currently 3rd in the table and in the race for the Premier League title and can return to the summit if they win their 1 game in hand over Liverpool and 2 over Arsenal.

How To Watch Brighton v Man City

When is Brighton v Man City?

Brighton v Man City will take place on Thursday at 8.00 pm in the Premier League.

TV Channel

This game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.

Where is Brighton v Man City Being Played?

Brighton are the designated home team so this game will be played at The American Express Stadium in Brighton and Hove, England.

Brighton v Man City Odds

Brighton are 11/2 outsiders for this game per the latest football odds at BoyleSports. Man City are strong 2/5 favourites to continue their form and the draw is 7/2.

Handicap Betting

Brighton: +1 @ 17/10

Man City: -1 @ 23/20

Handicap Draw: +1 @ 11/4

Brighton v Man City Preview

Brighton’s Form

Brighton under Roberto De Zerbi had to contend with balancing European Competition with the Premier League for the earlier part of the season and that can be largely put down as the reason for their drop off in the league. However, following their Round of 16 Europa League exit to Roma last month they now have a free few games before the end of the season to climb up the league.

However, since exiting Europe the rise up the table hasn’t quite transpired yet, although they had difficult defeats games which ultimately led to defeat against title chasers Liverpool and Arsenal. It’s their other two results that they would be most disappointed with, drawing 0-0 against Brentford as well as 1-1 against Burnley last weekend in two games they’d have targeted for points.

If Brighton win and results go their way they could leapfrog Chelsea into 9th place.

Brighton’s Last Five Results

Burnley 1-1 Brighton | April 13th | Draw

Brighton 0-3 Arsenal | April 6th | Loss

Brentford 0-0 Brighton | April 3rd | Draw

Liverpool 2-1 Brighton | March 31st | Loss

Brighton 1-0 Roma | March 7th| Win

1 Win, 2 Draws and 2 Losses

Man City’s Form

This is the business end of the season for Man City, and they’ve already experienced the highs and lows that come with it in the last week being knocked out of the Champions League and booking their place in the FA Cup final in the last seven or so days. With Arsenal and Liverpool winning at the weekend, they must win their games in hand to return to the top of the table, starting with Brighton.

City last weekend booked their place in a second successive FA Cup Final following their 1-0 victory against cup challengers Chelsea. In fairness to their opponents too they put on a performance using their 38% possession to have 10 total shots with a cumulative XG of 1.14 to City’s 14 and 0.93 had it not been for Silva in the 84th minute who knows what could have been for the Londoners.

The task is simple for City, win and keep control of their destiny, while anything less puts the title in Arsenal’s favour.

Man City’s Last Five Results

Man City 1-0 Chelsea | April 20th | Win

Man City 1-1 Real Madrid | April 17th | Draw

Man City 5-1 Luton Town | April 13th | Win

Real Madrid 3-3 Man City | April 9th | Draw

Crystal Palace 2-4 Man City | April 6th | Win

3 Wins and 2 Draws

Brighton v Man City Weather Forecast

The weather is expected to be roughly 9 degrees with a 20% chance of rain.

Brighton v Man City Predicted Lineups

Brighton’s Predicted Starting XI (4-2-3-1)

GK: Verbruggen.

RB: Veltmen, CB: van Hecke, CB: Dunk, LB: Estupinan

CM: Gross, CM: Quomah Baleba

RW: Adingra, AM: Moder, LW: Fati

CF: Pedro

Man City Predicted Starting XI (4-2-3-1)

GK: Ederson.

RB: Lewis, CB: Dias, CB: Stones, LB: Gvardiol

CM: Rodri, CM: Silva

RW: Doku, AM: De Bruyne, LW: Foden

CF: Haaland

Brighton v Man City Head-To-Head Results & Stats

All-Time Head-To-Head Record

Brighton wins: 6

Man City wins: 20

Draws: 5

Head-To-Head Results Last Five Matches

Man City 2-1 Brighton | Premier League| October 21st, 2023

Brighton 1-1 Man City | Premier League | May 24th, 2023

Man City 3-1 Brighton | Premier League | October 22nd, 2022

Man City 3-0 Brighton | Premier League | April 20th, 2022

Brighton 1-4 Man City | Premier League | October 23rd, 2021

Betting Trends

Goals

Coming into the match, fixtures involving either of these sides this season average 3.27 Goals Per Match which is identical to the league average

Cards

Between both sides, they average 3.93 Cards Per Match, which is less than the league average of 4.59.

Corners

The sides average 14.87 Corners per match between them which is more than the league average of 10.81. Brighton with a total of 7.47 compared to Man City’s 7.40.

Scoring Patterns

Brighton's most chaotic period comes in the last 15 minutes where they have had 131 shots more than 40 more than their next busiest period scoring 14 goals, they have connected 10 goals though from 86 shots.

Man City's strongest period comes from the 61st to 75th minute with 18 goals from 77 shots, conceding 7 from 52.

Key Players To Watch

Joao Pedro – Brighton

Injury-depleted Brighton are coming into this game on the back of a 1-1 draw against Burnley. While the draw was a disappointment, arguably more disappointing was they only created an XG of 0.89 from that fixture. However, they face a City side who have conceded in 5 of their last 6 games in all competitions.

Pedro has had a strong season so far with 19 goals and 2 assists from 35 matches made all the more impressive by doing it across 4 different positions CF, SS. LW and AM. If Brighton are to score on Thursday I’d put him as their most likely scorer.

Phil Foden – Man City

The Manchester maestro (23) is tremendously versatile playing across all four positions in the front four this season Making him a key cog in the Guardiola side. While Foden played the full 90 minutes at Wembley last weekend, he has been on the bench for the previous two league games.

With City gunning for another league title Foden is sure to return to the team since he does have 22 goals and 10 assists in 47 games this season so far.

Brighton v Man City Prediction & Best Bet

Prediction: Brighton 1-3 Man City

Brighton head into this very much playing for nothing as they look to see out their season. However, they have the opportunity to put a severe dent in City’s title hopes with any sort of result here and with some dangerous players on their side, it isn’t beyond the realms of possibility.

The task for City is simple: win the game or they will relinquish control in the title race to Arsenal while opening the door for Liverpool. However, I suspect they will have more than enough to get the win here.

Best Bet: Man City Win + BTTS @ 17/10

*Prices are subject to fluctuation.

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