Brighton vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st August 2025

Brighton hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites on Sunday when they welcome Manchester City over to the The American Express Community Stadium for a round 3 match.

They are not exactly up to a dream opening on the new season as Brighton have had to settle for a single point so far in the Premier League.

They are not exactly up to a dream opening on the new season as Brighton have had to settle for a single point so far in the Premier League.

Nobody likes to be on the losing side, especially so early into a new season. Brighton and Manchester City are no exception in this respect. Both teams are eager to improve from last term, leading us to expect an exciting affair at The American Express Community Stadium.

When it comes to goal-scoring The Seagulls could be more prolific, scoring 19 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.9 goals per game in which, they conceded 17 times. This is an average of 1.7 a game, achieving a clean sheet in one games.

Manchester City scored 19 goals, conceded six and managed six clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Brighton played against Manchester City. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

Brighton vs Manchester City Prediction

Brighton Form

Brighton hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with Fulham resulted in a 1-1 draw, followed by a 2-0 defeat against Everton, before beating Oxford by 0-6. Brighton managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored ten and conceded 11 goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City have a win and a draw to show from their last three matches. They first finished even in a 2-2 draw with Al Hilal, before they won a game against Wolverhampton with a 0-4 scoreline. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Tottenham. Manchester City won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored eight while also conceding one times.

The crowd usually get a very entertaining encounter, when Brighton face Manchester City, and we see no reason for this to end on Sunday. The value bet lies with goals.

Brighton vs Manchester City Squads

Brighton Squad

The 32-year-old coach of the home team, Fabian Hurzeler, will select the lineup against Manchester City from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Bart Verbruggen (0/2), Jason Steele (0/0), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/0), Diego Coppola (0/0), Igor (0/0), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/2), Joel Veltman (0/0), Lewis Dunk (0/2), Olivier Boscagli (0/0), Tariq Lamptey (0/0), Carlos Baleba (0/2), Diego Gomez (0/2), Facundo Buonanotte (0/0), Ferdi Kadioglu (0/2), Jack Hinshelwood (0/1), James Milner (0/1), Kaoru Mitoma (0/2), Mats Wieffer (0/2), Matthew O'Riley (1/2), Maxim De Cuyper (0/2), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/2), Abdallah Sima (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/2), Charalampos Kostoulas (0/0), Danny Welbeck (0/2), Georginio Rutter (0/1), Jeremy Sarmiento (0/0), Julio Enciso (0/0), Stefanos Tzimas (0/0), Tom Watson (0/0), Yankuba Minteh (0/2).

Manchester City Squad

Here is the full team squad of Manchester City. The 54 year-old Pep Guardiola will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ederson (0/0), James Trafford (0/2), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/1), Issa Kabore (0/0), John Stones (0/2), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (0/0), Manuel Akanji (0/0), Nathan Ake (0/1), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/2), Rico Lewis (0/2), Ruben Dias (0/2), Bernardo Silva (0/2), Ilkay Gundogan (0/0), Jeremy Doku (0/2), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/0), Matheus Nunes (0/1), Nico Gonzalez (0/2), Nico O'Reilly (0/1), Oscar Bobb (0/2), Phil Foden (0/1), Rayan Cherki (1/2), Rodri (0/1), Savinho (0/0), Tijjani Reijnders (1/2), Erling Haaland (2/2), Omar Marmoush (0/2).

Brighton vs Manchester City Team News

Brighton are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Manchester City.

Solly March sit this one out for Brighton due to an injury.

Manchester City have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Sunday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

Manchester City need to do without Rodri and Oscar Bobb, who are not fit enough to travel to The American Express Community Stadium.

Brighton vs Manchester City Lineups

Brighton vs Manchester City H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Sunday. All in all, Manchester City have a fine reading on Brighton in previous seasons with a 6-2-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 4/5.

Brighton vs Manchester City Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Brighton welcome Manchester City as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies on Sunday.

Brighton vs Manchester City Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Erling Haaland has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Sunday, it is because The Sky Blues bank on him to build on these numbers against Brighton. The latter relies on Jack Hinshelwood, who found the target three times in six games.

Brighton claimed all three points five times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Manchester City won seven of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing one in this series of matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at The American Express Community Stadium since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Brighton. The same occurred in two of the last 10 league games away from home for Manchester City.

Over 3.5 goals happened five times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Brighton managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Manchester City averaging 2.3 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Brighton saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.5 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Manchester City, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.8 times goals per game themselves.