Manchester City vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th March 2025

When Brighton come to Etihad Stadium for the Premier League match this coming Saturday, Manchester City will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Manchester City are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Brighton and odds favour them to pull it off.

Manchester City show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.3 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 23 goals, whilst they allowed 12 goals against, for an average of 1.2 per outing. They pulled off four clean sheets.

The Seagulls travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping 14 goals against. An average of 1.4 goals against a game. They hung on to three clean sheets in this streak.

Manchester City lost to 2-1 Brighton in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 4-0 win, which Manchester City dished out the match before that.

Manchester City vs Brighton Prediction

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City beat Tottenham by 0-1 and Plymouth by 3-1, before losing against Nottingham Forest by 1-0. Manchester City claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 13 and conceded seven goals.

Brighton Form

In their last three matches, Brighton beat Bournemouth 2-1, drew 1-1 with Newcastle and beat Fulham by 2-1. Brighton managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Premier League away matches, in which they scored 12 while also conceding 11 times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Bookmakers have Manchester City down as rather big favourites for the win against Brighton. While it might prove a bit more troublesome than odds suggest, we find it equally tempting to side with the hosts.

Manchester City earned ten points from their last nine matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed three wins, following 12 goals scored while also conceding 15. Brighton earned six wins and 22 points in their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They scored 22 and conceded 26 goals in these. Manchester City are looking at a record of 14 wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton are looking at 12 wins, ten draws and six defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Brighton Squads

Manchester City Squad

The 54-year-old coach of the home team, Pep Guardiola, will select the lineup against Brighton from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ederson (0/19), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/9), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/5), Christian McFarlane (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/2), John Stones (2/11), Josko Gvardiol (5/27), Manuel Akanji (0/20), Nathan Ake (0/10), Rico Lewis (1/22), Ruben Dias (0/17), Vitor Reis (0/0), Bernardo Silva (2/25), Claudio Echeverri (0/0), Ilkay Gundogan (0/24), Jack Grealish (0/16), James McAtee (2/10), Jeremy Doku (3/19), Kevin De Bruyne (2/19), Mateo Kovacic (4/24), Matheus Nunes (0/19), Nico Gonzalez (0/4), Nico O'Reilly (0/2), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (7/23), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (1/23), Erling Haaland (20/27), Omar Marmoush (3/6).

Brighton Squad

Below is the full team squad of Brighton. The manager Hurzeler will pick his starting XI against Manchester City from these players:

Bart Verbruggen (0/26), Carl Rushworth (0/0), Jason Steele (0/2), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/10), Eiran Cashin (0/0), Igor (0/12), Jan Paul van Hecke (1/26), Joel Veltman (0/19), Lewis Dunk (0/19), Pervis Estupinan (0/21), Tariq Lamptey (2/13), Carlos Baleba (2/24), Diego Gomez (0/6), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (2/16), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (7/28), Mats Wieffer (1/16), Matthew O'Riley (1/12), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/24), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/12), Danny Welbeck (7/21), Georginio Rutter (5/27), Joao Pedro (8/22), Simon Adingra (2/19), Yankuba Minteh (5/23).

Manchester City vs Brighton Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Manchester City, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb nurses various injuries and won't take part for Manchester City against Brighton at Etihad Stadium.

Brighton have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

Solly March nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Brighton.

Manchester City vs Brighton Lineups

Manchester City vs Brighton H2H

Manchester City lost to 2-1 Brighton in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 4-0 win, which Manchester City dished out the match before that. Manchester City will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against Brighton. They are enjoying a good 7-1-2 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 8/13.

Manchester City vs Brighton Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Manchester City welcome Brighton 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 4/9 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Manchester City vs Brighton Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Erling Haaland so far as he managed to score impressive 20 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target three times in his last six games, and Manchester City rely on his abilities against Brighton. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Saturday seems like a decent punt.

Manchester City won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing three as well. Brighton won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost two in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Etihad Stadium since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Manchester City. The same occurred in six of the last 10 league games away from home for Brighton.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Manchester City and Brighton, with the former on an average of 2.6 goals a game. Brighton scored 0.9 goals per game and both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Manchester City, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Brighton played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals themselves during this run.