Manchester City vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd October 2022

Title chasing Manchester City are looking to continue their great run of results recently on Saturday. They face bleak looking Brighton, who don't have the bearing of a team capable of threatening Manchester City at the moment. Manchester City won 3-0 and 4-1 in their previous two matches against Brighton.

Manchester City are chasing the first place in the Premier League after collecting 23 points from their initial ten encounters. Brighton trail them on 15 points after ten rounds, sitting as number eight in the table.

Brighton enter the match this coming Saturday hoping to narrow the gap in the Premier League table on opponents Manchester City. Naturally, the favourites will attempt to widen the gap between the teams below them and aim for the very top of the table.

Manchester City enjoy some whopping stats from their previous ten matches. They average 3.3 goals per game, scoring 33 times while conceding ten. That is an average of one per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in five of the matches.

Brighton managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded 11 goals in total, and while claiming four clean sheets, they conceded 1.1 goals an average per game.

Manchester City vs Brighton Prediction

Manchester City form

In their last three matches, Manchester City beat Southampton 4-0, drew 0-0 with FC Copenhagen, before losing 1-0 against Liverpool. Manchester City swept all opposition aside in the six most recent Premier League matches at their home ground. They won all six, adding 18 points to their account, whilst scoring 27 and conceding seven goals.

Spoken of as title contenders, Manchester City are currently doing a good job of living up to the hype in the Premier League this season.

Brighton Form

Brighton came away from their previous three games with just one point, as they lost 0-1 against Tottenham. A 2-0 defeat against Brentford followed, before a 0-0 draw with Nottingham F.. Brighton claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and nine scored.

In a season where everything simply clicks, Brighton might even reach the upper third of the table but right now, they are on course for a solid mid-table finish.

Manchester City should be too strong at Etihad Stadium to drop any points against Brighton, and combining the home win with over 2.5 goals looks the value bet.

Manchester City have taken seven points from their last four games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of 13 goals to nine. Brighton won one of their last five matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring five and conceding seven goals. They collected five points from these.

Manchester City vs Brighton Team News

Manchester City might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Brighton.

Kyle Walker, John Stones and Kalvin Phillips are all absent from the Manchester City squad that faces Brighton at Etihad Stadium.

Brighton are juggling with three absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Manchester City.

Levi Colwill, Kaoru Mitoma and Jakub Moder all face a spell on the sidelines for Brighton due to various injuries.

Manchester City vs Brighton H2H

Manchester City won the last two meetings against Brighton by a comfortable margin. A 3-0 win was the follow-up to a 4-1 win in two entertaining encounters. Manchester City are rubbing their hands at the prospect of welcoming Brighton back to Etihad Stadium. The home side boasts an outstanding 9-0-1 record against their upcoming visitors. The best betting odds with the bookies for another win is 1.16.

Manchester City vs Brighton Results

Both teams found the back of the net four times in the past ten matches between home side Manchester City and Brighton. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 2.00.

Manchester City vs Brighton Betting Tips

Leandro Trossard look like great value to find the back of the net on Saturday, having hit the target four times in recent Premier League matches for Brighton. His total for the season says five goals scored in this Premier League campaign. With nine goals lately for Manchester City in the Premier League, Erling Braut Haaland is also a player worth mentioning.

Manchester City claimed all three points ten times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing zero along the way. They endured defeat in zero of the games in this run. Brighton won five of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing three in this series of matches. Manchester City kept visitors at Etihad Stadium from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Brighton have been able to keep a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened six times. Manchester City managed an average of three goals, while Brighton averaged 0.6 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the ten matches across the tournaments for Manchester City, who scored an average of 3.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.5 times in those matches.