Manchester City vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2026

Manchester City enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brighton swing by this coming Wednesday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

The Sky Blues approach the next Premier League round as number 2 in the table, having claimed 42 points this season so far. With 20 games behind them, The Seagulls amassed 28 points, placing them as number 10 before their next fixture.

Manchester City are looking to avenge a disappointing defeat against Brighton in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.

The Citizens are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Premier League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.4 goals on average per match, or 24 goals in total, while allowing ten goals against, for an average of one per outing. They managed five clean sheets along the way.

Brighton scored 13 goals, conceded 12 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, The Seagulls came away with a 2-1 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Etihad Stadium, but face stern opposition, of course.

Manchester City vs Brighton Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City look in good shape before their upcoming match, as they seek to remain unbeaten. They started by taking out Nottingham Forest in a 1-2 win, before a 0-0 draw followed against Sunderland. Their most recent outing resulted in a 1-1 draw in a hard fought encounter with Chelsea. Manchester City have been in potent form at Etihad Stadium, winning no less than five of the past six Premier League matches here. They remained without defeat, as they drew once, hammered in 16 goals while letting in four.

Brighton Form

Brighton collected a single win and a draw in their past three outings, in which they were first defeated 2-1 against Arsenal. They followed up, drawing 2-2 with West Ham, before winning 2-0 against Burnley. Brighton managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring ten time and letting in seven.

Manchester City are far too strong to let a home win slip against Brighton, but at the same time, we don't expect the visitors to get over-run. This makes us target the home win in a match with less than three goals.

Manchester City won four matches, scored 14 goals and conceded seven in their last ten games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 15 points. Brighton won four of their last nine matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 15 and conceding 16 goals. They collected 13 points from these. Manchester City claimed 13 wins, three draws as well as four defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton are looking at seven wins, seven 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:

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/17), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/6), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/16), Nathan Ake (0/10), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/5), Rico Lewis (0/8), Ruben Dias (2/20), Bernardo Silva (0/20), Jeremy Doku (1/17), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/18), Nico Gonzalez (1/18), Nico O'Reilly (1/19), Oscar Bobb (0/9), Phil Foden (7/18), Rayan Cherki (2/15), Rodri (0/8), Savinho (0/15), Tijjani Reijnders (5/19), Divine Mukasa (0/1), Erling Haaland (19/20), Omar Marmoush (0/10).

Brighton Squad

Here is the full team squad of Brighton. The 32 year-old Fabian Hurzeler will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Bart Verbruggen (0/20), Jason Steele (0/0), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/0), Diego Coppola (0/5), Jan Paul van Hecke (3/19), Joel Veltman (1/11), Lewis Dunk (0/19), Olivier Boscagli (0/3), Andrew Moran (0/0), Carlos Baleba (0/16), Diego Gomez (3/18), Ferdi Kadioglu (0/19), Harry Howell (0/0), Jack Hinshelwood (1/11), James Milner (1/11), Kaoru Mitoma (1/10), Mats Wieffer (0/16), Maxim De Cuyper (2/17), Pascal Gross (0/1), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (2/18), Brajan Gruda (1/16), Charalampos Kostoulas (1/11), Danny Welbeck (8/19), Georginio Rutter (2/18), Stefanos Tzimas (1/9), Tom Watson (0/5), Yankuba Minteh (1/19).

Manchester City vs Brighton Team News

Manchester City seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Wednesday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb are all absent from the Manchester City squad that faces Brighton at Etihad Stadium.

Brighton just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Solly March won't be travelling with Brighton this time, as he nurses an injury.

Manchester City vs Brighton Lineups

Manchester City vs Brighton H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, The Seagulls came away with a 2-1 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Etihad Stadium, but face stern opposition, of course. Manchester City were a little more successful than Brighton in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 5-2-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Manchester City has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/11.

Manchester City vs Brighton Results

Keep an eye out for goals as Brighton visit Manchester City, since their ten matches saw over 2.5 goals scored nine times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 4/9 at the bookmakers.

Manchester City vs Brighton Betting Tips

Scoring 19 goals during a Premier League campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Erling Haaland is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Erling Haaland to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

Manchester City claimed all three points eight times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Brighton won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing four 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 eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened five times. Manchester City managed an average of 2.3 goals, while Brighton averaged 1.3 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Brighton's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.