Bringing the season to a good end – that’s what it’s all about for both Brighton and Manchester City. While the Seagulls are nine points clear of the relegation zone and have already secured their place in the league, the Sky Blues are 13 points clear of the English championship. So both teams could be missing the big tension in this duel.
In the run-up to the match between Brighton and Manchester City, the odds are in favour of the visitors. Only once in the last six seasons have Brighton won their last league home game of the season. The fact that it is against the undisputed leaders of all teams does not give much hope that this record will improve on Tuesday evening.
In our opinion, however, betting on over 2.5 goals for Brighton against Manchester City is more sustainable than betting on the result.
Prediction & Live Odds for Brighton vs. Manchester City
In the case of Brighton against Manchester City, the prediction must take into account that nothing is at stake for either team. Both the Seagulls and the Sky Blues have the ambition to win the match. However, there is probably not the slightest tension left.
We see the Citizens as the clear favourites. However, the bet on more than 2.5 goals is more sustainable. ✅On the one hand, City is always good for three goals of its own. And on the other hand, given the five goals conceded in the last two league games, there could well be goals from the Seagulls.
Brighton – Statistics & Current Form
It is already clear that the supposed football dwarf Brighton will stay in the Premier League. Just ten years ago, the small club from England’s south coast was still playing in the third division, but in the summer of 2017, in their sixth year in the Championship, they were promoted to the highest English division.
Under Graham Potter, the Seagulls finished in 15th place last summer, before they were given early planning security for another year in the Premier League this season. They are currently only 17th in the table. But with a nine-point lead, nothing can go wrong at the bottom.
Only one win in the last seven league games
Albion are hoping that two good results at the end of the season will enable them to climb back up to 15th place, where Burnley currently stand with only one point more on their account.
However, considering that the Seagulls are facing two heavyweights in City and Arsenal in this English week, it is not necessarily expected that there will be a small jump in the table. After all, they have only won one of their last seven league games.
No league game won against Manchester City for 32 years.
In addition, Albion have three bad records. Firstly, only once in the last six seasons have the southerners won their last home game of the season. Secondly, the Seagulls are now winless in nine league games when playing on a Tuesday (two draws, seven defeats).
And thirdly, Albion’s last win against the Sky Blues came more than 32 years ago in April 1989. Accordingly, it is little surprise that the odds are against the league’s 17th-placed Brighton against Manchester City. Bet365, the bookmaker tested by Wettbasis, is offering quotes of 7.50 for a home win for the Potter eleven.
Predicted Brighton line-up:
Sanchez – Burn – Dunk – Webster – White – Trossard – Bissouma – Great – Jahanbakhsh – Maupay – Welbeck
Manchester City – Statistics & current form
The 2020/21 season did not get off to a rosy start for the Citizens, who dropped seven points against Leicester (2:5), Leeds (1:1) and West Ham (1:1) in the first five matchdays alone, leaving them in the upper midfield of the table.
After a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham, however, the Sky Blues bounced back very sustainably and went on a brilliant winning streak around the turn of the year. Pep Guardiola’s side won 15 Premier League games in a row to regain the top spot in the table.
Focus on the first Champions League final
On matchday 19, the Citizens were in first place for the first time in the 2020/21 season, just in time for the end of the first leg. From then on, they never relinquished their place on the sunny side of the table and steadily extended their lead after many a slip-up by their pursuers. The seventh English championship is thus already assured.
Accordingly, the main focus of the Sky Blues, who also won the EFL Cup for the fourth time in a row this season, is the Champions League. On 29 May 2021, they will play Chelsea FC in the final for the coveted trophy, which has been the declared goal of the wealthy club for years.
Three points, but also five goals conceded in the last two games
Pep Guardiola experimented several times in the last games and gave players from the second row a chance. The fact that the Sky Blues, who are otherwise so difficult to overcome, also lacked the final tension defensively is also evident from the two most recent results, which brought three points but a total of five goals conceded.
Accordingly, there is a lot of value in betting on over 2.5 goals for Brighton against Manchester City. Not only are the Citizens’ B eleven players motivated and hungry for goals, but the defence could also remain without a clean sheet on the south coast of England.
Predicted Manchester City line-up:
Carson – Cancelo – Aké – García – Walker – Rodrí – Silva – Gündogan – Mahrez – Torres – Aguero
