Comments and predictions for Brighton vs Man City: Sowing sorrow on away land
The match between Brighton vs Man City in the Premier League takes place at 8:00 p.m. on August 31. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Brighton vs Man City team information
Ait-Nouri picked up a knee injury against Tottenham but has been called up to Algeria for the September international break and is fit to play. Josko Gvardiol and Savinho are yet to return, while Mateo Kovacic (calf) and Kalvin Phillips (Achilles) are also out. The Trafford goalkeeper is likely to start despite his error last week, while Erling Haaland is poised to make his 100th Premier League appearance.
Brighton have no new injuries after the games against Everton and Oxford. However, Georginio Rutter remains doubtful due to a minor injury. The trio of Adam Webster, Solly March and Julio Enciso remain sidelined with knee injuries; Enciso's move to Strasbourg and then Chelsea also fell through due to fitness issues. Carlos Baleba, a transfer target for Man United, is certain to stay and is likely to be in Brighton's starting line-up.
Latest expected lineup for Brighton vs Man City
Brighton & Hove Albion:
Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, De Cuyper; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, O'Riley, Mitoma; Welbeck
Manchester City:
Trafford; Lewis, Stones, Dias, O'Reilly; Rodri; Cherki, Silva, Reijnders, Marmoush; Haaland
Latest Brighton vs Man City football review
Man City's "Tottenham curse" has yet to be broken, even though they had a perfect start to the season with a 4-0 victory over Wolverhampton in the opening round of the Premier League.
However, when Tottenham travelled to the Etihad, Pep Guardiola's men collapsed. Brennan Johnson opened the scoring after a brilliant counter-attack, before goalkeeper James Trafford made a disastrous mistake that gifted Joao Palhinha his second goal. A first-half injury to new signing Rayan Ait-Nouri added to City's frustration, allowing Arsenal and Liverpool to quickly fall three points behind. The defeat also ended City's 11-match unbeaten run in the Premier League.
However, Man City can be confident when visiting Brighton, as they are on a 5-match unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League, keeping a clean sheet in all 5. If they continue to keep a clean sheet, City will set a new record – keeping a clean sheet in 6 consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time. In fact, they have conceded just 1 goal in their last 7 away games in this tournament.
Meanwhile, Brighton suffered the sadness of becoming the “first victim” at Everton’s new stadium – Hill Dickinson Stadium. Coach Fabian Hurzeler and his team suffered a 0-2 defeat, with both goals assisted by Jack Grealish – the City player on loan. Before that, Brighton also drew dramatically with Fulham in the opening round, leaving the team with only 1 point after the first two matches of the season – their worst start in the past 15 years, except for the 2017-18 season.
Brighton, however, bounced back with a 6-0 thrashing of Oxford United in the League Cup, with Stefanos Tzimas scoring twice. They also have fond memories of winning four out of six against Man City last season. If Hurzeler avoids defeat this time, he will become only the second manager in history not to lose to Guardiola in his first three meetings with the Red Devils, after Ronald Koeman.
Latest Brighton vs Man City score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Brighton vs Man Cityas follows:
- Sportsmole:Brighton 1-2 Man City
- WhoScore:Brighton 1-3 Man City
- Our newspaper predicts:Brighton 1-3 Man City
When and where to watch Brighton vs Man City live?
To watch the Brighton vs Man City match live in the Premier League taking place at 8:00 p.m. on August 31, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
