Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City prediction and betting tips on April 25, 2024
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Game Prediction
On April 25, 2024, Brighton & Hove Albion will host Manchester City in the English Premier League. Victory will allow the guests to regain sole leadership, while the hosts are already fighting only for their reputation.
Key statistics & trends:
The hosts cannot win in the Premier League 4 times in a row – they alternate between draws and defeats after being eliminated from the Europa League.
The 0-3 loss to Arsenal became the first home defeat for De Zerbi’s wards since August. Then they failed to win in the battle against another club from London – West Ham.
The champion is undefeated in all tournaments since December 6
Brighton & Hove Albion – the shape of the team and its analysis: it is already 6 points behind the European tournament zone
“The Seagulls” performed well for a debutant in the Europa League, reaching the play-offs and winning their group. Still, their elimination from this tournament became a real shock for them. Speaking about 4 previous matches, 2 goals were scored, and 2 points were taken, despite the fact that the opponents were Brentford and Burnley. However, not everything had worked out before that: only 2 out of 11 previous confrontations were won, both times the score was the same – 1-0.
Manchester City – the shape of the team and its analysis: recent matches have cooled down the ambitions
“The City” won the treble in the previous season, and their chances of repeating the success looked reasonable just a week ago. The grandee had taken sole 1st place in the Premier League and took a 3-3 draw in Madrid in the first quarter-final of the Champions League. Still, Real tactically outplayed the favourite, performing quite confidently as “number two”, in the return match. Lunin made 10 saves and was successful in 2 penalties, which ensured “the Los Blancos'” passage to the next round. The team lacked physical and emotional strength in the confrontation with Chelsea in the cup semi-final on Saturday. Nevertheless, Ortega made 5 saves and the anti-hero of the Champions League, Bernardo Silva, scored in the end of the game.
Brighton & Hove Albion: team news
The club’s infirmary is overcrowded due to the busy season. For instance, there are Mitoma, Ferguson, Milner, Lamptey, Enciso, Gilmour and Webster.
Manchester City: team news
Haaland had health problems and may miss this fight as well.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City: predicted starting line-ups
Brighton & Hove Albion (predicted line-ups): Verbruggen – Veltman, van Hecke, Dunk, Estupiñan – Gross, Baleba – Adingra, Moder, Joao Pedro – Welbeck.
Manchester City (predicted line-ups): Ederson – Walker, Stones, Akanji, Ake – Rodri, Bernardo Silva – Foden, De Bruyne, Grealish – Alvarez.
Previous head-to-head matches
De Zerbi took points in the confrontation with Guardiola, drawing with a 1-1 score, a year ago, in May. Still, the champion was able to win at the home arena in the autumn.
Free prediction for the match Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City on April 25:
Only Liverpool stopped Guardiola’s wards on the native field; they won 6 previous away matches. We bet on the champion’s victory with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.68).