Manchester City vs Brighton Predictions

• Man City have won 13 of their last 15 home games in the league.
• The last five head-to-heads have gone over 2.5 goals
• Phil Foden has ten goals this season

City looking to get title charge back on track

Manchester City’s Premier League title ambitions took a big dent on Sunday as they were pegged back by a late Chelsea equaliser which saw Arsenal’s lead at the top of the table grow to six points after the weekend’s action.

There is not much time for Pep Guardiola’s team to dust themselves down with the visit of Brighton looming tomorrow.

The Citizens have been rock-solid at home recently however, winning 13 of their last 15 league games at the Etihad. A 2-0 loss to Tottenham at the start of the campaign is the only loss that they have suffered on home soil and they are currently on a ten-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

They are also facing a Brighton side who have struggled on the road this season, losing five of their ten road trips and winning just two of those.

Hosts suffering injury crisis at the back

The Seagulls snapped a six-game winless run with a 2-0 success against Burnley at the weekend but they have been a touch disappointing this season, even if they sit tenth in the table.

Only the bottom five have won fewer games than Fabian Hurzeler’s side, with too many stalemates holding them back. However given the congested nature of the Premier League table this season, a European push is by no means off the table for the visitors.

They will also take great heart from their record against these opponents, they have won two and drawn one of the last three head-to-heads, including a 2-1 victory over Manchester City earlier this season.

They certainly know how to get at this City backline, both teams to score has landed in six of the last seven head-to-heads and that will be particularly pertinent given the home side are experiencing something of a defensive injury crisis.

Josko Gvardiol limped off against Chelsea while Ruben Dias and John Stones are also out. A foray into the January transfer market has been mooted but that will surely not come in time for this game so Guardiola’s men could be left short at the back.

Foden a goal contender

Brighton will be looking to capitalise on that and this could be a pulsating affair, particularly given City’s difficulties at stopping the counter, an aspect of the game that Brighton relish.

It’s worth taking both teams to score and over 2.5 goals in what could become a real end-to-end affair, particularly given the hosts’ defensive issues.

City may just have too much going forwards however and are fancied to win this one 3-1.

Phil Foden has netted ten goals for the home side, second behind Erling Haaland, and he is worth chancing to get on the scoresheet again.