Man City vs Brighton

Manchester City host Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon and we've simulated the game to predict the final score.

But, Haaland smartly let the ball run through his legs, allowing Grealish to pick up the ball in space and drive a powerful shot into the top corner of the net. Bernardo Silva made it 5-0 to City in the 43rd minute with a brilliant solo run, skipping past two challenges before drilling his shot into the bottom corner of the net. Haaland picked up the ball in a dangerous position in the box, but the angle was too tight to shoot as he was forced out wide. Haaland shrugged off his marker to break through on goal, and he fired into the top corner to double the lead. City got off to an ideal start against Brighton in the simulation, with Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland scoring in the opening 20 minutes to send City 2-0 ahead. Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips and John Stones are all set to miss out against Brighton, with the latter closest to a return out of the three.

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In today’s other three o’clock kick-off, Everton host Crystal Palace, who travel to Goodison Park on the back of their impressive midweek win against Wolves. With a two point lead over Rangers at the top of the table, Celtic travelled to Tynecastle for this afternoon’s early kick-off against Hearts. The Gunners travel to Southampton for one of five top flight games being played tomorrowe afternoon. There are two games in the women’s top flight today and the first of them has just ended with a Manchester City win over Tottenham Hotspur at Brisbane Road. A brace from Bunny Shaw and one from Lauren Hemp secured a 3-0 win for City, while Tottenham Hotspur lost Ellie Brazil to what looked like quite a serious injury in the first half. Meanwhile in Scotland: It’s 2-2 between Hearts and Celtic with a little over 30 minutes to go.

Manchester City host Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday as Pep Guardiola's side aim to bounce back from their first defeat of the season.

Chelsea have gone to a back 4 with the trio of Kovacic, Jorginho and Loftus-Cheek in midfield. Chelsea head to RB Salzburg on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League and then head to Brighton on Saturday, Oct. As for Manchester United, yet another Cristiano Ronaldo saga has dominated the last few days as he walked off early against Tottenham after being an unused sub and will not be in the squad to face Chelsea. The ball just hasn’t dropped to Raheem Sterling in the right areas on a few occasions. Casemiro and Eriksen class gives United sturdy foundation: The experienced duo of Eriksen and Casemiro got United off to a fine start as they ticked things over nicely in midfield and gave United a foundation to get something from the game. Manchester United host Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday and then host West Ham on Sunday, Oct. Rashford, Aubameyang struggle: The forwards on both teams struggled to have an impact and perhaps both Chelsea and Manchester United will be better without a true No. United and Chelsea both tried to leave as many forward players forward as possible and it turned the game into a bit of a stalemate. United dominated midfield early on and got the ball to Sancho, Bruno Fernandes and Antony often and Chelsea couldn’t get going. Potter’s decision to bring on Kovacic after 35 minutes gave Chelsea the control they wanted as they switched to a back four and went to a 4-2-3-1. Phil Foden is also in superb form in attack and Kevin de Bruyne continues to pull all the strings and Rodri is a machine in midfield. The sides posted virtually identical numbers across the board, as they gave Guardiola and Co., a small taste of their own medicine (only without the same success in front of goal).

Manchester City host Brighton on Saturday, and our betting expert predicts an alternate over will cash as he expects goals galore in our preview.

You could also play a Single Game Parlay, pairing together the Yes on Both Teams to Score with the total going over 2.5 goals at +123 odds. Brighton also tend to play in more entertaining matches away from home, especially at the Big 6 sides. So, my best bet is for the total to fly over 3.5 goals at +126 odds. In fact, Guardiola’s team finished with at least four goals in all of these matches. However, the Cityzens have still been a very dominant side this season. The Manchester side is at the top of the league in big scoring chances created (39), goals scored (32) and xG per 90 minutes (2.33), according to fbref.com.

Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish are in for Nathan Ake, Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden. 2:03PM. Brighton's starting XI.

He picks out KDB in the middle, who in turn has a one-two with Grealish to his left. "I don't want to change too much because I like the players and this style of play without the ball. But a moment of magic from De Bruyne killed the game and allowed City to romp to victory. They've had a couple of chances themselves, but the City defence has been equal to them so far. The past is the past, and already forgotten. KDB is picked out in acres of space on the edge of the area after a slick attacking move from City. We have not to forget our way and our style. We could have got to 2-2 but the goal from De Bruyne closed the game.” It's route one from Sanchez, playing Trossard up the middle of the pitch. A long punt from Ederson was allowed to bounce by the Brighton defence. The Belgium international also created the perfect chance for Mahrez to score a third at the start of the second half, wriggling away from the otherwise hugely impressive Moises Caicedo, and delivering the perfectly weighted pass for the Algerian to hit first time. “They play man to man [marking], so we have to be more direct.

Man City welcome Brighton to the Etihad on Saturday afternoon hoping to close the gap on league-leaders Arsenal.

City will be desperate to secure the three points on Saturday as they look to keep pace with the Gunners. [Pep Guardiola](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/pep-guardiola)'s men lost 1-0 to the Merseyside outfit last weekend, with Mohamed Salah scoring the only goal of the match at Anfield on Sunday. Despite the defeat, [City](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) still sit second in the Premier League table and have lost just once this campaign. The England international had been in good form prior to his hamstring issue. New boss Roberto De Zerbi is yet to register a win in the top-flight, and has lost two of his opening four games in charge. [Kyle Walker](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/kyle-walker) and [Kalvin Phillips](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/kalvin-phillips) remain out after surgery, while there were no other outstanding fitness issues after the Liverpool game.

Report and free match highlights as Erling Haaland adds two more to his Premier League goal tally; Man City awarded a contentious penalty in the first half; ...

"I think in the first half, we could play with more energy, with more confidence, with more personality. I believe if we play the same way, same style, we will win a lot of games." "In the first half, Trossard could have played better because I think he's a very good player and I expect always more from him. A brilliant afternoon for Man City captain De Bruyne - and all with a black eye picked up in training. With the ball, they are really good but in the first half, they played with a high press and intensity and we were playing on their terms. I have to analyse only my work and that is to understand if the players play well or not. We took only two points and this is sad for us, but we have to work, to improve. "We played one of the most important team in the Premier League, but the lessons are the same. We suffered, but the quality from Kevin made the difference. VAR did check the goal for a foul, but Haaland was simply too strong for the Brighton defender. Silva fizzed the ball along the top of the area for the midfielder, who was offered far too much space to fire home a sumptuous effort. He was caught by Joel Veltman down the left of the area, sending the winger rolling off the field, clutching his ankle.

The freewheeling fun of Manchester City's Erling Haaland era ground to a halt at Anfield. The big Norway superstar made sure to bring back the good times ...

Those are kinks that it will be intriguing to see the most decorated tactician of his generation iron out and he’ll undoubtedly have taken a thing or two from this absorbing joust with De Zerbi. Leandro Trossard spanked home a 20-yarder that was too hot for Ederson to handle and the Brazil goalkeeper saved impressively after a barnstorming run from the Brighton goalscorer in the 73rd minute. Now, as was the case on Saturday, they can be outplayed and out-thought for periods but blast their way out of trouble. It was definitely funny and things started to feel like fun again after a sapping week on the blue side of Manchester. In one glorious passage of play, Riyad Mahrez nutmegged Adam Lallana to get City moving down the right. Haaland slotted home and VAR upheld the goal, probably to teach Webster and children watching everywhere that standing in front of an articulated lorry when it’s thundering downhill is a terrible idea.

Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne made it 600 and 601 up for Pep Guardiola as City defeated a spirited Brighton 3-1 here at the Etihad Stadium.

[Jack Grealish](https://www.mancity.com/players/jack-grealish) this time went down in the box under pressure from Joël Veltman but it was turned down. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson) fired a ball forward that Haaland raced on to, holding off defender Webster and rounding Sánchez before nudging into the empty net. "The first half we had fully under control, we didn't let them play. "We did not have men free. [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones), [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake), [Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan), Gomez, Lewis. After loud appeals for a penalty, VAR decided to confirm referee Craig Pawson’s decision to say no to the spot-kick. [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) who ensured the three points. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson), Akanji, Dias, [Laporte](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte), Cancelo, [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo), [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) ©, [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva), [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) ( [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden) 61), Grealish ( [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer) 77), Haaland (Alvarez 80). [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson). [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) set up Rihad [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) for a close-range shot which was well saved by Sánchez. [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) cross before Sánchez and ended up on the floor. [Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola) had overseen 600 goals for City in the Premier League since arriving at the start of the 2016-17 campaign, with [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) ensuring 601.

Get a report of the Manchester City vs. Brighton & Hove Albion 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

[Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/134947/Kevin-De-Bruyne) scored a screamer late on to end hopes of a spirited Brighton comeback as City remain in second place behind leaders [Arsenal](/football/team?id=359), who play on Sunday. It delayed Haaland only by a matter of minutes, though, as he shouldered Brighton defender Adam Webster aside and slotted home into an empty net to break the deadlock. [Liverpool](/football/team?id=364) last weekend, with defender [Aymeric Laporte](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/159317/Aymeric-Laporte) handed his first start of the season.

Manchester City vs Brighton recap: Erling Haaland scored two more goals, and Kevin De Bruyne chipped in one of his own, in a 3-1 win on Saturday.

City have won nine of their 10 meetings against Brighton and they have won each of their last eight home league meetings against the Seagulls by an aggregate score of 21-2. Phil Foden is also in superb form in attack and Kevin de Bruyne continues to pull all the strings and Rodri is a machine in midfield. The sides posted virtually identical numbers across the board, as they gave Guardiola and Co., a small taste of their own medicine (only without the same success in front of goal). First under Graham Potter and now Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton play the same way whether they’re hosting Swindon Town in the FA Cup or visiting the champs on their best day. Saturday’s game is one they might have very well drawn a season (or two or three) ago, as they created just a handful of scoring chances and found themselves uncharacteristically out-possessed and out-passed. The victory moves Manchester City to within a point of Premier League leaders Arsenal, who are set to face Southampton on Sunday.

Get a report of the Manchester City vs. Brighton & Hove Albion 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

[Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134947/Kevin-De-Bruyne) scored a screamer late on to end hopes of a spirited Brighton comeback as City remain in second place behind leaders [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359), who play on Sunday. It delayed Haaland only by a matter of minutes, though, as he shouldered Brighton defender Adam Webster aside and slotted home into an empty net to break the deadlock. [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364) last weekend, with defender [Aymeric Laporte](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/159317/Aymeric-Laporte) handed his first start of the season.

Manchester City fight hard to get back to winning ways after beating Brighton 3-1 at the Etihad to secure all 3 Premier League points.

The blues seemed to take their foot off the gas and Brighton took advantage. A messy end, though the blues finished the game 3-1. Brighton managed to start strongly, and the blues had to fight their way into the game. The second half came, and Brighton were a different beast. Manchester City go into the break 2-0 up. City are used to being pressed to some extent, until the opposition are left exposed as the blues easily resist the press.