Football prediction Brighton vs Man City, 8:00 p.m. August 31: Find the joy of victory again

TPO - Football commentary Brighton vs Man City, round 3 Premier League, at 8:00 p.m. on August 31 - Information on forces, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. Coach Guardiola's team is determined to dispel the sad memory after the defeat against Tottenham with a familiar away win against Brighton.

Pre-match comments

The nightmare Tottenham has not yet let Man City go. Before that, Pep Guardiola's team thought they had a perfect start to the season when they easily crushed Wolverhampton 4-0 in the opening round.

However, the resounding victory at Molineux quickly turned into a nightmare when Spurs travelled to the Etihad. Brennan Johnson opened the scoring with a brilliant counter-attack, before goalkeeper James Trafford made a costly mistake to give Joao Palhinha a free goal to double the lead.

Not stopping there, rookie Rayan Ait-Nouri was injured in the first half, adding to the sadness of Guardiola and his team. The 0-2 defeat not only ended Man City's 11-match unbeaten streak in the Premier League, but also created an opportunity for Arsenal and Liverpool to widen the gap to 3 points.

However, Man City still have grounds for optimism thanks to their impressive away form, unbeaten in their last 5 Premier League matches, keeping a clean sheet in all 5. Just one more match and they will set a new record in the club's history by having a streak of 6 consecutive clean sheets away from home for the first time. In general, The Citizens have only conceded 1 goal in their last 7 Premier League away matches.

In contrast, Brighton conceded twice as many goals in 90 minutes at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium. Sadly, Fabian Hurzeler and his students became "historic victims", when they witnessed Iliman Ndiaye and James Garner score in turn. Both players were assisted by Jack Grealish (currently playing for Everton on loan from Man City).

After a dramatic draw with Fulham in the opening round, Brighton continued to go empty-handed and were at risk of not winning in the first 3 matches of the season, something that has only happened once in the past 15 years, in the 2017/18 Premier League season.

However, the Seagulls managed to salvage their morale with a 6-0 thrashing of Oxford United in the League Cup in midweek, with Stefanos Tzimas scoring twice. Notably, last season they won 4 points after two encounters with Man City. If they continue to remain unbeaten in this match, Hurzeler will become the second coach in history to face Pep Guardiola without losing after 3 meetings, after Ronald Koeman.

Form, head-to-head history

In the last 5 matches, both Man City and Brighton have the same record: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Since Brighton returned to the Premier League in 2017, the two teams have met 17 times. The balance is heavily tilted towards Man City with 13 wins, while Brighton have only enjoyed the joy twice.

Force information

Rayan Ait-Nouri picked up a knee injury in the defeat to Tottenham, but has been called up to Algeria for the September training camp and is fit to feature. Josko Gvardiol and Savinho are unlikely to return in time, while Mateo Kovacic and Kalvin Phillips are also certain to miss out. In goal, despite his disastrous error last week, Trafford is likely to keep his place, while Erling Haaland will make his 100th Premier League appearance.

On Brighton's side, coach Hurzeler still left open the possibility of Georginio Rutter playing. Long-term injuries include Adam Webster, Solly March and Julio Enciso.

There is also no indication that Carlos Baleba will leave the club before the transfer deadline, and he is expected to return to the starting line-up.

Expected lineup

Brighton: Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, De Cuyper; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, O'Riley, Mitoma; Welbeck

Man City : Trafford; Lewis, Stones, Dias, O'Reilly; Rodri; Cherki, Silva, Reijnders, Marmoush; Haaland

Score prediction: Brighton 1-3 Man City

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