Manchester City – Brighton. Forecast and announcement for the England Championship match

On Wednesday, January 7, the match of the 20th round of the English Championship between “Manchester City” and “Brighton” will take place. The game will start at 21:30 Kyiv time.

Manchester City

In the current season, the Manchester team is showing really decent results. After 20 rounds of the Premier League, they have 42 points on their account, which allow them to occupy the 2nd step of the tournament table. The distance from the leader, “Arsenal”, is already 6 points. In the English League Cup, the “townsmen” qualified for the 1/2 finals, where they will play against “Newcastle”.

In the Champions League, the club won 13 points in 6 games, so it is currently in the 4th place in the overall competition table. However, the distance from many competitors for the top 8 is extremely small – 1-2 points.

The team also has small staffing problems – two main defenders, Guardiol and Diaz, were injured and out for long periods.

Brighton

The “seagulls” have not been very confident in their recent games, although they started the season quite well. Nevertheless, in 20 rounds, the club managed to win 28 scoring points – so far this is enough to occupy the 10th place in the championship standings. The distance from the top 5 is still 3 points.

The team was eliminated from the English League Cup at the round of 16 by Arsenal.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games, there is a balance between the clubs. Each team has 2 wins and 1 game ended in a draw.

Interesting facts

• “Brighton” won only 1 in the last 7 matches.
• Man City’s unbeaten streak has lasted 10 games in a row. The team has 8 wins and 2 draws.
• Manchester City have scored 44 goals in the current Premier League season, the most of any team.

Forecast

I will bet that both teams will score with odds of 1.62.