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Three days after the League Cup game, Manchester City will play Brighton again on October 31. This time, the rivals will compete for victory in the ninth round of the Premier League. In the cup meeting, the townspeople passed the seagulls in a penalty shootout. What scenario will events develop on the field today and which exact bets should I choose? - the answer is in our expert's betting tip
Command Analysis
Manchester City
Current form
Since the start of the Premier League season, Manchester City has had a seven-match winning streak that ended in the last round. The townspeople lost 1-2 to Aston Villa on a visit. They did not lose the first place, but now they are ahead of Arsenal only by the difference between goals scored and conceded. After that setback, Enzo Mareschi's team played the 1/8 League Cup final match against Brighton on their own field. The head coach had a solid rotation, rested Holland, Dias, Guardiola, Donnarumma and Anderson. Nevertheless, even under such circumstances, they managed to reach the quarterfinals, beating the Seagulls in a penalty shootout. The main time ended in a 2-2 draw. It should be noted that since the beginning of the season, Manchester City has suffered only one defeat in the Champions League from PSG (2:4).
Disqualifications and injuries
Semenyo is injured. Nunez's entry into the field is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In five consecutive matches involving Manchester City, there has been an exchange of goals scored.
Manchester City players fouled less often than their opponents in five of the last six matches.
Brighton has noticeably slowed down after a winning streak of six matches and has not won a single victory in the last three meetings. Fabian Hürzeler's team doesn't seem to be able to handle such a tight schedule, and the head coach doesn't have much room for rotation. At first, the Seagulls could not beat Yablonets in the Conference League (0:0), then they could not cope with Liverpool in the Premier League (0:2). In the League Cup against Manchester City, Hurzeler did not go for such a total rotation of the squad as his opponent, but he failed to make it to the quarterfinals. In the Premier League standings, Brighton is in third place after eight rounds, just one point ahead of Liverpool from fourth place.
Disqualifications and injuries
Mitoma, Ferguson, Tzimas, Aziz, Johanna, Streik.
Interesting betting trends
In only one of the last five matches involving Brighton, there has been an exchange of goals scored.
In six of the previous eight matches, Brighton players fouled more often than their opponents.
In the cup meeting the day before, the rivals dispersed peacefully in the main time. Today, as part of the Premier League, we are waiting for the victory performed by Manchester City. Enzo Maresca went on a solid rotation in the League Cup, gave rest to almost all of his leaders. Fabian Hurzeler used a mixed composition. In general, Brighton clearly cannot withstand a tight schedule of matches at a distance, there is no safety margin, primarily in terms of squad rotation. Since the beginning of the season, the townspeople have had only one misfire on their field – in the Champions League with PSG. It is unlikely that at the moment Brighton is ready to play on equal terms with Manchester City on the road, where all the leaders rested and recovered the day before.
Our prediction is that Manchester City will win with an Asian handicap (-1) by a factor of 1.97
On the eve of the League Cup, the rivals scored four goals between them, although they played with far from optimal compositions. In the last seven face-to-face meetings, only once have Manchester City and Brighton scored less than three goals between them. There is a high probability that no one will play strictly defensively today.
The second bet is a total of more than three goals with a coefficient of 1.60
Betting on corners
Brighton is not doing its best on corners, having lost in four of the previous five matches in this indicator. Obviously, Manchester City will play number one today and will confidently gain the upper hand in the corners.
Prediction – Manchester City win on corners with a handicap (-2.5) with a coefficient of 1.85
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Gianluigi Donnarumma