Manchester City fearless before departure for Brighton & Hove Albion clash

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

The visiting Manchester City side should be favourites in this visit to Brighton & Hove Albion, as the away team holds a 59 point advantage from their 37 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

The story so far for Brighton & Hove Albion at their home stadium (The American Express Community Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

The home team returns to The American Express Community Stadium after sharing the points with Arsenal on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Newcastle United.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of points are very slim. When Brighton & Hove Albion have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 1 from one game. 0 defeats by at least two goals.

The Brighton & Hove Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 18 matches. Brighton & Hove Albion's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Manchester City form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 13 wins, 2 draws and only 3 losses. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Brighton & Hove Albion. Having won their last three away games Manchester City has no reason to fear anyone.

The supporters enjoyed Manchester City's previous game versus Leicester City, a Premier League 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Manchester City won their away game at Burnley. The scoreline was 1-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Manchester City given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 24 matches with 19 wins as expected, 2 draws and 3 surprise home wins. The favourites won 11 of these games by at least two goals.

Manchester City are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 34 times in 18 away games so far. Manchester City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Manchester City - Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 0 Brighton & Hove Albion victories, 1 draw and 4 Manchester City wins.

Top Goalscorers

S. Agüero
20 goals / 8 assists
R. Sterling
17 goals / 11 assists
G. Murray
12 goals / 1 assists

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Manchester City missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played 6 18 37
9 6 1 Won 5 13 31
9 5 1 Drew 0 2 2
19 7 3 Lost 1 3 4
34 18 6 Scored 15 34 91
56 24 8 Conceded 3 10 22
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
68% 61% 80% Over 1.5 83% 78% 81%
46% 39% 60% Over 2.5 67% 44% 59%
24% 28% 20% Over 3.5 33% 22% 38%
8% 11% 20% Over 4.5 17% 6% 16%
51% 50% 80% BTTS 33% 33% 43%
19% 28% 0% Clean Sheets 67% 61% 54%
35% 28% 20% Failed To Score 0% 11% 5%
 
4.2 4.9 3.6 Corners For (avg) 7.7 7.7 7.9
5.7 4.5 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 1 2.3 2.2
1.7 1.7 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.5 1.2
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 1

Brighton & Hove Albion
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
30-03-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 1 Southampton
03-04-19 PL Chelsea 3 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
06-04-19 FAC Manchester City 1 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
13-04-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 5 AFC Bournemouth
16-04-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 2 Cardiff City
20-04-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
23-04-19 PL Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
27-04-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 Newcastle United
05-05-19 PL Arsenal 1 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
12-05-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Manchester City
Manchester City
All Champions League Community Shield International Champions Cup Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
09-04-19 CL Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Manchester City
14-04-19 PL Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Manchester City
17-04-19 CL Manchester City 4 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur
20-04-19 PL Manchester City 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
24-04-19 PL Manchester United 0 - 2 Manchester City
28-04-19 PL Burnley 0 - 1 Manchester City
06-05-19 PL Manchester City 1 - 0 Leicester City
12-05-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Manchester City
18-05-19 FAC Manchester City 16:00 Watford
27-07-19 CF Yokohama F. Marinos - Manchester City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 37 31 2 4 91 22 19 18 0 1 57 12 18 13 2 3 34 10 69 95
2 Liverpool 37 29 7 1 87 22 18 16 2 0 53 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 65 94
3 Chelsea 37 21 8 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 18 9 2 7 24 27 24 71
4 Tottenham Hotspur 37 23 1 13 65 37 18 12 1 5 32 14 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 70
5 Arsenal 37 20 7 10 70 50 19 14 3 2 42 16 18 6 4 8 28 34 20 67
6 Manchester United 37 19 9 9 65 52 18 10 6 2 33 23 19 9 3 7 32 29 13 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 16 9 12 47 44 19 10 4 5 28 21 18 6 5 7 19 23 3 57
8 Everton 37 15 8 14 52 44 19 10 4 5 30 21 18 5 4 9 22 23 8 53
9 Leicester City 37 15 6 16 51 48 18 8 2 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 51
10 Watford 37 14 8 15 51 55 18 8 3 7 25 24 19 6 5 8 26 31 -4 50
11 West Ham United 37 14 7 16 48 54 19 9 4 6 32 27 18 5 3 10 16 27 -6 49
12 Crystal Palace 37 13 7 17 46 50 18 4 5 9 14 20 19 9 2 8 32 30 -4 46
13 AFC Bournemouth 37 13 6 18 53 65 19 8 5 6 30 25 18 5 1 12 23 40 -12 45
14 Newcastle United 37 11 9 17 38 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 18 3 8 7 14 23 -10 42
15 Burnley 37 11 7 19 44 65 18 7 2 9 23 29 19 4 5 10 21 36 -21 40
16 Southampton 37 9 11 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 38
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 9 9 19 34 56 18 6 5 7 18 24 19 3 4 12 16 32 -22 36
18 Cardiff City 37 9 4 24 32 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 18 3 2 13 11 31 -37 31
19 Fulham 37 7 5 25 34 77 18 6 3 9 22 32 19 1 2 16 12 45 -43 26
20 Huddersfield Town 37 3 6 28 21 75 19 2 3 14 10 31 18 1 3 14 11 44 -54 15

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