Brighton & Hove Albion played 1-1 against West Ham United last week, a game to remember. Next up is this strong Manchester City side.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (76) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Brighton & Hove Albion are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. City have already won the Premier League. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Brighton & Hove Albion have only managed 3 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses from their games here at The American Express Community Stadium.
Brighton drew their last game, also a home match. West Ham United (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Defender Dan Burn got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Burn won 6 of 9 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers.Brighton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 18 games. On the other hand, Brighton have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Manchester City form and stats
The away performances of Manchester City, who have the most scored goals (76) in Premier League, have been very solid so far with 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Tottenham Hotspur game have they lost an away game, meaning Manchester City has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
Manchester City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-3 victory visiting Newcastle United (placed 16th). The attacker Ferrán Torres got a match rating of 9.51 in that game. Torres scored three goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total). As you can tell from the result, the match against Newcastle United was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Ferrán Torres certainly enjoyed City's last game versus Newcastle United, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-3 victory.
A 1-2 loss hosting Chelsea before that.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, City are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Manchester City - Brighton 1-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Brighton, one draw and eight wins for Manchester City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  İ. Gündoğan 12 goals |  R. Sterling 10 goals |  R. Mahrez 9 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | 76 |
| 42 | 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | 81% |
| 44% | 39% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 14% | 17% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 11% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 19% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 44% | 44% |
| 33% | 39% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 83% | 50% | 50% |
| 31% | 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.5 | 15.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 27% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | 38% |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Brighton & Hove Albion.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most points (45) away in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (38) away in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (76) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (40) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+26) away in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+47) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 47 | 83 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 42 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 28 | 70 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 66 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 64 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 60 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 59 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 56 |
| 8 | Everton | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 56 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 55 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 57 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 53 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 41 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 49 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -12 | 45 |
| 13 | Southampton | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 40 | -16 | 43 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | -22 | 41 |
| 15 | Burnley | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -18 | 39 |
| 16 | Newcastle United | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -19 | 39 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -5 | 38 |
| 18 | Fulham | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 50 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -24 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -36 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 35 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 62 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 35 | -44 | 17 |
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