Tempo is likely at The American Express Community Stadium when Brighton & Hove Albion host Manchester City in what looks to be a fine match. Here's the preview!
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premier League
- Manchester City is in the best form (4-2-0)
Manchester City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Club Brugge, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Manchester City.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
The total Premier League results playing at home this season for Brighton & Hove Albion are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Brighton.
Brighton & Hove Albion are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by N. Maupay). The Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper Robert Lynch Sanchez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Brighton & Hove Albion manager G. Potter and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Norwich City (placed 20th) in the Premier League. Lewis Dunk was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.23 out of 10. The defender Dunk won 6 of 8 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Arsenal.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brighton as they are travelling to their away game against Leicester City in the Carabao Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Brighton has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Brighton are not conceding a lot of goals here at The American Express Community Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Manchester City form and stats
Playing away, Manchester City, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.
City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Club Brugge. As mentioned above, Manchester City was the only team on the pitch versus Club Brugge in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Riyad Mahrez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.51. Mahrez scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Burnley in the Premier League.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Carabao Cup trip to West Ham United.
The visiting City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. Manchester City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Brighton & Hove Albion victory, one draw and eight Manchester City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Maupay 4 goals |   K. De Bruyne 2 goals |  B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva 2 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.3 | 9 | 8.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 15.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 17.2 | 17.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | 36% |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manchester City is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 18 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Everton | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Southampton | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Watford | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Burnley | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 2 |
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