Manchester City vs Brighton Preview 22/10/2022

Manchester Metropolis vs Brighton – 22/10/2022

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Manchester Metropolis are again on the Etihad Stadium this weekend as they welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to East Manchester with the champions desperate to return to profitable methods after a loss to rivals Liverpool final trip.

Metropolis had been dealt their first lack of the season in all competitions once they had been defeated by the Reds at Anfield. It was Mohamed Salah who scored the sport’s solely objective as Metropolis had a Phil Foden objective disallowed when Erling Haaland pulled on the shirt of Fabinho.

What’s extra, regardless of having 15 objectives already to his title within the Premier League, Haaland was pocketed all through the sport by Virgil van Dijk and by no means actually received going.

Metropolis have now misplaced their unbeaten file, however right here at residence, nothing has stopped them from mauling everybody who heads to the Etihad with them profitable all video games to date on residence soil.

In truth, previous to heading to Anfield, the Residents smashed Manchester United 6-3, Copenhagen 5-0 after which Southampton 4-0 in back-to-back video games, that means they scored 15 objectives in three video games at residence, conceding solely three.

Pep Guardiola’s males at the moment are trailing Arsenal by 4 factors within the Premier League desk after the loss to Liverpool, and a win here’s a should if they’re to maintain on the tails of the north London outfit.

As for Brighton, they’ve struggled fairly a bit ever for the reason that departure of Graham Potter. In truth, with Roberto De Zerbi now on the helm, the Seagulls have did not win a single recreation and haven’t scored a objective of their previous three since that well-known 3-3 draw at Anfield the place Leandro Trossard bagged a hat-trick.

De Zerbi did present some qualities as a supervisor in that first recreation with Brighton, however ever since, issues have regarded fairly bleak.

A 1-0 loss at residence to Tottenham Hotspur would come, earlier than a 2-0 loss to Brentford final weekend and a 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest.

Nonetheless, his aspect nonetheless sit within the high half of the desk by hanging onto eighth for now. They do even have a recreation in hand over Newcastle United in sixth and one over Fulham just under them in ninth.

If Brighton can return to a little bit of kind and begin racking up the factors as soon as extra, they might discover themselves falling again into the European dialog. They’ve, nevertheless, regarded a shadow of their former selves.

Forebet predicts one other simple win for Metropolis right here and for the sport to see over 2.5 objectives.