Looking at the odds provided by major bookmakers, this game tends to be a goal-filled game where favourite probably takes the win. Manchester City has gained 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from the last 8 games. Last 3 HOME games show us 2 wins, 1 draws and 0 losses. Their last game at HOME was on 26. December against Newcastle, resulting in home win (2-0). If we look at the last 8 games of Brighton, we note 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. Last 3 AWAY games are following: 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 losses. Most recent AWAY game was on 27. December vs West Ham and the outcome was draw (2-2). Looking at the data above, we at hintwise.com see Manchester City being stronger and most likely winning this game. Our football prediction for 1X2: Manchester City to win! High confidence.
This is a game between Top ranking Manchester City and Low ranking Brighton. Manchester City's last 10 HOME games against Low ranking teams show 9 wins, 1 draws and 0 losses. Meanwhile Brighton AWAY performance against Top ranking teams shows 1 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from last 6 AWAY games. Manchester City's attacking performance shows us an average of 3.4 goals per game vs Brighton's 0.8. Rank-based (against similar ranking teams) defense power shows Manchester City with 0.3 and Brighton with 2.2 goals conceded per game. Looking at the the Rank-based (performace against similar ranking teams) factors, our analysts see Manchester City being stronger and most likely winning this game. Our football prediction for 1X2: Manchester City to win! High confidence.
Last 8 games of Manchester City show us 3 Over 2.5 Goals and 5 Under 2.5 Goals. Last 8 matches of Brighton have seen 4 Over 2.5´s and 4 Under 2.5´s. When we look at the ranking-based O/U 2.5 stats of Manchester City it shows us 7 Overs and 3 Unders in the last 10 HOME games against teams who perform in similar way and who have same ranking as Brighton. Brighton has had 5 Over 2.5´s and 1 Under 2.5´s in their last 6 AWAY encounters against teams with ranking nearly the same as Manchester City. Manchester City is averaging 2 goals in their home games while Brighton makes about 0.67 goals away from home. Taking both numbers together we get 2.67 goals per match between the teams. Manchester City concedes 0.33 goals on average and Brighton 1.67. Both teams´s stats combined, we get a total of 2 goals conceded per match. With these statistics, we guess a total score of 2.3 goals per match. History shows that 37.5% of games end Over 2.5 for Manchester City and 50% for Brighton. When trying to give a proper Over/Under 2.5 football prediction , I would say it can be 2-3 goals - OU 2.5 is a risky bet. Under Over 2.5 prediction: no prediction!
Will both teams score or not? Looking at the Manchester City's last 8 games, we see 3 ´both teams scored´ and 5 ´only one team/no score´. From Brighton's last 8 games 5 have seen both teams scoring and 3 only one/no score. Looking at the rank-based BTTS stats, Manchester City had 2 BTTS YES and 8 NO's. For Brighton, we have seen 4 BTTS YES and 2 NO's. There is a 87.5% chance of Manchester City scoring in this game, the percent for Brighton is 62.5% . Probability of conceding a goal is 37.5% for Manchester City and 87.5% for Brighton. Looking at the stats above, it will probably be Both Teams to Score-YES match. Football tip for BTTS: pick BTTS-YES! Medium stakes.