Manchester City vs Brighton

Brighton, on the other hand, have been heading south ever since their opening win and were handed their first defeat of the campaign when they squared up against the struggling Southampton.

Manchester City vs Brighton preview for Saturday’s Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium. City are aiming to go top of the table ahead of Liverpool’s teatime game

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Manchester City are the only one of the duo to have dropped points so far, in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham and only then due to having a winning goal disallowed by VAR for handball in the build-up.

Manchester City vs Brighton Head to head (h2h)

  • The teams have previously met each other six times.
  • Brighton are yet to get the better of Manchester City.
  • Their last encounter saw Brighton lose by a 4-1 scorecard.
  • Brighton have scored just two goals against City’s ten from their last four matchups.

Manchester City vs Brighton Match Preview

Three matches into the season, the Premier League title race increasingly looks to be between only two clubs – and Manchester City should leapfrog Liverpool to the top of the table by beating Brighton.

Just four clubs remain unbeaten and while Leicester and Wolves have mostly been drawing their games so far, last season’s two protagonists are doing just what they did in the closing stages of last term and setting the high standards expected of two of Europe’s very best sides.

City are the only one of the duo to have dropped points so far, in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham and only then due to having a winning goal disallowed by VAR for handball in the build-up.

Otherwise it has been business as usual for Pep Guardiola’s men with a brace of emphatic victories away to West Ham and Bournemouth, with Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero already with nine league goals between them for the campaign.