Brighton v Manchester City Betting Preview – Premier League 12th August 5.30pm
Welcome to the big leagues, Brighton. The Seagulls get rewarded for their promotion from the Championship last season with just about the toughest home game that they could have gotten. Manchester City are outright favourites to win the Premier League title heading into the new season and with Pep Guardiola spending heavily over the summer, he will be expecting some immediate returns from his investments.
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Brighton v Manchester City Betting Tips
Coming up from the Championship, you would like to ease your way into the new season. But no chance of that for Brighton who steps into battle with this season’s Premier League Champions elect, Man City. Brighton have drafted some new faces into the club, but most of it is unproven quality at this level and they really haven’t added the kind of quality that they may ultimately need to call upon to stay afloat. There is a need for them to do more shopping before the transfer window slams shut because they may well have 34-year-old Glenn Murray as their main striker option this term and while he was prolific in the second tier last term, he can’t be relied upon up in the big step up. The Seagulls were a brilliant home side in the Championship last season, but they are heavy underdogs for this opening fixture on home soil. Both teams not to score is odds on at 7/10 with Coral which shows how little of an impact that the home side are expected to have in this one.
Manchester City have Sergio Aguero at 4/6 and Gabriel Jesus at 5/6 in the anytime goalscorer market. There could be a good friendly rivalry between the two of them this season and that should only benefit the Citizens. Man City have been busy in the transfer market, shaking up their back line drastically and the arrival of Bernardo Silva could be one of the signings of the summer for them. City have more of a Guardiola feel about them. There has been a keeper upgrade too with Ederson coming in to replace Claudio Bravo. In the Coral correct score market, you have a price of 11/2 on a Manchester City 2-0 win. The last time that Brighton and City met in the league was in the old Division 2 back in 1989. The only game since then was a Carling Cup draw in 2008. So nothing really to look at there and over 2.5 goals at Coral is a quote of 4/7 as City will be expected to come out firing in this one to send a message to their title rivals.
Brighton v Manchester City Betting Odds
Man City 1/3, Draw 4/1, Brighton 8/1.
Brighton v Manchester City Predictions
Man City to win: The Citizens will be fresh and raring to go and the Brighton defence is probably going to have a busy afternoon. There is so much quality running through the City side now, who have shored up their defence that they can be trusted to get the win and worth a flutter to win to nil as well.
