Manchester City travel to Brighton this weekend in a bid to brush off the cobwebs from last weekend’s shock 2-0 loss at home to Tottenham.
It was a bit of a surprise indeed for Pep Guardiola’s title chasers as they shipped poor goals against Thomas Frank’s Spurs, but they’ll be determined to put it right.
Their opening fixture was more like it away to Wolves but Brighton will know they may be feeling low on confidence by their usual standards and could smell blood in the water.
The Seagulls have just the one point so far thanks to ex-Celtic playmaker Matt O’Riley vs Fulham in a 1-1 draw. They lost to Everton the following week but did put in a strong effort.
A 6-0 Carabao Cup win over Oxford United brought the confidence back, but it is a tough task at any stage of the campaign to face the Citizens.
Leading bookmakers have the hosts as underdogs at 11/4 while the visitors are sitting at odds of 17/20 to get the job done.
Brighton vs Manchester City Bet Builder Tips
Omar Mamoush anytime scorer @ 2/1
The Egyptian forward missed a hatful of big chances last weekend and he will be determined, you’d suspect, to banish those bad feelings in front of goal this time.
He has only faced these opponents once in his City career in a 2-2 draw at the Amex Stadium, but he scored that day.
Doubling your money on him to score any time – not first – and punters can take serious interest in this one.
Carlos Baleba 2+ fouls @ 4/7
The Manchester United target likes to put himself about and enjoys the physical battle in the middle of the pitch.
According to the statisticians he averages two fouls per game in the Premier League and that was enough for us to add this to our treble. He will also want to lay down a marker against a top club and division favourite so expect him to throw down.
Erling Haaland 3+ shots @ 1/2
The Norwegian superstar hit two goals on the opening day at Molineux but drew a blank the following week, and we all know he hates going any fixtures without finding the net.
At 1/2 odds for the 25-year-old to have three or more shots at goal, not even necessarily on target, was too good to pass up. Hopefully he doesn’t pass up the efforts on goal, too.
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