Brighton vs. Manchester City 10/23/21 Premier League Soccer Pick, Odds, and Predictions

Brighton and Manchester City face off on Saturday in an English Premier League showdown at Falmer Stadium. When these two teams faced off in May of 2021, Brighton came away with the 3-2 victory. 

Manchester City currently sits in 3rd place in the standings having picked up 17 points. The last few years Manchester City was known as an elite offense, but this year they haven’t had as many games where they have scored four or five goals. In the last game against Burnley, Manchester City scored two goals, and the defense locked down,not allowing any goals. Manchester City has scored 16 goals total while the defense has given up only three goals. Gabriel Jesus has found a lot of success scoring two goals and four assists. 

On the other side of this matchup is Brighton who sit in 4th place in the standings having picked up 15 points. . Each of the last three games for Brighton has been played to draws and each of the last two games has had zero goals scored in. Brighton has scored eight goals total while the defense has given up five goals. The best player for Brighton has been Neal Maupay and he has scored four goals. Five different players have scored at least one goal this season. This is a team that has leaned on their defense, and it’s going to need to be the defense that steps up and slows down Manchester City. 

Brighton has had good defensive play this season and that is going to continue in this game. I don’t think Manchester City is going to run up the score, and Brighton will keep this game close. Back Brighton +1.5.