Brighton-Manchester City is a rematch of the 32nd day of the Premier League and is played Wednesday at 9 pm: TV, formations, predictions.
Penultimate Premier League recovery before the grand finale next Sunday. On stage at Brighton’s Amex Stadium is freshly crowned English champions Manchester City, who just got their hands on the ninth title in their history, as well as their third in a row.
The officialdom, for the Pep Guardiola-coached team, came last Saturday, even before taking the field in the match with Chelsea. Arsenal, now resigned, also fell at home to Nottingham Forest allowing the Citizens to celebrate and uncork the champagne with as many as three rounds in advance. Against the Blues, the Catalan coach rightly gave minutes to those who have played less in these matches, but the victory, the third in a row among the various competitions, came all the same. A goal by Julian Alvarez, this time deployed as a starter in place of Haaland, after not even a quarter of an hour was decisive. Another clean sheet, yet another, for Manchester City, which had also kept its goal unbeaten in the previous two matches with Real Madrid and Everton. Guardiola is now aiming to write another incredible page of history, achieving the Treble that across the Channel only succeeded to Manchester United’s hated cousins in 1999. Indeed, there are two finals on the horizon: the FA Cup final against the same Red Devils at Wembley, but above all the Champions League final, scheduled in Istanbul next June 10 against Simone Inzaghi’s Inter Milan.
Festive atmosphere at the Amex Stadium
Last weekend Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton, which qualified for a European competition for the first time in its history, also partied.
Some Brighton players celebrate after a goal
There is no officialdom yet but 99%, barring cataclysm, it will be the Europa League. Last Sunday, the Seagulls immediately turned the page after the ugly defeat at Newcastle, beating already relegated Southampton 3-1 with a clean sweep, bringing them to +4 over eighth-place Tottenham, which can no longer catch up. In the rematch with Manchester City, a draw is enough to finally detach even Aston Villa, the only team that in theory could still catch up with them and send them to play in a less important cup, the Conference League. Brighton, however, has a three-point lead over Emery’s Villans, whom they will face just next Sunday in the last round of the Premier League. Even in the event of a tie on points, Aston Villa would have the worst of it because of goal difference, which is clearly in Brighton’s favor. De Zerbi will field most of the starters, despite having to do without several pawns, from Lallana to March, via Lamptey, Sarmiento and Moder. He will likely continue with rotations instead of his colleague Guardiola.
The prediction
The game will be played in a festive atmosphere, between two teams that have enchanted everyone in this Premier League with their style of play and are coached by coaches who pursue the same philosophy. There are all the ingredients, then, for a match with a high level of entertainment: the total goals should be at least four. It cannot be ruled out that Brighton will at least manage to avoid defeat.
The probable lineups of Brighton-Manchester City
- BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Steele; Veltman, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan; Gross, Caicedo; Goodnight, Mac Allister, Mitoma; Welbeck.
- MANCHESTER CITY (3-2-4-1): Ederson; Walker, Ruben Dias, Laporte; Stones, Rodri; Mahrez, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish; Haaland.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2