Manchester City vs Brighton Prediction, Betting Tips, Lineups & Odds | 07 Jan 2026

Premier League Betting Preview: Manchester City vs Brighton

Second-placed Manchester City host Brighton at Etihad Stadium, with kick-off set for 14:30 on Wednesday 7 January.

If you agree with our verdict that Man City can win by two clear goals, then you can back them -1.5 on the Asian Handicap at -106. The Citizens could have the upper hand against Brighton.

Manchester City faced Chelsea at home when last in action. It was a 1-1 draw at Etihad Stadium. Pep Guardiola's team had the majority of the ball enjoying 58% possession and three shots on target, with Tijjani Reijnders being the goalscorer.

Brighton won their previous game which was at home. It was a 2-0 victory against Burnley at American Express Stadium. The Sussex outfit enjoyed 60% possession and had four shots on goal, with Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari both on target.

Head-to-Head Statistics

Brighton are unbeaten in the past three games against City. In the last encounter, Brighton claimed a 2-1 victory when hosting at American Express Stadium. The past 10 H2H matches have resulted in five City wins, two draws and three Brighton victories.

Premier League		G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	GD	P
2	Man City	27	17	5	5	56	25	31	56:25	56
14	Brighton	27	8	10	9	36	34	2	36:34	34

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City have 7 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, averaging 2.4 goals from 5.4 shots on goal and 15.0 attempts. The Citizens have averaged 60.6% possession, 575.4 passes and 5.8 corners per game, with the opposition getting 1.0 goals from 3.3 shots on goal, 9.2 attempts and 3.7 corners.

Top goalscorers are Erling Haaland and Phil Foden on 6 goals, while Tijjani Reijnders has bagged 4. Rayan Cherki has the most assists with 5, while goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has 5 clean sheets.

Brighton have won 3, lost 3 and drawn 4, with an average of 1.3 goals from 14.4 attempts and 4.2 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 56.9% possession, 499.0 passes, 4.8 corners awarded and 5.1 corners against them, while the Seagulls have conceded 1.2 goals from 13.6 attempts and 4.6 shots on goal.

The top scorers have been Georginio Rutter, Danny Welbeck and Jan Paul van Hecke, with 2 goals apiece. Charalampos Kostoulas, Jan Paul van Hecke and Mats Wieffer have all made 1 assists in the last 10 games, while Bart Verbruggen has 4 clean sheets.

Confirmed Lineups

Manchester City confirmed lineup (4-1-4-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK), Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Alleyne, Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland.

Brighton confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen (GK), Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Maxim De Cuyper, Yasin Ayari, Pascal Gross, Ferdi Kadioglu, Diego Gomez, Kaoru Mitoma, Georginio Rutter.

Manchester City vs Brighton Prediction & Betting Tips

We cover the essential Manchester City vs Brighton betting angles, featuring our main match prediction, a corners value pick, correct score guidance, top player prop plays and a carefully crafted bet builder.

Match Prediction

We’re expecting Man City achieve a comfortable victory in this Premier League game and they look an attractive bet at odds of -106. Back the favourites at -1.5 to have the upper hand here.

The formbook always proves to be helpful when it comes to providing football betting tips. The latest Premier League team news is also vital, with the stats helping to shape our opinion too.

Key Manchester City vs Brighton league stats:

• The -1.5 line has been covered by City in 7 of their last 10 games at home.
• The -1.5 line has been covered by City in 13 of their last 20 games at home.

Based on the latest odds from the top bookmakers, our pick carries a 51.5% chance of winning. Based on our experts research, we calculate the actual probability to be closer to 60%. It’s the reason why we are recommending this wager.

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Our Match Prediction

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Correct Score Prediction

Man City 2 - 0 Brighton

Let’s go for the Citizens to win 2-0, a bet which is available at +750. Correct score betting provides plenty of excitement and a potentially bigger return if you win.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Georginio Rutter Over 0.5 Shots On Target +145

Georginio Rutter (Brighton) has bagged one or more shots on goal in his past two Premier League games. We think that some value can be landed by wagering on Shots on Target and you can secure +145 that he goes over the line.

Latest Georginio Rutter Player Prop Odds

Goalscorer

Anytime

+350

First

+1000

Shots On Target

Over 0.5

+125

Under 0.5

-227

Shots

Over 1.5

+115

Under 1.5

-

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Tijjani Reijnders to Score +190

Tijjani Reijnders (City) has found the net in his past two Premier League games on home soil. Based on the stats, we think that odds of +190 are really appealing when it comes to betting on Anytime Goalscorer.

Latest Tijjani Reijnders Player Prop Odds

Goalscorer

Anytime

+200

First

+600

Shots On Target

Over 0.5

-179

Under 0.5

-100

Shots

Over 2.5

+130

Under 2.5

-

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Corners Prediction

Under 9.5 Corners -104

The past five City games have involved an average of 7.60 corners. On this basis, we can take odds of -104 that this Total Corners bet falls short of the line.

League Games

League Games

Last 10 Total For Against

Last 10 at Home Total For Against

Last 10 Away Total For Against

Man City

Total

9.50 5.80 3.70

Home

10.40 7.40 3.00

Away

8.70 3.90 4.80

Brighton

Total

9.90 4.80 5.10

Home

10.00 5.00 5.00

Away

8.70 4.60 4.10

Latest Corner Odds

Total Corners

Over 9.5

-147

Under 9.5

+104

Man City Corners

Over 6.5

+102

Under 6.5

-147

Brighton Corners

Over 3.5

-114

Under 3.5

-123

Most Corners

1

-303

X

+750

2

+280

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Manchester City vs Brighton Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Manchester City are regarded as having a 68% chance of winning this Premier League clash in the eyes of the bookies. It means that their current betting odds are -208. If you want to back the outsider, Brighton are available at +525.

For those wanting an alternative, City are -111 on the Half-Time Result market. This means they need to lead at the break, with Brighton being priced up at +410 and the draw is +175.

Over 2.5 Goals is trading at a shorter price than Under 2.5 Goals right now. BTTS Yes is available at -182 for anyone expecting Both Teams to Score.

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Full-Time Result

1

-208

X

+360

2

+525

Half-Time Result

1

-111

X

+175

2

+410

Double Chance

1X

-833

12

-500

X2

+155

Draw No Bet

1

-588

2

+330

Asian Handicap

1 Hcp -1.25

-104

2 Hcp +1.25

-119

Total Goals

Under 2.5

+180

Over 2.5

-238

Both Teams to Score

Yes

-182

No

+138

Erling Haaland is available at -172 when it comes to Anytime Goalscorer. The favourite is now priced at odds of +250 to find the net first.

Erling Haaland (City)

First

-172

Anytime

+250

Phil Foden (City)

First

+165

Anytime

+540

Divine Mukasa (City)

First

+170

Anytime

+500

Tijjani Reijnders (City)

First

+200

Anytime

+600

Rayan Cherki (City)

First

+200

Anytime

+650

Jérémy Doku (City)

First

+210

Anytime

+650

Oscar Bobb (City)

First

+260

Anytime

+850

Danny Welbeck (Brighton)

First

+270

Anytime

+750

Sávio de Oliveira (City)

First

+270

Anytime

+800

Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton)

First

+340

Anytime

+1000

Diego Gómez (Brighton)

First

+350

Anytime

+1000

Georginio Rutter (Brighton)

First

+350

Anytime

+1000

Bernardo Silva (City)

First

+350

Anytime

+1100

Nico Gonzalez (City)

First

+420

Anytime

+1200

Rodri (City)

First

+420

Anytime

+1400

Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)

First

+450

Anytime

+1400

Yankuba Minteh (Brighton)

First

+480

Anytime

+1500

Yasin Ayari (Brighton)

First

+540

Anytime

+1600

Brajan Gruda (Brighton)

First

+550

Anytime

+1500

Nico O'Reilly (City)

First

+550

Anytime

+1800

Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton)

First

+650

Anytime

+1900

Josko Gvardiol (City)

First

+650

Anytime

+2000

Ruben Dias (City)

First

+650

Anytime

+2200

Abdukodir Khusanov (City)

First

+700

Anytime

+2200

Nathan Aké (City)

First

+700

Anytime

+2200

Matheus Nunes (City)

First

+700

Anytime

+2200

Rico Lewis (City)

First

+750

Anytime

+2200

Phil Foden (City)

Over 0.5

-227

Under 0.5

+130

Tijjani Reijnders (City)

Over 0.5

-179

Under 0.5

-100

Divine Mukasa (City)

Over 0.5

-164

Under 0.5

-106

Rayan Cherki (City)

Over 0.5

-154

Under 0.5

-110

Danny Welbeck (Brighton)

Over 0.5

-115

Under 0.5

-152

Jérémy Doku (City)

Over 0.5

+105

Under 0.5

-182

Oscar Bobb (City)

Over 0.5

+112

Under 0.5

-200

Sávio de Oliveira (City)

Over 0.5

+112

Under 0.5

-200

Erling Haaland (City)

Over 2.5

+120

Under 2.5

-217

Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+120

Under 0.5

-217

Georginio Rutter (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+125

Under 0.5

-227

Diego Gómez (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+130

Under 0.5

-238

Yasin Ayari (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+170

Under 0.5

-333

Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+180

Under 0.5

-345

Rodri (City)

Over 0.5

+185

Under 0.5

-357

Yankuba Minteh (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+185

Under 0.5

-370

Brajan Gruda (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+210

Under 0.5

-435

Bernardo Silva (City)

Over 0.5

+220

Under 0.5

-476

Nico O'Reilly (City)

Over 0.5

+250

Under 0.5

-588

Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton)

Over 0.5

+270

Under 0.5

-667

Josko Gvardiol (City)

Over 0.5

+300

Under 0.5

-769

Ruben Dias (City)

Over 0.5

+300

Under 0.5

-769

Nathan Aké (City)

Over 0.5

+310

Under 0.5

-833

Abdukodir Khusanov (City)

Over 0.5

+320

Under 0.5

-833

Rico Lewis (City)

Over 0.5

+330

Under 0.5

-909

Matheus Nunes (City)

Over 0.5

+340

Under 0.5

-909

Erling Haaland (City)

Over 4.5

+123

Under 4.5

-

Phil Foden (City)

Over 2.5

-109

Under 2.5

-

Tijjani Reijnders (City)

Over 2.5

+130

Under 2.5

-

Rayan Cherki (City)

Over 2.5

+105

Under 2.5

-

Jérémy Doku (City)

Over 1.5

-200

Under 1.5

-

Danny Welbeck (Brighton)

Over 1.5

-128

Under 1.5

-

Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton)

Over 1.5

+110

Under 1.5

-

Diego Gómez (Brighton)

Over 1.5

+118

Under 1.5

-

Georginio Rutter (Brighton)

Over 1.5

+115

Under 1.5

-

Yasin Ayari (Brighton)

Over 1.5

+120

Under 1.5

-

Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)

Over 0.5

-270

Under 0.5

-

Nico O'Reilly (City)

Over 0.5

-227

Under 0.5

-

Man City haven’t lost any of their past five games at Etihad Stadium. The Citizens have collected eight wins, one draw and one defeat in the past 10 home games, recording an average of 2.40 goals per match and conceding 0.70.

Brighton have failed to win in their last three matches on their travels. Fabian Hurzeler's side have recorded five losses, three draws and two wins in the previous 10 away games, scoring an average of 1.20 goals per match and conceding 1.60.

It was a 2-2 draw when City last faced Brighton at Etihad Stadium. The past 6 H2H games at Etihad Stadium have included five City wins along with a single draw.

Last 10 League Games		W-D-L	G	GF	GA	O2.5	U2.5	B-Y	B-No
Manchester City Home Stats		8-1-1	3.10	2.40	0.70	6	4	4	6
Brighton Away Stats		2-3-5	2.80	1.20	1.60	5	5	6	4

• W-D-L = Wins-Draws-Losses
• G = Avg. Goals
• GF = Avg. Goals For
• GA = Avg. Goals Against
• O2.5 = Matches Over 2.5 Goals
• U2.5 = Matches Under 2.5 Goals
• B-Y = Matches BTTS Yes
• B-No = Matches BTTS No

Manchester City vs Brighton Lineups & Team News

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