Premier League
· Round 9 · Sat 31 Oct, 15:00
Pre-match prediction
55%
24%
21%
Manchester City 55%
Draw 24%
21% Brighton & Hove Albion
✓Based on the confirmed starting lineups, not just each club's overall record.
Expected goals
1.89 – 1.20
Over 2.5 goals
60%
Both teams to score
60%
Model confidence
normal
Most likely scorelines
1-1 12%
2-1 10%
2-0 8%
1-0 7%
1-2 6%
Compared to the betting market (reference only, not used as a model input)
Manchester City
55% vs 56%
Draw
24% vs 23%
Brighton & Hove Albion
21% vs 21%
Lineups
Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.
B&
Brighton & Hove Albion
4-2-3-1
1
Verbruggen GK
9.5
1628
5
Dunk LB
7.1
1525
20
Costinha CB
6.1
1519
21
Boscagli CB
6.3
1557
44
Vušković RB
6.9
1580
13
Groß CDM
6.4
1580
14
Baixauli CDM
6.2
1504
25
Gómez LW
6.0
1628
26
Ayari CAM
29
Cuyper RW
1A
6.7
1556
19
Kostoulas ST
6.5
1537
1
Donnarumma GK
6.9
1664
3
Dias LB
6.4
2038
24
Gvardiol CB
6.5
1717
27
Nunes CB
6.9
1718
45
Khusanov RB
7.0
1541
5
Anderson CDM
7.2
1518
7
Ndiaye CDM
6.2
1501
11
Doku LW
6.8
1621
17
Fernández CAM
6.5
1460
32
Bouaddi RW
6.0
1491
9
Haaland ST
6.6
1794
MC
Manchester City
4-2-3-1
Manchester City · Bench
M. Guéhi, M. Kovačić, R. Cherki, Vitor Nunes, G. Rulli, N. O'Reilly, Allan, P. Foden, R. Lewis
Brighton & Hove Albion · Bench
J. Hadjam, J. Hinshelwood, G. Rutter, Y. Minteh, J. Steele, M. Wieffer, M. Svoboda, M. O'Riley, M. Yalcouyé
Manchester City · last 5 D
Brighton & Hove Albion · last 5 D
Head-to-head
31 Oct 2026
Manchester City
0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion
07 Jan 2026
Manchester City
1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion
31 Aug 2025
Brighton & Hove Albion
2–1
Manchester City
15 Mar 2025
Manchester City
2–2
Brighton & Hove Albion
09 Nov 2024
Brighton & Hove Albion
2–1
Manchester City
25 Apr 2024
Brighton & Hove Albion
0–4
Manchester City
21 Oct 2023
Manchester City
2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion
24 May 2023
Brighton & Hove Albion
1–1
Manchester City
22 Oct 2022
Manchester City
3–1
Brighton & Hove Albion
20 Apr 2022
Manchester City
3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion
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