Brighton v Man City

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Manchester City have already nailed down their place in next season's Champions League and indeed the Premier League title while Wednesday night's hosts, Brighton, have two league matches remaining with a place in next season's Europa League already confirmed.

The Seagulls occupy sixth place in the Premier League standings where the south coast club hold a three-point cushion over Aston Villa and four points ahead of Tottenham, but Roberto de Zerbi's side will nevertheless face a tough challenge in the shape of league leaders, Manchester City, here.

Despite Brighton's lofty position in the top flight, The Seagulls have produced a mixed bag of results lately as the hosts have lost four of their last nine games having suffered defeats at the hands of Tottenham, Nottingham Forest, Everton and Newcastle United, three of which were inflicted upon Brighton away from home.

Brighton's saving grace is the fact that they have also picked up five wins during this nine-game period with important victories over Chelsea, Wolves, Manchester United, Arsenal and Southampton, and these will give the hosts confidence for this clash.

Manchester City were relentless in not only pursuing and steadily eroding the points deficit of title rivals, Arsenal, but ultimately wearing down Mikel Arteta's side into submission as the visitors now hold an unassailable seven-point at the top of the Premier League table.

The visitors have racked up 12 wins on the trot on their way to claiming this season's Premier League title as City have simply swept aside all competition since the end of February, including picking up five away wins on the trot as well.

Victories on the road at Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Fulham and Everton have contributed to Pep Guardiola's side proving that capturing this season's top flight title has been no fluke.

The bigger picture also emphasises how dominant Manchester City have been on their travels in the Premier League as City have suffered just three defeats in their previous 35 games on the road and the visitors have also been dominant over Brighton as well in previous meetings too.

The Citizens have won 11 of the last 12 meetings against Brighton and this trend looks set to continue on Wednesday night as the quality of the visitors should come out on top.

Brighton v Manchester City Verdict

It's been an excellent season for Brighton overall and The Seagulls head into this clash having scored in each of their last 14 games but their opponents have simply been head and shoulders above the rest of the division in this campaign and they also possess the longest unbeaten run in the top flight right now so the visitors should get the nod here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Man City win @ 1.75

Other side bets worth considering:

Under 2.5 goals @ 2.63

Correct score: Man City 1-0 @ 12.00