One game is going to happen in the English Premier League on Thursday night and that will be between Brighton and Manchester City. After 32 games, Brighton has 11 wins, 11 draws, 10 losses, a total of 44 points and 10th place while City has 22 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses, a total of 73 points and 3rd place. In this game, I predict City's win.

Brighton has struggled lately as they have just 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 4 games. The team drew against Brentford (0:0 but had a better xG) and against Burnley (1:1 but had a worse xG). The team lost to Liverpool 1:2 and Arsenal at home 0:3. Brighton has been a good road team this season with 7 wins and 6 draws in 15 games, with a total of 28 goals scored and 19 conceded. The team has generated an xG of 26 at home, the xGA is 21.1 with a difference of 4.9.

City is out of the Champions League contention so their main focus until the FA Cup final (at the end of May) is the Premier League. They are 4 points behind the leader Arsenal but Manchester has played 2 fewer games. City has won the last 3 games and scored at least 4 goals in each game. On the road, City has 10 wins and 2 draws in 15 games, with a total of 33 goals scored and 18 conceded. The team has generated an xG of 32 on the road, the xGA is 17.3 with a difference of 14.7.

Brighton will have to cope without Solly March, Kaoru Mitoma, Jack Hinshelwood, James Milner, Tariq Lamptey, Billy Gilmour, Evan Ferguson and Pervis Estupinan. As for Man City, Pep Guardiola has confirmed that top scorer Erling Haaland will miss Thursday's game as he continues to recover from a minor muscle issue, but both Phil Foden and John Stones are in contention to face Brighton.

At this point of the season, City can't afford losing points and this is a must-win game. Yes, the team is without Haaland but the talent level on City's roster is very high so they should be able to get 3 points. City already had a fiasco in the Champions League so not winning the Premier League title won't be acceptable.

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在周四晚上的英超联赛中有一场比赛将在布莱顿和曼城之间进行。32场比赛后，布莱顿11胜11平10负，积44分，排名第10，曼城22胜7平3负，积73分，排名第3。在这场比赛中，我预测曼城会赢。

布莱顿最近表现不佳，他们最近4场比赛只有2平2负。球队战平了布伦特福德(0:0，但比分更好)和伯恩利(1:1，但比分更差)。该队主场1:2输给利物浦，0:3输给阿森纳。本赛季布莱顿是一支出色的客场球队，15场比赛7胜6平，进28球失19球。球队在主场的xG值为26,xGA值为21.1，两者相差4.9。

曼城已经无缘欧冠，所以在足总杯决赛(5月底)之前，他们的主要关注点是英超联赛。他们落后领头羊阿森纳4分，但曼彻斯特少踢了2场比赛。曼城赢得了最近3场比赛，每场比赛至少进4球。在客场，曼城在15场比赛中取得了10胜2平的成绩，进33球丢18球。球队在客场产生的xG值为32,xGA值为17.3，两者相差14.7。

布莱顿将不得不面对缺少索利·马奇、三oma、杰克·欣希尔伍德、詹姆斯·米尔纳、塔里克·兰普提、比利·吉尔摩、埃文·弗格森和佩维斯·埃斯图普南的情况。至于曼城，瓜迪奥拉已经确认主力射手哈兰德将缺席周四的比赛，因为他还在从轻微的肌肉伤病中恢复，但是菲尔·福登和约翰·斯通斯都有可能出战布莱顿。

在这个赛季，曼城不能丢分，这是一场必须赢的比赛。是的，球队没有哈兰德，但是曼城球员的天赋水平很高，所以他们应该能拿到3分。曼城已经在冠军联赛中惨败，所以不能赢得英超冠军是不可接受的。

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