On October 23, the match of the ninth round of the English Premier League will take place, in which Brighton will play at home with Manchester City. The forecast for this match is given by Roman Pavlyuchenko, a well-known striker of Spartak Moscow, Tottenham London and the Russian national team in the past.
The Seagulls look like a very strong team at the start of the championship, as evidenced by their fourth place in the Premier League standings. Brighton are just two points behind Manchester City, which is a line above. Although in the last three matches, Graham Potter's team was content with draws. Last week, Brighton could not break the resistance of one of the outsiders of the championship, Norwich (0:0).
Josep Guardiola's team, along with Chelsea, has the best defense in the Premier League so far – these teams have conceded only three goals each. Moreover, two goals were conceded by the "citizens" in early October in an away match with Liverpool (2:2). After the October matches of the national teams, Man City dealt with Burnley at home (2-0), and last Tuesday in the Champions League defeated Belgian Brugge away (5-1), allowing the opponents to score a prestige goal already at the very end.
"Brighton", of course, is not capable of fighting with top teams for high places in the Premier League over a long distance. Gradually, the "seagulls" are starting to fall off, and in this match they are unlikely to get anything serious, according to Roman Pavlyuchenko. The expert notes that the class of these rivals is not comparable, and he expects the victory of the guests with a minus handicap in this meeting.