Premier League football resumes this Wednesday with newly crowned champions Manchester City travelling to the Amex Stadium to face highly-rated Brighton.
The Seagulls are one of the major talking points of the 2022/23 Premier League season after their impressive showings under Graham Potter early this season and later Roberto De Zerbi.
Their success this season has been down to the tactical genius of both managers, although De Zerbi has taken them to heights Potter could not scale.
The Italian has led Brighton to their first European adventure thanks to a 3-1 win over Southampton, which means that they will finish in the top seven regardless of their results in the two remaining games of the season.
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But the goal in this game will be to ensure that they finish inside the top six, as they need just one more point to ensure that they play the fancier UEFA Europa League rather than the lesser Europa Conference League.
But a visit from the high-flying Manchester City might prove too difficult to get that one point they need. Yet, a rocking Amex Stadium may boost De Zerbi’s men to further success after some solid ten-game home Premier League form (W7, D1, L2).
Pep Guardiola’sGuardiola’s side will travel to Brighton in a good mood after finally lifting the Premier League title at the weekend–their third in a row.
They didn’tdidn’t need to lift a finger to secure that title, given that Arsenal’sArsenal’s loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday has confirmed them as 2022/23 PL champions. Yet, true to their nature as champions, a much-changed City squad still beat Chelsea at home.
The result made it 12 consecutive Premier League wins for the Cityzens. Although it is expected that their attention is now fully on the UEFA Champions League and FA Cup finals, the visitors can still make history in their remaining two away league games, as four points from those two games will give them the PL’sPL’s strongest record for an
But City aren’taren’t guaranteed a win here, given that they have failed to win five of their six away league games against top-eight opponents (W1, D2, L3).Click here to get expert football predictions.
