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Manchester City survived a late Sheffield United scare on Sunday to maintain the perfect record at the start of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign thanks to an 88th-minute Rodri winner.
The Citizens have a chance to prolong the winning streak at the start of the season on Saturday afternoon when they play host to Fulham in Matchday Number four at Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola’s troops are big favorites going into this tie despite the fact that Fulham have just shockingly kept Arsenal to a 2-2 stalemate at Emirates Stadium last weekend.
The Cottagers have even done so by scoring the late equalizer with ten men on the pitch following Calvin Bassey’s red card. Fulham have already shown several opposite faces in the opening three games of the season. They claimed three points from Goodison Park despite being an inferior side on the pitch against Everton before suffering a tough 0-3 home defeat at the hands of Brentford.
The last weekend’s performance against Arsenal was their best so far but they’ll have a mountain to climb in an attempt to repeat it this time around against the reigning champions. Pep can’t count on Kevin De Bruyne but Phil Foden should return to the starting lineup after coming on just for three last minutes last weekend at Bramall Lane through illness.
The Citizens have completely dominated this matchup in recent history with 14 consecutive victories over the Cottagers. Interestingly, we have also seen Fulham on target in each of the previous three meetings with Man City who celebrated two narrow wins in the previous term of the Premier League.The Citizens have won by at least three goals difference in two of the last four clashes against Fulham, though.
Despite scoring just three goals in the last two games, Man City still own the deadliest attacking line in the competition. They registered thirty shots towards Sheffield United’s goal last weekend at Bramall Lane.
Knowing that Fulham shipped five goals in the last two games and knowing about the big difference in quality between these two sides, we have to go for a comprehensive Man City win here.
You can back the hosts to win by three or more goals difference while we will also back Erling Haaland to score two or more goals on Saturday.
Prediction : Man City to Win with Over 2.5 Goals and Halaand to Score anytime.
Newcastle will make a long trip to the south where they will take on Brighton in a super exciting last game of Saturday’s Premier League schedule at The Amex. Both teams will enter the tie off the back of disappointing defeats from last weekend. Brighton fell 1-3 at home to West Ham United, marking their maiden loss of the 2023/24 campaign.
Roberto De Zerbi’s men produced their standard attacking-minded football on the occasion but it did not result in a victory due to West Ham’s fabulous display on both ends of the pitch.The fact that the Seagulls had 26 shots towards the Hammers’ goal last weekend says enough.
We expect Brighton to come up with a similar showing this time around regardless of the strength of the opposition. Newcastle, on the other side, dropped an early lead in both goals and players on the pitch as they shipped two late goals from substitute Darwin Nunez to lose the home fixture 1-2 to ten-man Liverpool last Sunday.It was the second straight defeat for the Magpies who had earlier fallen 1-0 away at Manchester City.
Newcastle claimed two wins over Brighton in the previous term of the Premier League, netting six goals in the process.The Magpies only have two wins in the previous ten visits to the Amex, though.
We have seen goals at both ends in four of the last five head to head matches between these counterparts.This is the match you do not want to miss out on. Both teams have a strong firepower on display in the final third and we’ve regularly witnessed high-scoring affairs in their H2H meetings in the last several years.
The Over 2.5 goals full-time and Both Teams To Score is our main pick while you can alternatively back Brighton’s victory. The Seagulls are still a formidable force under De Zerbi and we must not forget they’ve scored four goals in each of the inaugural two Premier League outings.
Prediction : Both teams to Score, Over 2.5 Goals and Brighton to Win…READFULL
