Manchester City – Burnley PREDICTION (28.11.2020)

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Manchester City – Burnley SOCCER PICKS

Manchester City and Burnley meet at Etihad Stadium, in a match for the 10th round of the Premier League. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which registers 6 victories in the last 6 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 06-22-2020, in a Premier League match that ended with Manchester City winning by (5‑0). The goals of the match were scored by David Silva (51 ‘), R. Mahrez (45’ and 43 ‘) and P. Foden (22’ and 63 ‘) for Manchester City. In this game the home factor may be decisive, as Burnley present considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Man City:

After 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, the home team is currently in 13th position, with 12 points won. In their last match, they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in an away match by (2‑0), after in the previous match having drawn (1‑1) at home, in a match against Liverpool. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 25 goals scored and 12 suffered; against 12 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their stadium, with 41 goals scored and 13 suffered. In their last match, for the UEFA Champions League, they beat Olympiakos Piraeus away by (0‑1). In their last 10 home games Manchester City have 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Their defense has not been very strong, since they have suffered goals in 6 of the last 8 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition.

Manchester City comes to this game motivated, after a 0x1 victory in the visit to Olympiakos, for the Champions League: Foden, at minute 36 ‘, scored the only goal of the game. The Manchester club usually play 4-3-3, with the three men responsible for creating trouble for opposing defenders are Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling. The player responsible for defining the attacks of the local team is the Belgian De Bruyne. For this match, coach Pep Guardiola is expected to have three absences, all due to injury: Sergio Agüero, Philippe Sandler and Nathan Aké.

Burnley :

After 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses, the visiting team is currently in 17th position, with 5 points won. In their last match, they beat Crystal Palace at home by (1‑0), after having drawn away in the previous match, in a match against Brighton & Hove Albion, by (0‑0). This is a team that curiously has been stronger away than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. For the championship, the Burnley conquered 2 points in 12 possible, after 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 4 parties that they played as a visitor.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 4 away matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 18 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that scores few times in the first place and that only managed to open the scoring in 2 of its last 8 Premier League games, of these 2 it reached the break with 1 advantage and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 8 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Burnley enters this day motivated, after a 1×0 home win against Crystal Palace: Wood, at minute 8 ‘, scored what would be the only goal of the game. The visiting team generally operates in a 4-4-2 tactical system, favoring a slower and more organized style of play. Therefore, the two players responsible for creating panic among rival defenders are expected to be Chris Wood and Jay Rodriguez. Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson, Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood and Dwight McNeil may play the most central area of ​​the court. Coach Sean Dyche should be delighted to have all the players available.


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