Manchester City vs Burnley Prediction 31.01.2024

• Competition: Premier League
• Date: 31.01.2024
• Kickoff: 19:30 UK / 20:30 CET
• Venue: Etihad Stadium (Manchester)

It's the second half of the Premier League and the most interesting is yet to come. Manchester City is slowly entering the campaign to dethrone Liverpool from the 1st place and keep possession of the championship title. Exactly 17 days ago, they played their last match in the Premier League and won a difficult visit to Newcastle. The good thing is that Erling Haaland could return to the field after a break of several months. In the meantime, Man City won their place in the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup with a win against Tottenham and things are going pretty solid for Pepe Guardiola's team. The fight on all fronts continues.

Basically, like every season when they participate in the Premier League, Burnley is one of the biggest candidates for relegation from the competition. The same is happening this season. Burnley is in 19th place with 12 points and the only one worse than them is Sheffield who took 10 points. Burnley was eliminated from the FA Cup and in the last match of the Premier League where they needed 3 points, they only played 1-1 against Luton at their stadium. There are great chances that Burnley will be a member of the Championship next season.

Manchester City vs Burnley pick: OVER 3.5 GOALS

Manchester City is already on a hot run, having won 9 of the last 10 matches. There will definitely be a lot of motivation and energy to achieve a good result at home after more than 3 weeks without a single match in Manchester. City last played at home to Huddersfield on January 7th and won 5-0. Burnley have a terrible record against City in their last 7 away games, conceding 32 goals and scoring only 1. This could be a game of cat and mouse. Man City is the clear favorite and we expect at least 4 goals in the entire match