📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City head into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League tied result against Brighton & Hove Albion.

In that match, Manchester City managed 60% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Manchester City was Erling Haaland (41'). On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion had 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Kaoru Mitoma (60') was the scorer for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Their more recent scorelines show that huge efforts have been put in by the Manchester City defence. Manchester City have been miserly, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last six matches standing at 2. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Exeter City

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In their previous game, Exeter City drew 2-2 in the League One tie with Huddersfield Town.

For Exeter City, goals were scored by Reece Cole (20') and Jayden Wareham (89'). Marcus Harness (18') and Bojan Radulović (43') scored for Huddersfield Town.

Gary Caldwell's Exeter City have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 8 times throughout their most recent six matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 5.

📋 Team News: Manchester City

John Stones (Thigh problems), Oscar Bobb (Hamstring injury), Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury), Mateo Kovacic (Ankle injury) and Josko Gvardiol (Broken tibia) will be missing for Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola.

📋 Team News: Exeter City

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there is just the lone fitness worry for the Exeter City boss Gary Caldwell to be concerned with. Josh Magennis (Ankle injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Manchester City will, in all likelihood, dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the same time, Exeter City won’t find it easy finding the net themselves although we do see them hitting back at some stage here, too.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Manchester City at full-time.

Andre Moura, 09:02 08/01/2026