Burnley vs Manchester City Prediction, 2/3/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 2/2/2021

Game: Burnley vs Manchester City

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Location: Turf Moor in Lancashire, England

TV: NBCSN

Odds/Point Spread: Burnley (+1000) Manchester City (-450)

Turf Moor is the site where Ashley Westwood and Burnley (6-4-10, 16th in the EPL) will play Manchester City (13-5-2, 1st in the EPL) on Wednesday. The starting goalkeepers are Nick Pope for Burnley and Ederson for Manchester City. Burnley are at +1000 while the Citizens are priced at -450. The over/under opens at 3.25.

Burnley stepped onto the pitch against Chelsea in their last match and went home with a loss by a final score of 2-0. When talking about passing the ball, they had a 72.9% received passes percentage by connecting on 207 of the 284 passing attempts in their last match. Burnley attempted 6 dribbles in this game and completed 5 of the attempts for a rate of 83.3%. Burnley averages 0.60 goals per 90 min (12 goals in total) and are sitting with 7 assists in all matches this year.

Ashley Westwood is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Burnley. Westwood has started 362 games in his pro soccer career and he accounts for 0.07 G/90. The midfielder who is from England has 24 goals scored in 32,178 minutes played. He has totaled 44 assists while earning 59 yellow card cautions so far in his career. Another guy who could decide the outcome is Chris Wood, the forward who is from New Zealand. Wood has been on the pitch for 24,768 mins in 279 starts and has earned himself a total of 9 yellow cards. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 32 times during his career while he has scored 125 goals. He scores 0.45 G/90 thus far in his career.

The guy protecting the net for Burnley is Nick Pope. Pope (69-53-59 mark in his professional soccer career) has 73 clean sheets, which gives him a 40.6% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper born in England has faced 764 shots tried at him in 180 career starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.05 (190 total goals allowed) and he holds a save % of .764. Pope has played for a total of 16,299 mins and has accumulated 583 stops in his career.

For their last game, Manchester City went home victorious with a score of 1-0 against Sheffield United. Manchester City ended the game with a 56.3% successful dribble percentage by converting 9 of the 16 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this outing by converting 745 out of their 820 pass attempts earning a percentage of 90.9%. Manchester City had 5 shots tried out of 10 shots tried which had them at a 50.0% rate in their last game. With a total of 37 goals and 26 assists in all their matches, Manchester City averages 1.85 goals and 1.30 assists per 90 minutes.

Phil Foden will be someone to watch for Manchester City. The midfielder hailing from England has been on the pitch for 2,218 mins while scoring 10 goals. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 5 times. He currently averages 0.41 G/90 and has had a starting assignment in 22 games in his career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Raheem Sterling, the forward hailing from England. Sterling has been given 30 yellow cards in 20,917 mins played (235 starts). His goals per 90 minute average in his career is 0.40. He has scored 92 goals during his soccer career while assisting on a goal 49 different times.

Ederson will reside in front of the net for Manchester City. During his professional soccer career, Ederson has given up 153 goals and has accumulated 382 stops in 201 starting assignments. He has given up 0.77 goals per 90 and he has earned a mark of 136-34-31. He sports a save percentage of .731 and his clean sheet rate sits at 45.8%. Ederson has accumulated 92 shutouts and has seen 525 shots attempted against him in 17,972 mins throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Burnley (+1000)

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