premier league,
Round 9
Manchester City
MCI
31/10/2026
15:00
Brighton
BRI
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place
- Etihad Stadium
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referee
- Craig Pawson
Where to watch Man City vs Brighton: TV Channel, Live Streams Online
Manchester City vs Brighton kicks off at 15:00 GMT on Saturday 31st October at the Etihad Stadium.
The match is not shown live on TV in the UK. Highlights will be on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday.
Here is the full list of International broadcasters of the Premier League.
Preview Man City vs Brighton Premier League
He went in the first round citybut only fair. After seeing off Brighton on penalties in the fourth round of the EFL Cup on Wednesday, Enzo Maresca’s side face the Seagulls again at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, this time with Premier League points on the line and their big names in the side.
The cup tie it was a rollercoaster. City’s young side fell behind twice, first with a goal from Malick Yalcouye in the 30th minute and then with a goal from Georginio Rutter just after the break.
Mateo Kovacic equalized with a 25-metre strike before the break and Vitor Reis scored his first goal for the club to make it 2-2.
Geronimo Rulli was then the shootout hero, saving from Yasin Ayari and Lewis Dunk as City won 4-3 on penalties in front of a domestic Cup record 55,345 home crowd.
Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa ended City’s perfect start Premier League and it was their second defeat in four games in all competitions. He has conceded 10 goals in his last five games.
The good news for Maresca is that Erling Haaland, Elliot Anderson, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol were given time off and missed the tie, so they should be fresh.
Brighton showed again how dangerous they can be. Fabian Hurzeler’s side started the day as the Premier League’s top scorers by three goals, although they are now on a three-match winless run, drawing at Jablonec in the Conference League and losing 2-0 at Liverpool before the 90-minute stalemate at City.
Recent history suggests this will not be easy for City. They have now failed to win any of their last five games against Brighton in all competitions, although Albion have not kept a clean sheet in their last 19 meetings with City.
Premier League table: full standings updated
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position 1, 2, 3, 4: Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
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position 5: Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
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position 18, 19, 20: Relegation – Championship
Manchester City vs Brighton team news
The first Maresca players are expected to return after having rested. Haaland, who scored City’s goal at Villa Park, will lead the line.
Antoine Semenyo remains sidelined with a knee injury and is expected to be out for another seven weeks. Right back Matheus Nunes is also a doubt.
Brighton received a big boost on Wednesday with Mats Wieffer and Yankuba Minteh returning to the squad and coming on as second-half substitutes after injury.
Ferdi Kadioglu and Chema Andres missed out with hip injuries the pair picked up at Liverpool. Kaoru Mitoma, Evan Ferguson, Stefanos Tzimas, Femi Azeez and Zadok Yohanna remain out.
Man City vs Brighton predicted Premier League Lineups
Manchester City: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Josko Gvardiol, Nico Gonzalez, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, Ryan Cherki, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland
Brighton: Bart Verbruggen, Ferdi Kadioglu, Lewis Dunk, Luka Vuskovic, Olivier Boscagli, Pascal Gross, Carlos Baleba, Diego Gomez, Yasin Ayari, Maxim De Cuyper, Charalampos Kostoulas
Manchester City vs Brighton Stats, Premier League Form
- City won 12 of their first 14 Premier League games against Brighton (D1 D1) but are winless in their last four (D2 D2)
- They have won their last 10 league games on Halloween and have 15 wins in total as of October 31, which is the most of any team in Football League history.
- City could lose back-to-back league games for the first time since August 2025, when Brighton were their opponents in the second leg.
- The Cityzens (16.7) and Brighton (16.2) are the two highest-ranked teams for expected goals in the Premier League this season and the top scorers in the division, with Brighton on 23 and Manchester City on 20.
- With goals in each of their last 24 Premier League games, City are on their longest run since a run between December 2018 and September 2019 (29)
- The only teams to have kept City from scoring in their last 94 home league games are Arsenal, Tottenham (twice) and Liverpool.
- Haaland has seven goals in seven Premier League games against Brighton, finding the net in each of his last four, although City have failed to win any of those games.
- Brighton are unbeaten in 16 away league games against Manchester City (D4 L12), although they have avoided defeat in the last two.
- These are the most away games Brighton have played against an opponent without a win and the most games City have played at home against an opponent without a loss.
- Only Bournemouth (5) have made fewer starting changes in the Premier League this season than Brighton, who also have the second-youngest average age this term (25 years, 214 days), behind Newcastle (25 years, 192 days).
- Pascal Gross has created more chances than any other Premier League player this season (23), while no player has registered more assists than the German (4).
Man City vs Brighton Prediction
Manchester City
2-1
Brighton
Brighton want revenge and believe they have their work cut out for them after having six of nine tries between the teams on Wednesday, but their form has dipped slightly since their spectacular start and a strengthened City may be able to assert themselves in the same way Liverpool did against the Seagulls last Sunday.
