Confirmed Line-Ups: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City (Premier League) | OneFootball

Manchester City travel to the south coast for the second time in successive weekends with Brighton & Hove Albion their final opponents before the international break.

Pep Guardiola’s side find themselves in a horrible run of form, enduring defeats in all of their last three matches and exiting the Carabao Cup at the fourth round stage to Tottenham, whilst suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of Sporting in the Champions League earlier this week.

Last time out in Premier League action it was defeat against as Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth inflicted a 2-1 victory over Manchester City to knock the top-flight champions off first position amid a challenging fitness battle in the first-team squad.

The international break will likely come at the perfect time for Manchester City as they look to recover some key stars over the new few weeks particularly Ruben Dias and John Stones at the heart of their defence.

The central defensive pairing joins Rodri and Oscar Bobb, who both remain in a much longer-term recovery process, whilst Jack Grealish remains unavailable due to a lack of fitness despite being selected for international duty with England this month.

Ahead of kick-off at the Amex Stadium, here is how both Fabian Hurzeler and Pep Guardiola have lined up their respective Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City sides in Premier League action!

Brighton & Hove Albion

Starting XI: Verbruggen; Veltman, van Hecke, Igor, Estupinan; Adingra, Ayari, Hinshelwood, Mitoma; Rutter, Welbeck.

Substitutes: Steele, Enciso, Moder, Baleba, Wieffer, O’Riley, Gruda, Joao Pedro, Ferguson.

Manchester City

Starting XI: Ederson; Lewis, Walker (C), Simpson-Pusey, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan, Foden; Savinho, Haaland, Nunes.

Substitutes: Ortega, Ake, Akanji, Wilson-Esbrand, Wright, O’Reilly, Bernardo, De Bruyne, McAtee.