Enzo Maresca has made 10 adjustments from our midweek win over Brighton.
Ayyoub Bouaddi is the one participant to retain his place from our Carabao Cup win over the Seagulls because the boss begins with a largely recent XI.
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Matheus Nunes makes a welcome return after lacking a number of video games with harm.
Groups
CITY: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, Bouaddi, Anderson, Fernández, Ndiaye, Doku, Haaland
SUBS: Rulli, Guéhi, Kovačić, Cherki, Reis, O’Reilly, Allan, Foden, Lewis
BRIGHTON: To observe…
Techniques
Although the personnel is much-changed, the fashion of play is prone to be the identical as Wednesday’s Carabao Cup conflict between the 2 groups.
Brighton have been a continuing menace down the flanks in that sport, and their fast-paced passing and motion off the ball will as soon as once more be a menace on this sport.
Gianluigi Donnarumma returns in aim in what will probably be a 4-3-3 formation.
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Nunes resumes at right-back, with Abdukodir Khusanov and Ruben Dias in central defence and Josko Gvardiol at left-back.
In midfield, Bouaddi and Elliot Anderson are prone to defend the again 4 with Enzo Fernandez taking part in in a extra superior No.10 position.
Our entrance three will probably be Iliman Ndiaye and Jeremy Doku on both flank and Erling Haaland by the center.
Metropolis seeking to bounce again
Although our penalty shoot-out win over Brighton was gratifying and most welcome in midweek, the Premier League will all the time take priority for the Blues.
The two-1 loss away to Aston Villa was disappointing given the alternatives we created, so getting again to profitable methods this afternoon and consolidating high spot within the desk.
Right this moment we face a Brighton aspect who’ve began the season in excellent style, scoring objectives and conceding few.
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Simply as Wednesday’s sport was, this will probably be a tricky 90 minutes towards an excellent aspect who will probably be a menace from begin to end.
IntensiTy match
One factor the Seagulls do – and do very nicely – is press excessive and with aggression.
Nearly to a person, their gamers have been snapping at our heels each time we have been in possession, maybe being greater than just a little lucky to not have been penalised greater than they have been for among the challenges.
Maresca will need his gamers to match that aggression, transfer the ball rapidly and take a look at to not invite an excessive amount of strain when taking part in from the again.
The Blues could have a largely rested beginning XI given the wholesale adjustments in midweek, however the Seagulls will even have a number of gamers returning with recent legs.
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It will likely be energetic, open and also you’d think about there will probably be objectives in what’s prone to be rollercoaster-paced sport.
Stats & information
Metropolis received 12 of their final first 14 Premier League matches towards Brighton (D1 L1) however they’re winless in 4 since then (D2 L2).
Brighton have by no means received in 16 away league video games towards Metropolis (D4 L12), although have averted defeat of their final two. It is essentially the most Brighton have performed away with out profitable towards an opponent and essentially the most Man Metropolis have confronted an opponent at dwelling with out shedding.
Metropolis have received their final 10 league matches on Halloween and have 15 wins general on October thirty first, essentially the most of any workforce in Soccer League historical past.
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Metropolis misplaced their first Premier League sport of the season final trip towards Aston Villa. They final misplaced consecutively again in August 2025, the second sport of which was towards Brighton.
Brighton have scored extra objectives than every other aspect within the Premier League this season (23), although failed to attain for the primary time this marketing campaign final trip at Liverpool (0-2).
Metropolis (16.7) and Brighton (16.2) are the 2 highest ranked groups for anticipated objectives to this point within the Premier League this season, in addition to being the best goal-scorers (Brighton 23, Man Metropolis 20).
Metropolis have scored in every of their final 24 Premier League video games, final having an extended run between December 2018 and September 2019 (29). In the meantime, the one groups to cease Metropolis from scoring of their final 94 dwelling league video games are Arsenal, Spurs (twice) and Liverpool.
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Solely Bournemouth (5) have made fewer beginning XI adjustments than Brighton (7) within the Premier League this season, whereas the Seagulls even have the second youngest common beginning age this time period (25y 214d) behind Newcastle (25y 192d).
Metropolis’s Erling Haaland has scored seven objectives in seven Premier League appearances towards Brighton, scoring within the final 4 with out profitable any (D2 L2). He is considered one of three gamers to take action in Premier League historical past together with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink towards Man Utd (Nov 1998 – Feb 2001) and Charlie Austin towards Arsenal (Dec 2014 – April 2018), neither of whom did 5 in a row.
Brighton’s Pascal Gross has created extra probabilities than every other participant within the Premier League this season (23), with no participant registering extra assists than the German to this point (4).
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