The meeting between Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion provides an opportunity for both sides to return to winning ways.
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Pep Guardiola's side lost back-to-back Premier League matches for the first time since December 2018 after defeats to both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal. The absence of Rodri proved costly as Man City dropped to third in the Premier League table.
Roberto De Zerbi's Brighton are also winless in their last two league fixtures. A 6-1 thumping by Aston Villa was followed up with a 2-2 draw against Liverpool before the international break.
Team news
Rodri returns from his suspension for Man City while John Stones should be fit to start his first Premier League match of the season. Kevin De Bruyne remains on the sidelines as he recovers from his injury.
Pervis Estupinan is not expected to return to the Brighton squad for this fixture. Jakub Moder and Julio Enciso are both still long-term absentees with knee injuries.
Last five meetings
24 May 2023: Brighton 1-1 Man City
22 Oct 2022: Man City 3-1 Brighton
20 Apr 2022: Man City 3-0 Brighton
23 Oct 2021: Brighton 1-4 Man City
18 May 2021: Brighton 3-2 Man City
Key facts
Man City have won 10 of their 12 Premier League meetings with Brighton. The only exceptions have been in May 2021 and May 2023, having already become champions at the time of those matches.
Brighton have never won an away league match against Man City (D2 L11), losing their last nine visits in a row by an aggregate score of 24-3.
There have been 37 goals scored in Brighton’s league matches this season (21 for and 16 against), the second-most of any side in Europe’s big five leagues, after Granada in LaLiga (38).
Erling Haaland has failed to score in consecutive league matches for Man City, attempting just one shot across those two matches, after recording 31 shots from his first six encounters this season. Haaland has never failed to score in three consecutive Premier League fixtures.
What the managers said
Guardiola: "I admire [De Zerbi] for the fact it doesn’t matter the team he plays, he proved you don’t have to be in a top, top, top club or with top, top exceptional players to make your team play how you like to play.
"I’m a spectator mainly as a manager and I enjoy a lot watching his teams play, I learn, like it and what he does makes sense.
"Tomorrow will be an example. It will be one of the toughest tests we have this season. We’ll try to go for it." More details
De Zerbi: "Pep [Guardiola] is the best coach in the world and is a reference not only for me, but I think for all coaches in the world. I'm happy when I listen to Pep speak about me, it's an honour. I feel a bit in embarrassed, but we are working to progress.
"We are not a big team yet, we are working towards it, we passion, but we know we are Brighton we have to show a lot of things this season, it's a very difficult season for us.
"I think we are playing well, we are fighting well, but we have to improve, we have to progress, we have to adapt to new challenges and a new season." More details
