Manchester City - Brighton

Manchester City

EFL Carabao Cup Round of 16 2026 - Round

Wednesday 28 October 2026 19:30

Planned

Brighton

Match preview

Manchester City take on Brighton in EFL Carabao Cup at Etihad Stadium on 28 October 2026. Manchester City arrive on the back of 5 straight wins.

The most recent match for Manchester City was a 5-3 win over Sunderland (Premier League), preceded by a 5-0 win over Norwich.

The most recent match for Brighton was a 3-0 win over Arsenal (Premier League), preceded by a 3-2 win over Manchester United.

The record over the 19 previous meetings: 13 wins for Manchester City, 3 wins for Brighton and 3 draws. See every meeting between Manchester City and Brighton.

45% Manchester City

24% Draw

30% Brighton

Our algorithm predicts Manchester City to win, with a probability of 45%.

Team forms

Manchester City

Sunderland 5-3 W

Norwich 5-0 W

Manchester United 1-0 W

FC Porto 2-0 W

Coventry 1-0

Brighton

Arsenal 3-0 W

Manchester United 3-2 W

Coventry 5-0 D

Leeds 1-1 L

Chelsea 3-4

Previous confrontations (H2H)

13 Manchester City

3 Draw

3 Brighton

68% Over 2.5 goals

58% Both teams scored

3.3 Goals per match

8 | 0 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Brighton 0-5 Manchester City (2020)

Most goals: Brighton 1-4 Manchester City (2021)

Goals scored all matches

2.42

0.84

Goals in home matches

2.20

1.11

Goals in away matches

2.67

0.60

Above is calculated based on the below matches

Full H2H of Manchester City and Brighton →

2026-01-07 Wednesday 19:30

Draw 🤔

Manchester City P

Brighton 6

2025-08-31 Sunday 14:00

Won 😀

Brighton 2 P

Manchester City 2

2025-03-15 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Manchester City 2 P

Brighton 5

2024-11-09 Saturday 17:30

Won 😀

Brighton 3

Manchester City 3

2024-04-25 Thursday 20:00

Walkover 🔥

Brighton 2

Manchester City

2023-10-21 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Manchester City 4

Brighton 2

2023-05-24 Wednesday 20:00

Draw 🤔

Brighton 2

Manchester City

2022-10-22 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Manchester City P

Brighton 3

2022-04-20 Wednesday 20:00

Walkover 🔥

Manchester City

Brighton 3

2021-10-23 Saturday 17:30

Walkover 🔥

Brighton 2 P

Manchester City 3

2021-05-18 Tuesday 19:00

Won 😀

Brighton 2

Manchester City 3

2021-01-13 Wednesday 18:00

Won 😀

Manchester City

Brighton 2

2020-07-11 Saturday 20:00

Walkover 🔥

Brighton

Manchester City

2019-08-31 Saturday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Manchester City

Brighton

2019-05-12 Sunday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Brighton

Manchester City

2019-04-06 Saturday 17:30

Won 😀

Manchester City 2

Brighton 2

2018-09-29 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Manchester City

Brighton 3

2018-05-09 Wednesday 20:00

Won 😎

Manchester City

Brighton

2017-08-12 Saturday 17:30

Won 😎

Brighton

Manchester City 2

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Stadion name

Etihad Stadium

Capacity

55097

Address

Rowsley Street
Manchester

Possible line-up

This possible line-up is based on both teams' past line-ups, especially the most recent one. The actual line-up may differ and will be shown here as soon as it is announced.

Manchester City — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Matheus Luiz Nunes

Rúben Santos Gato Alves Dias

Marc Guehi

Joško Gvardiol

Enzo Jeremías Fernández

Elliott Anderson

Iliman Ndiaye

Mathis Rayan Cherki

Antoine Semenyo

Erling Håland