Manchester City - Brighton

Logo Manchester City
Manchester City
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Premier League Season 2026 - Round 9
Planned
Logo Brighton
Brighton
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Match preview

Manchester City take on Brighton in Premier League at Etihad Stadium on 31 October 2026. Manchester City arrive on the back of 5 straight wins.

The most recent match for Manchester City was a 3-0 win over Liverpool, preceded by a 5-3 win over Sunderland.

The most recent match for Brighton was a 2-0 win over Sunderland, preceded by a 3-0 win over Arsenal.

The numbers favour Manchester City, with 15 points and 5 goals conceded in 5 matches, against 13 points and 5 goals conceded in 6 matches for Brighton.

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.

Our algorithm predicts Brighton to win, with a probability of 41%.

Team forms

Previous confrontations (H2H)

13 Manchester City
3 Draw
3 Brighton
68% Over 2.5 goals
58% Both teams scored
3.3 Goals per match
Logo Manchester City 8 | Logo Brighton 0 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Brighton 0-5 Manchester City (2020)
Most goals: Brighton 1-4 Manchester City (2021)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Manchester City
2.42
Logo Brighton
0.84
Goals in home matches
Logo Manchester City
2.20
Logo Brighton
1.11
Goals in away matches
Logo Manchester City
2.67
Logo Brighton
0.60
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Manchester City and Brighton →

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Stadion

Stadion name

Etihad Stadium

Capacity

55097

Address

Rowsley Street
Manchester

table 2026

Premier League
Team Pts
Manchester City Manchester City 15
Arsenal Arsenal 15
Brighton Brighton 13
Brentford Brentford 10
Everton Everton 10
Chelsea Chelsea 10
Leeds Leeds 9
Liverpool Liverpool 9
Hull City Hull City 9
Ipswich Ipswich 9
Newcastle Newcastle 8
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 7
Manchester United Manchester United 6
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 5
Aston Villa Aston Villa 5
Sunderland Sunderland 4
Bournemouth Bournemouth 3
Tottenham Tottenham 3
Coventry Coventry 3
Fulham Fulham 2
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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.
Logo Manchester City Manchester City — Formation: 4-2-3-1
1
Gianluigi Donnarumma
27
Matheus Luiz Nunes
3
Rúben Santos Gato Alves Dias
6
Marc Guehi
33
Nico O'Reilly
5
Elliott Anderson
17
Enzo Jeremías Fernández
7
Iliman Ndiaye
10
Mathis Rayan Cherki
42
Antoine Semenyo
9
Erling HÃ¥land
19
Charalampos Kostoulas
29
Maxim De Cuyper
26
Yasin Abbas Ayari
25
Diego Alexander Gómez Amarilla
13
Pascal Groß
14
José María Andrés Baixauli
21
Olivier Boscagli
4
Pascal Struijk
44
Luka Vušković
24
Ferdi Erenay Kadıoğlu
1
Bart Verbruggen
Brighton — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Brighton