Brighton vs. Man City lineups, confirmed starting 11, team news and ...
Manchester City will try to pull out of what has come to feel like their traditional autumn downturn when they visit Brighton on Saturday.
Bournemouth handed City their first Premier League loss since last December — a run spanning 32 games — when they claimed a deserved 2-1 triumph at the Vitality Stadium last weekend.
However, that result was sandwiched by a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup and a chastening 4-1 loss at Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League.
City's slump has coincided with a stacked injury list that Pep Guardiola continues to manage, but he could welcome back some familiar faces against the Seagulls, who return to action following back-to-back cup and league losses to Liverpool.
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Brighton vs. Manchester City lineups, confirmed starting 11, team newsMuch has been made of City's injury woes but Fabian Hurzeler is also managing a tough and ever-changing situation in the Albion treatment room. Solly March (ACL), James Milner and Adam Webster (both thigh) are more likely to return after the international break, although Matt O'Riley and Joao Pedro back on the bench after his ankle injury.
Lewis Dunk (calf) and Yankuba Minteh (muscular) are still out but, Yasin Ayari (ankle) starts and Carlos Baleba (knee) is on the bench.
Brighton (4-4-2, right to left): (GK) Verbruggen — Veltman, Van Hecke, Igor, Estupinan — Adringa, Hinshelwood, Ayari, Mitoma — Rutter, Welbeck
Injured: March, Milner, Webster, Joao Pedro, Dunk, Minteh
Suspended: None
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Jack Grealish has not featured since an injury in training in the aftermath of City's 2-1 win at Wolves on October 20. Guardiola said he expected his record signing to be out until after the November international break but Grealish was called up by interim England boss Lee Carsley on Thursday for the forthcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland.
Carsley told reporters Grealish had returned to training this week but Guardiola countered at his own press conference on Friday by insisting the £100million man would not be fit to face Brighton.
Rodri's ACL absence is being keenly felt in a porous midfield but Guardiola's biggest problems arguably come in defence, where Nathan Ake is the latest absentee alongside Ruben Dias and John Stones already sidelined. Captain Kyle Walker return after a week's training to build fitness following a knee complaint and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey remains in the XI for a Premier League debut.
Kevin De Bruyne returned to action with a late cameo in Lisbon and is on the bench once more, alongside the not-fully-fit Ake.
Man City (4-3-3, right to left): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Simpson-Pusey, Gvardiol, Lewis — Foden, Kovacic Gundogan — Savinho, Haaland, Nunes
Injured: Dias, Stones, Rodri, Bobb, Ake
Suspended: None
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