Brighton vs Manchester City – LIVE!
Man City are up next in the Premier League title race as they head down to Brighton this evening. Pep Guardiola’s side sit four points behind leaders Arsenal but boast two games in hand on the Gunners and have seen Liverpool’s challenge fade away.
City, of course, are favourites to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive English title. Still, they are perhaps not at their absolute defensive best and remain without star striker Erling Haaland, who is suffering an injury.
Brighton, on their day, can beat anyone. Clearly, that’s not been seen often enough from Roberto De Zerbi’s men this season but it would be foolish to write them off. On paper, it’s one of the more difficult games City have left to navigate. The pressure is on, albeit this team know what they’re doing in the run-in. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
Brighton vs Man City | 25/04/2024
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Kick-off time and venue: 8pm BST; Amex Stadium
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TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports
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Prediction: Man City to win
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Confirmed Brighton lineup
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Confirmed Man City lineup
Brighton vs Man City
19:49 , Jonathan Gorrie
Huge respect between Guardiola and De Zerbi…
Man City in ominous form
19:33 , Jonathan Gorrie
Unbeaten in 17 Premier League games, this is going to be some ask for Brighton…
Man City team news
19:12 , Jonathan Gorrie
Julian Alvarez leads the line with Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji at centre-back.
John Stones, however, is at least fit enough for the bench.
Jurgen Klopp sends Man City title message after Liverpool defeat
19:08 , Jonathan Gorrie
Speaking after Liverpool’s loss to Everton on Wednesday, Klopp told reporters: “We need them to lose games and historically they don’t do that.”
Ouch.
Confirmed Man City lineup
19:03 , Jonathan Gorrie
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Foden, Alvarez
Subs: Dias, Stones, Grealish, Doku, Ortega, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis
Confirmed Brighton lineup
19:02 , Jonathan Gorrie
Brighton XI: Steele, Veltman, van Hecke, Dunk, Barco, Gross, Baleba, Lallana, Moder, Joao Pedro, Welbeck
Subs: Verbruggen, Igor, Webster, Enciso, Adingra, Fati, Buonanotte, Offiah, O’Mahony
Brighton vs Man City: Latest team news
18:48 , Jonathan Gorrie
We’re roughly ten minutes away from team news landing…
Pep Guardiola slams ‘unacceptable’ FA Cup schedule after Man City win
18:41 , Jonathan Gorrie
Pep Guardiola hit out at the television schedule that forced his team to play an FA Cup semi-final three days after playing 120 minutes against Real Madrid.
Manchester City were second best but still beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Bernardo Silva finished from Kevin De Bruyne’s 84th-minute cross for the only goal of the match, after Chelsea had missed a number of big chances.
Brighton vs Man City: Latest Premier League odds today
18:14 , Jonathan Gorrie
Brighton to win: 6/1
Draw: 7/2
Man City to win: 2/7
Odds via Bet365 and subject to change.
Is Erling Haaland playing for Man City today?
17:48 , Jonathan Gorrie
The answer is no.
Guardiola confirmed at a press conference earlier this week that Erling Haaland is still out with the muscle problem that prevented him playing against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals last week.
“Erling [Haaland] is not ready for tomorrow,” he said.
“It is not a big problem.”
Pep Guardiola addresses potential Joao Cancelo return to Man City
17:45 , Jonathan Gorrie
Joao Cancelo has spent time with both Bayern Munich and Barcelona on loan since leaving Man City in January 2023 but his long-term future remains unclear.
Pep Guardiola insists no decision has been made on what happens next for the full-back.
“We didn’t discuss Cancelo’s future yet”, he said.
“We will discuss at the end of the season.”
Brighton vs Man City: Head to head (h2h) history and results
17:42 , Jonathan Gorrie
Brighton wins: 6
Draws: 5
Man City wins: 20
Brighton vs Man City: Premier League score prediction today
17:35 , Jonathan Gorrie
This is certainly a difficult game for City but they have proven so strong in title run-ins that it’s hard to look past them.
Man City to win 3-1.
Man City team news vs Brighton today
17:34 , Jonathan Gorrie
City, meanwhile remain without Erling Haaland after he did not play at Wembley following a muscle complaint.
The striker and Phil Foden missed training on Tuesday but the latter has been passed fit, along with John Stones.
Brighton team news vs Man City today
17:30 , Jonathan Gorrie
Evan Ferguson, Billy Gilmour, James Miler and Adam Webster are all believed to be making progress in their returns from injury, although it’s not yet clear if this game will come too soon.
Kaoru Mitoma, Jack Hinshelwood and Solly March may be unlikely to play again this season. Tariq Lamptey and Pervis Estupinan are out too, along with Julio Enciso.
Brighton vs Man City: TV channel and live stream today
17:30 , Jonathan Gorrie
TV channel: The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR. Coverage starts at 7pm.
Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Sky Go website or app.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!
Welcome
17:11 , Jonathan Gorrie
Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Manchester City’s Premier League clash away at Brighton this evening.
Kick-off from the Amex Stadium is at 8pm BST.
