Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion are going to clash on Saturday the 21st of October at 3:00 pm in the 9th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Robert Jones.
Manchester City occupies the 3rd position in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 6 times and lost twice.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 6th place in the standings with 16 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: Ederson, Joško Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Manchester City would be 25.82.
Zack Steffen and Kevin De Bruyne will definitely miss the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times).
Roberto De Zerbi is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Jason Steele, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Joël Veltman, Solly March, Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, Danny Welbeck and Evan Ferguson.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 28.78.
There are doubts about the presence of Tariq Lamptey and Kaoru Mitoma.
Roberto De Zerbi will probably not be able to employ James Milner, Jakub Moder and Simon Adingra because of injury.
Pervis Estupiñán and Julio Enciso will definitely miss the match.
