Man City, top of the table on 21 points, start with Matheus Nunes and Ayyoub Bouaddi in midfield against third-placed Brighton, who have 16 points. Kick-off at the Etihad Stadium is at 15:00.
Man City team news
City make two changes from their last league match, the trip to Aston Villa on 24 October.
Nunes and Bouaddi come in. Marc Guehi and Rayan Cherki drop out, and both are on the bench.
Man City starting XI:
- 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (goalkeeper)
- 3 Rúben Dias (defender)
- 24 Josko Gvardiol (defender)
- 45 Abdukodir Khusanov (defender)
- 5 Elliot Anderson (midfielder)
- 27 Matheus Nunes (midfielder)
- 17 Enzo Fernández (midfielder)
- 32 Ayyoub Bouaddi (midfielder)
- 7 Iliman Ndiaye (forward)
- 9 Erling Haaland (forward)
- 11 Jérémy Doku (forward)
Brighton team news
Brighton make one change from their last league match, the visit to Liverpool on 25 October.
Costinha comes in. Ferdi Kadioglu is not in the matchday squad. FPL lists him as doubtful with a hip injury and a 75% chance of playing.
Brighton starting XI:
- 1 Bart Verbruggen (goalkeeper)
- 5 Lewis Dunk (defender)
- 21 Olivier Boscagli (defender)
- 29 Maxim De Cuyper (defender)
- 44 Luka Vuskovic (defender)
- 20 Costinha (defender)
- 13 Pascal Groß (midfielder)
- 26 Yasin Ayari (midfielder)
- 25 Diego Gómez (midfielder)
- 14 Chema Andrés (midfielder)
- 19 Charalampos Kostoulas (forward)
MFF's match model prediction is Man City 2-1 Brighton.
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