Manchester City can open up a three-point gap at the top of the Premier League – for 24 hours at least – with victory over Brighton this afternoon.
It is the teams’ second meeting in four days with City prevailing in a penalty shoot-out in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.
Enzo Maresca’s side’s 100% Premier League record was ended by Aston Villa last weekend, enabling Arsenal to join them on 21 points.
Brighton’s momentum also stalled with a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool.
Where to watch Man City vs Brighton: TV channel, live online streams
Manchester City vs Brighton kicks off at 15:00 GMT on Saturday, October 31 at the Etihad Stadium.
The match is not being shown live on TV in the UK. Highlights will be on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday.
Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.
Manchester City vs Brighton stats, Premier League form
- City won 12 of their first 14 Premier League matches against Brighton (D1 L1) but are winless in their last four (D2 L2)
- They have won their last 10 league matches on Halloween and have 15 wins overall on October 31, which is the most of any team in Football League history
- City could lose consecutive league games for the first time since August 2025, when Brighton were their opponents in the second match
- The Cityzens (16.7) and Brighton (16.2) are the two highest-ranked teams for expected goals in the Premier League this season and the division’s highest scorers, with Brighton on 23 and Manchester City on 20
- With goals in each of their last 24 Premier League games, City are on their longest such run since a sequence between December 2018 and September 2019 (29)
- The only teams to prevent City from scoring in their last 94 home league games are Arsenal, Tottenham (twice) and Liverpool
- Haaland has seven goals in seven Premier League appearances against Brighton, finding the net in each of his last four, although City have failed to win any of those games
- Brighton have never won in 16 away league games against Manchester City (D4 L12), although they have avoided defeat in their last two
- That is the most away games Brighton have played against an opponent without winning and the most home games City have faced an opponent in without losing
- Only Bournemouth (5) have made fewer starting changes in the Premier League this season than Brighton, who also have the second-youngest average starting age this term (25 years, 214 days), behind Newcastle (25 years, 192 days)
- Pascal Gross has created more chances than any other player in the Premier League this season (23), while no player has registered more assists than the German (4)
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