Man City vs. Brighton lineups confirmed: Cherki, Guehi dropped, Kadioglu, Andres decisions made for Premier League clash

By Oliver Thomas | 31 Oct 2026 13:51, Last updated: 31 Oct 2026 14:10

Enzo Maresca has made a full of 10 changes to his starting lineup for this afternoon’s Premier League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion astatine the Etihad Stadium.

A much-changed Citizens broadside bushed an equally-rotated Seagulls outfit 4-3 connected penalties successful the EFL Cup 4th circular connected Wednesday pursuing a 2-2 gully successful 90 minutes.

Ayyoub Bouaddi is the lone City subordinate to clasp his starting spot from midweek and volition enactment up successful centre-midfield alongside chap summertime signings Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez.

Maresca's determination to prime Bouaddi for conscionable his 2nd Premier League commencement has subsequently seen Rayan Cherki driblet down to the substitutes' bench, with Fernandez present acceptable to instrumentality up an precocious cardinal role.

Goal instrumentality Erling Haaland, seeking to debar an unusual, unwanted Premier League record, returns to pb the enactment and volition beryllium supported successful onslaught by widemen Jeremy Doku and Ilian Ndiaye.

After making a fewer mistakes successful defence recently, Marc Guehi volition statesman arsenic a substitute this afternoon, with Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, Abdukodir Khusanov and Matheus Nunes each preferred successful the four-man backline, the second of whom has recovered from a insignificant wounded to commencement astatine right-back.

Despite Geronimo Rulli's EFL Cup heroics, Maresca has stuck to his connection and has selected first-choice goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma betwixt the sticks. 

Kadioglu out, Andres successful arsenic Brighton marque six changes

As for Brighton, caput manager Fabian Hurzeler has made a full of six changes to the squad that began the midweek EFL Cup decision astatine the Etihad.

Hurzeler was hopeful that full-back Ferdi Kadioglu would beryllium acceptable to instrumentality from a hep problem, but the Turkey planetary has been near retired of the Seagulls squad – Costinha volition truthful proceed astatine right-back.

Captain Lewis Dunk and Lukas Vuskovic volition renew their concern astatine centre-back, with Olivier Boscagli moving implicit to left-back astatine the disbursal of Jaouen Hadjam.

Chema Andres is acceptable to commencement and volition nexus arms with Pascal Gross and Yasin Ayari successful centre-midfield, with Jack Hinshelwood dropping down to the bench.

Diego Gomez and Maxim De Cuyper some commencement connected the flanks, the second is recalled aft substitute outing connected Wednesday, portion Charalampos Kostoulas has returned to commencement up beforehand astatine the disbursal of Georginio Rutter.

Manchester City starting lineup: Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol; Bouaddi, Anderson; Ndiaye, Fernandez, Doku; Haaland

Subs: Rulli, Guehi, Kovacic, Cherki, Reis, O'Reilly, Allan, Foden, Lewis

Brighton & Hove Albion starting lineup: Verbruggen; Costinha, Dunk, Vuskovic, Boscagli; Andres, Gross; Gomez, Ayari, De Cuyper; Kostoulas

Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Hinshelwood, Rutter, Minteh, Wieffer, Svoboda, O'Riley, Yalcouye