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Man City Line-up v Brighton & Hove Albion: Starting XI and Substitutes

Man City v Brighton & Hove Albion · Kick-off 7.30pm · Etihad Stadium

Man City 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 28Gerónimo RulliGK
  2. 82Rico LewisDEF
  3. 33Nico O'ReillyDEF
  4. 22Vitor ReisDEF
  5. 6Marc GuéhiDEF
  6. 8Mateo KovacicMID
  7. 47Phil FodenMID
  8. 32Ayyoub BouaddiMID
  9. 10Rayan CherkiMID
  10. 37Allan EliasMID
  11. 75Floyd SambaFWD

Substitutes

  1. 56Ryan McAidoo
  2. 21Rayan Aït-Nouri
  3. 17Enzo Fernández
  4. 11Jérémy Doku
  5. 7Iliman Ndiaye
  6. 61Kaden Braithwaite
  7. 45Abdukodir Khusanov
  8. 13Marcus Bettinelli
  9. 76Dexter Oliver

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 23Jason SteeleGK
  2. 20CostinhaDEF
  3. 3Jaouen HadjamDEF
  4. 30Michael SvobodaDEF
  5. 21Olivier BoscagliDEF
  6. 26Yasin AyariMID
  7. 25Diego GómezMID
  8. 13Pascal GrossMID
  9. 8Jack HinshelwoodMID
  10. 35Malick YalcouyéMID
  11. 10Georginio RutterFWD

Substitutes

  1. 27Mats Wieffer
  2. 5Lewis Dunk
  3. 12Promise David
  4. 1Bart Verbruggen
  5. 44Luka Vuskovic
  6. 15Ibrahim Osman
  7. 11Yankuba Minteh
  8. 29Maxim De Cuyper
  9. 33Matt O'Riley

Line-ups as announced by the clubs before kick-off, from ESPN's match data.

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