Manchester City vs Brighton Confirmed Lineups for August 31

These are the confirmed lineups for Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion for the mid-sunday showing in the Premier League. The Cityzens have dropped points to Tottenham already but they now face a Seagulls squad that has yet to get firing in the league. A 6-0 win over Oxford will provide some momentum but they need to start gaining points in this competition.

Manchester City vs Brighton Confirmed Lineups for Premier League Tie

Manchester City Team News

James Trafford starts in goal wiht Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, John Stones, and Rayan Ait-Nouri in the back line. Rodri partners Bernardo Silva in deep midfield. Oscar Bobb, Omar Marmoush, and Tijjani Reijnders support Erling Haaland up front.

Notable Changes

Two changes from the defeat to Tottenham as Nico Gonzalez and Rayan Cherki are moved out for the more defensive duo of Rodri and Silva, both have the technical ability to control the ball better than the names they replaced.

Brighton Team News

Bart Verbruggen starts in goal with Lewis Dunk and Jan Paul van Hecke, Maxim de Cruyper, and Joel Veltman in the back line. Carlos Baleba is in midfield with Jack Hinshelwood. Kaoru Mitoma, Yankuba Minteh, and Diego Gomez support Danny Welbeck up front.

Notable Changes

As the Seagulls played in midweek they have made a host of changes. Most notably with the return of key names like Baleba and Mitoma, the system will remain the same with a 4-2-3-1 approach.

Manchester City Squad

• James Trafford
• Marcus Bettinelli
• Stefan Ortega
• Ederson
• Ruben Dias
• John Stones
• Nathan Ake
• Rayan Ait-Nouri
• Josko Gvardiol
• Abdukodir Khusanov
• Rico Lewis
• Josh Wilson-Esbrand
• Tijjani Reijnders
• Mateo Kovacic
• Rayan Cherki
• Nico Gonzalez
• Rodri
• Ilkay Gundogan
• Bernardo Silva
• Matheus Nunes
• Claudio Echeverri
• Nico O’Reilly
• Kalvin Phillips
• Phil Foden
• Oscar Bobb
• James McAtee
• Omar Marmoush
• Erling Haaland
• Jeremy Doku
• Savinho

Brighton Squad

• Bart Verbruggen
• Jason Steele
• Tom McGill
• Tariq Lamptey
• Igor Julio
• Adam Webster
• Lewis Dunk
• Jan Paul van hecke
• Olivier Boscagli
• Ferdi Kadioglu
• Maxim De Cuyper
• Joel Veltman
• Diego Coppola
• Charlie Tasker
• Freddie Simmonds
• Solly March
• Brajan Gruda
• Jack Hinshelwood
• Carlos Baleba
• James Milner
• Kaoru Mitoma
• Diego Gomez
• Yasin Ayari
• Mats Wieffer
• Julio Enciso
• Jeremy Sarmiento
• Matt O’Riley
• Andrew Moran
• Facundo  buonanotte
• Stefanos Tzimas
• Geioginio Rutter
• Yanukba Minteh
• Tom Watson
• Danny Welbeck
• Charalampos Kostoulas
• Harry Howell

(Squad details via Premier League site)

Stay tuned for the Manchester City vs Brighton confirmed lineups. There will be news as well as discussions on who started, who missed out, and what tactical changes the managers could make.