**Pre Match report for the Man City game - Saturday, 31st October 2026**
PREMIER LEAGUE 26/27: Manchester City V Brighton - 31/10/26 P9 Man City manager: Enzo Maresca (29/6/2026) EM took over this term from City legend Pep Guardiola and has very big shoes to fill. Man C 26/27: W7 D0 L1 . F20 A9 GD11 . Pt21 Po1 = 2.62pt/gm . W = 87.5% L = 12.5% start - last eight: www www wl EFL Cup: Bradford (H) q-f . Brighton 4pen3 2-2 (H) R4 . Norwich 5-0 (H) R3 . bye R2 Community Shield: Arsenal 3-0 Man City (Wembley) Ch Lg: W2 D0 L1 Pt6 Po10 . . H: PSG 2-4 Sporting Napoli AEK Athens 5-1 A: Barcelona Porto 0-2 RB Leipzig Lens start: Bournemouth 2-1 (H) Palace 1-4 (A) Coventry 1-0 (H) Man Utd 0-1 (A) Sunderland 5-3 (H) Liverpool 0-3 (A) Ipswich 3-2 (H) Villa 2-1 (A) Brighton (H) Forest (A) City fans expectations: to win the title, plus yet more silverware. odds at start: title 11-4 . top two 5-4 . . . sack EM 25/1 prospects: pundits considered City would finish second next May. INS: E Anderson (Forest 116m) M Detourbet (Troyes 23m) J Monga (Leicester 10m) G Rulli (Marseille 2m) A Bouaddi (Lille 81m) Allan (Palmeiras 32m) I Ndiaye (Everton 60m) E Fernandez (Chelsea 125m) P Charles (Sheff Wed 3m) friendlies: Asia tour - I Milan 1-1 . K Lg w 1-3 . A Madrid w 3-1 \* \* \* \* \* Man C home V Albion - 3-1 2-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-1 . . . W = 7 D = 2 L = 0 Man C 26/27 home: W4 D0 L0 . F11 A6 GD5 = 3.00pt/gm or 57.1% of total points next six: Fulham Leeds Chelsea Hull Tottenham Forest reverse sequence: www w - points gained = 100% points lost = 0%
Ipsh 3-2: (2-1) 19<69-21,90> Slnd 5-3: (3-2) 9<81-12<59> Covy 1-0: (1-0) 26-0 78%-22% on 4-3, off 11-9, c 4-5, f 7-17, y 1-2, s 3-5 4231-3421 Bmth 2-1: (0-1) 84,91-26 66%-34% on 6-4, off 7-1, c 8-3, f 11-11, y 1-2, s 4-4 42321-4231 \* \* \* \* \* Man C from 17/18: 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 @ 30/10/26 title 18 19 21 22 23 24 . top two 20 26 . top four 25 points: 100, 98, 81, 86, 93, 89, 91, 71, 78 21 recent managers: Pep Guardiola (15-26) FS brightonfans refs: via Stats page tabs History & Travel previous encounters . Archive for Clubs records.
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