Manchester City face a complicated home match vs. Brighton! Match day is here and City should be ready and roaring to go.
The Premier League is off to the races and City continue the fourth straight defense of the crown.
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Rd, Manchester, England
Time and Date: Saturday 15 March 2025, Kickoff at 15:00 GMT, 11.00 am EST, USA
Referee: Chris Kavanagh.
Assistants: Lee Betts, Scott Ledger.
Fourth official: Sam Allison.
VAR: Darren England.
Assistant VAR: Akil Howson.
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Preview + Form
A tricky match up, and seeing the form of these clubs, one would back some sort of resurgence by City here. It’s been tough sledding for the club and the injuries have began to subside, but will it hurt them here?
For the opponent, this is a real tricky spot as they have a motivated side in front of them and are a decent in form team in themselves.
The key battle will be the forwards chosen vs a their defense. An interesting match up is in tow. Who will play?
Which team will come out in front? We are in store for a fun match.
Previous Meeting
We last hosted Brighton in the league back in October 2023, where goals from Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez secured a 2-1 victory for Guardiola’s men for our 21st consecutive win at the Etihad, setting a new Premier League record.
Pep Guardiola Preview
“I think Brighton are one of the best clubs working on and off the pitch,” said Guardiola.
“I think they started with Graham Potter, they made a step forward again under Roberto De Zerbi, and now with this exceptional young manager who’s doing incredibly good things.
“It’s not a surprise I’d say, because they’re doing really, really well in the transfer market and the way they play.
“They’re absolutely one of the toughest opponents and in the past there are many teams who were in the middle positions or bottom or whatever, but they make an incredible step up in terms of organisation and consistency for many, many years, that’s the reality.
“It’s not a secret what they’ve been doing. They’re in this position because they’re doing good things, they deserve to be [where they are] in the table.”
“Sometimes there are seasons in life and in sport where you have to live that.
“It’s in our hands, it depends on us. We don’t have to recover eight or ten points to go there and wait for the opponent to lose many games, it’s just about us and depends on our behaviours and our football if we’re there or not.
“We have to reach the best level to qualify for Europe next season, definitely. We have to be consistent as much as possible.
“We know we have 10 games left, six at home and four away and at home we have tough games like Brighton, Aston Villa, Bournemouth. Most of the games are really, really tough.
“We have to do it better because there are many teams with this target and we miss an important chance last week.”
Team News
City’s side have an unavailable/questionable list of Rodri, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Nathan Ake & Oscar Bobb who are out or doubtful.
The Seagulls have Steele, Kadioglu, Igor, Veltman, Dunk, Milner and O’Riley as out or doubtful.
Prediction
Manchester City 4-2 Brighton