The starting lineups are in as Manchester City take on Brighton yet again

Manchester City and Brighton have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s Premier League fixture at the Etihad Stadium. Today’s match sees first versus third on the Premier League table face off. Enzo Maresca’s side enters today’s match top of the league with Brighton in third. Also, this is the second meeting between the two teams this week. City beat Brighton 4-3 on penalties after their Carabao Cup fourth-round tie finished 2-2. Today’s match promises to be an exciting affair given the attacking football both teams play.

Manchester City only have one player unavailable due to injury for today’s match. Antoine Semenyo is once again ruled out of today’s match due to a knee injury. He isn’t expected back until December. Erling Haaland, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Elliot Anderson, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol are all available for today’s game. Those five players were rested from the midweek meeting between City and Brighton.

Matheus Nunes is available to play after missing Manchester City’s past three matches due to injury. The Portuguese international has been missed at right-back and his return from injury is welcome news for Enzo Maresca’s side.

Here are both team’s starting lineups for what promises to be an exciting match at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City.

Enzo Maresca has made ten changes to starting lineup from the Carabao Cup tie against Brighton. The only player to keep his spot in that starting lineup is Ayyoub Bouaddi. Enzo Maresca has brought back the cavalry for today’s match.

Starting lineup: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Iliman Ndiaye, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland.

Substitutes: Rulli, Guehi, Kovacic, Cherki, Reis, O’Reilly, Allan, Foden, Lewis

Brighton.

The starting lineups are in as