Pervis Estupinan, defender for Brighton & Hove Albion, will not play for the rest of the season; Julio Enciso will be evaluated.
Tariq Lamptey, James Milner, Evan Ferguson, and Billy Gilmour are out, but Adam Webster might play.
Erling Haaland, a forward for Manchester City, will miss a second game. He was injured last weekend and missed the FA Cup semifinal.
Both John Stones and Phil Foden are available.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Out of 13 Premier League games, Brighton & Hove Albion has suffered 11 losses to Manchester City.
- The Seagulls’ four Premier League points in this game have come from their previous three home games.
- In their six Premier League visits to the Amex Stadium, City has scored eighteen goals.
Brighton & Hove Albion
- After going 12 games without a loss at the Amex Stadium, Brighton’s Premier League home stand came to an end against Arsenal, 3-0.
- The last time they dropped back-to-back league games at home was in December 2022, when they also lost to Arsenal.
- Brighton has lost just one of their 100 Premier League games; their first loss came against Manchester City at home in August of 2017.
- In their last 26 league games, the Seagulls have only triumphed six times.
- In order to match the final point total of 62 from the previous season, they must win their next six games.
- Brighton has lost 4-0 to Luton and drawn 0-0 with Brentford and West Ham in their three midweek Premier League games of 2024 thus far.
- Albion have scored just four goals in seven Premier League matches since beating Sheffield United 5-0 in February.
- Danny Welbeck has failed to score in his 18 Premier League appearances against Manchester City, for five different clubs: Sunderland, Manchester United, Arsenal, Watford, and Brighton.
Manchester City
- Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League games.
- City have won 17 of their 19 midweek Premier League matches over the past three seasons, although they drew at Brighton last season.
- They are on an 11-game winning run in the month of April, while they have won 22 of their last 24 Premier League fixtures in this month.
- The Blues have scored 13 goals in their three Premier League matches this April, one more than they netted in eight league games in February and March combined.
- However, City have conceded 32 Premier League goals this campaign, only one short of their final tally last season.
- Seven of Kevin De Bruyne’s nine Premier League goal involvements this season have come in his six away appearances.
- Julian Alvarez has scored only one goal in his last 16 appearances in all competitions, including none in the last eight.
- Rodri is unbeaten in his last 68 appearances for Manchester City in all competitions since a 1-0 Premier League defeat at Spurs in February 2023 (games decided by a penalty shoot-out classed as a draw).
