Manchester Metropolis journey to the south coast for the second time in successive weekends with Brighton & Hove Albion their remaining opponents earlier than the worldwide break.
Pep Guardiola’s facet discover themselves in a horrible run of kind, enduring defeats in all of their final three matches and exiting the Carabao Cup on the fourth spherical stage to Tottenham, while struggling a heavy defeat by the hands of Sporting within the Champions League earlier this week.
Final outing in Premier League motion it was defeat in opposition to as Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth inflicted a 2-1 victory over Manchester Metropolis to knock the top-flight champions off first place amid a difficult health battle within the first-team squad.
The worldwide break will probably come on the good time for Manchester Metropolis as they appear to recuperate some key stars over the brand new few weeks notably Ruben Dias and John Stones on the coronary heart of their defence.
The central defensive pairing joins Rodri and Oscar Bobb, who each stay in a a lot longer-term restoration course of, while Jack Grealish stays unavailable resulting from an absence of health regardless of being chosen for worldwide responsibility with England this month.
Forward of kick-off on the Amex Stadium, right here is how each Fabian Hurzeler and Pep Guardiola have lined up their respective Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester Metropolis sides in Premier League motion!
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Manchester Metropolis
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