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Manchester City 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Carabao Cup, Round 4. Played Wednesday 28 October, 19:30 UK time, at Etihad Stadium, Manchester.

Our call

We did not have a call on this match.

Goals

• M. Yalcouyé 30', Brighton & Hove Albion
• M. Kovačić 40', Manchester City
• G. Rutter 47', Brighton & Hove Albion
• V. Reis 72', Manchester City

Form

• Manchester City have won four, drawn none and lost two of their last six.
• Brighton & Hove Albion have won four, drawn one and lost one of their last six.

Head to head

20 meetings between them: Manchester City won 13, Brighton & Hove Albion won three, four were drawn. Last time: Manchester City 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion, January 2026.

Expected line-ups

Manchester City: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Joško Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Rico Lewis, Enzo Fernández, Elliot Anderson, Iliman Ndiaye, Rayan Cherki, Allan, Erling Haaland.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Bart Verbruggen, Maxim De Cuyper, Luka Vušković, Michael Svoboda, Diego Gómez, Pascal Groß, Yasin Ayari, Ibrahim Osman, Olivier Boscagli, Malick Yalcouyé, Charalampos Kostoulas.

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