Key events
Half-time: Brighton 0-1 Man City
The teams get underway with City in the lead thanks to Erling Haaland's determined shot off the underside of the bar after his initial attempt was blocked by Verbruggen. Despite being dominated for the first half hour, Brighton have got back into the game and Danny Welbeck was denied his first goal against city of manchester for an excellent block of Gvardiol.
45+2 minutes: Estupiñán receives a pass from Igor and takes a cross for a Brighton corner. They won't be able to take it because the flag had been raised for offside. It's halftime.
45+2 minutes: We reach two minutes of added time, which seems excessive as there have been no substitutions or injuries and the ball rarely appears to have been out of play. It doesn't matter.
44 minutes: Igor approaches Haaland in the center circle and is booked for dissent after complaining about being penalized. It's a cheap yellow.
42 minutes: Brighton wastes another rare chance after Mitoma beats Walker and squares the ball. Neither Welbeck nor Rutter can access it before they have authorized it. Brighton have improved their game considerably in the last 10 minutes and are very much back in this match.
40 minutes: City receive a throw-in in the center of their own field, even though the ball does not go out of play. Danny Welbeck expresses his discontent in vain and the game resumes.
38 minutes: Rico Lewis is booked for a foul on Welbeck and Brighton takes a free kick about 30 meters from the City goal. Welbeck, the Brighton captain, sends the ball past the right post.
35 minutes: Brighton had their first big chance, Gvardiol sliding to block Welbeck's shot after the striker had outpaced Kovacic and Mitoma had slipped him. The ball actually hit Gvardiol's arm, but as it slid, there's no way it was a handball, even in these strange times.
34 minutes: Ederson throws the ball up and sends it into the stands on the right side of the field. It's a very strange mistake on your part.
32 minutes: city of manchester corner. Gundogan's shot towards the far post finds its way into the gloves of Bart Verbruggen.
29 minutes: Nunes passes the ball inside to Kovacic, who prepares to shoot from distance, thinks better of it and makes a low pass towards Lewis. Moments later, the ball returns to Kovacic and this time he has a pop, which Verbruggen stops. City is in a state of almost total dominance and Brighton is on the ropes.
27 minutes: Matheus Nunes is penalized for a flagrant technical foul on Veltman but avoids the warning.
26 minutes: Another radical move from City ends with Haaland forcing Verbruggen to make a smart save at his near post with a powerful right-footed shot.
25 minutes: It was a wonderfully weighted pass from Kovacic, but Haaland needed the strength of an ox and two bites of a cherry to hold off two Brighton defenders and beat Verbruggen.
GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Man City (Haaland 23)
City leadership. Kovacic places Haaland behind and his shot on goal is only half blocked by Verbruggen, but does not reach the goal. Under pressure from Jean Paul van Hecke, Haaland scored at the second attempt, beating the prostrate goalkeeper to push the ball onto the underside of the crossbar.
22 minutes: A Rutter cross from the left is too close to the City goal and Ederson claims comfortably before Welbeck can do any damage.
21 minutes: Jahmai Simpson-Pusey plays in the middle of a back three when City have possession and the 18-year-old has so far made no mistake in his first division debut.
19 minutes: Yasin Ayari is booked for dragging Phil Foden to the ground with both hands as the City man tried to escape upfield. You can't have any complaints about that.
18 minutes: In the final stretch, trying to reach a cross from the left at the far post, Erling Haaland can only send his shot over the crossbar. The city is at the top.
17 minutes: Regardless of Mitoma vs Walker, Estupinan vs Savinho is already shaping up to be a very one-sided contest. As things stand, the Brazilian has Brighton's left back toast.
15 minutes: Bart Verbruggen squats down to deny Savinho with his outstretched leg as the City winger runs onto Mateo Kovacic's pass and closes in on his goal. Good save!
15 minutes: Mitoma tries to detect a Georginio Rutter run behind the City defense with a well-weighted pass, but the Frenchman is penalized for offside.
14 minutes: Savinho's attempted cross from the right towards the far post goes just over the Brighton crossbar and lands on the roof of the net.
12 minutes: Veltman plays the ball behind for Yasin Ayari to chase, but City had pushed up. The Brighton midfielder is offside.
11 minutes: We're past 10 minutes and we still haven't seen a shot from any player on either side.
9 minutes: Nunes tries to take on Veltman again, but the Brighton defender fails to make any changes and is forced to retreat. Moments later, Savinho confronts and beats Pervis Estupinan down the right touchline and reaches the byline, but is unable to identify a teammate with his retreat.
8 minutes: Mitoma puts pressure on Walker as he tries to clear from the City right-back area, but the ball goes out for a throw-in by Brighton's Japanese winger.
7 minutes: Mateo Kovacic passes a ball over for Savinho to chase, but he puts too much into his pass. Bart Verbruggen quickly comes out of his goal to claim the bouncing ball.
4 minutes: Danny Welbeck cedes possession cheaply to Walker in midfield and City push forward before returning the ball to their hosts.
3 minutes: City spin the ball at the back under some pretty spirited pressure from Brighton. Kaoru Mitoma vs. Kyle Walker should be one of the most intriguing battles in this game.
2 minutes: Matheus Nunes brings the ball to the byline for City, but Joel Veltman prevents him from crossing it. Brighton forces the visitors back.
Brighton-Man City leaves…
1 minute: City kick off the ball in their fourth consecutive away game, with their players wearing maroon shirts, shorts and socks.
Memory: Players gather around the center circle as their coaches lay wreaths ahead of Remembrance Sunday. The Last Post is played by Salvation Army buglers.
There's not much left now: The teams are in the tunnel, ready to be taken out by match referee Sam Barrott. And they come out…
Today's Premier League results
Brentford 3-2 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 0-2 Fulham
West Ham 0-0 Everton
Wolves 2-0 Southampton
Brighton-Manchester City (17.30 GMT)
Liverpool-Aston Villa (20:00 GMT)
Those teams: Brighton make one change from the team that lost to Liverpool last weekend, with Simon Adingra replacing Ferdi Kadoiglu, who is ruled out of today's squad along with Carlos Baleba and Lewis Dunk. Matt O'Riley and Joao Pedro return from injury and are among the substitutes for the home team.
Pep Guardiola makes two changes from the team that lost to Sporting CP in midweek. Kyle Walker replaces Manuel Akanji, who entered the game injured and is only on the bench today. Teenage centre-back Jahmai Simpson-Pusey makes his debut first division He made his debut after starting the game against Sporting. Bernardo Silva is on the bench today, along with Kevin De Bruyne and Nathan Ake, while Ilkay Gundogan starts.
Tonight's game officials
Referee: Sam Barrot.
Attendees: Lee Betts and Steve Meredith.
Fourth referee: Andy Davis.
VAR: Jared Gillett.
VAR Assistant: Stuart Burt.
Brighton-Man City lineups
Brighton: Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Julio, Estupiñán; Hinshelwood, Ayari, Rutter; Adingra, Welbeck, Mitoma
Substitutes: Steele, Gruda, Pedro, Enciso, Moder, Baleba, Wieffer, Ferguson, O'Riley
City of Manchester: Ederson; Walker, Simpson-Pusey, Gvardiol, Lewis; Kovacic, Gundogan, Nunes; Savinho, Haaland, Foden
Substitutes: Ortega, Ake, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Akanji, Wright, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand
Early team news
Without Adam Webster, Solly March, James Milner, Brighton are also sweating over the fitness of Yasin Ayari, Lewis Dunk and Yankuba Minteh, but could include Joao Pedro and Matt O'Riley in today's matchday squad after their respective periods on the sidelines.
With Ballon d'Or winner Rodri out for the season and Oscar Bobb still recovering from a broken leg, Pep Guardiola has other injury concerns to deal with as Jack Grealish, John Stones and Ruben Dias could miss out tonight's game.
Better news for the champions is that Kevin De Bruyne has been included in their final two matchday squads and returned to the pitch for a few minutes during City's midweek Champions League defeat at the hands of Sporting.
Premier League: Brighton-Manchester City
Manchester City travel to the south coast after three consecutive defeats in three different competitions, the first time that Pep Guardiola's team has lost consecutive games since 2018.
They face a Brighton team that has lost consecutive games against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup and first division but Fabian Hurzeler will be confident his team can compete against champions who score goals and look unusually vulnerable.
Kick-off at Amex Stadium is at 5:30 pm, but in the meantime we will have team news and preparation.
