Manchester City host Brighton in Matchday 9 of the Premier League

Manchester City host Brighton on 31 October 2026 at 18:00 Saudi time (Damascus), in a match in Matchday nine of the Premier League for the 2026/27 season, with beIN SPORTS broadcasting the match.

Manchester City top the standings with 21 points from 8 matches, having won 7 and lost one, with a goal difference of 20 to 9. Brighton, meanwhile, sit in third place with 16 points also from 8 matches, following 5 wins, a draw and two losses, scoring 23 goals and conceding just 7.

In their last five matches, Manchester City lost to Aston Villa 1-2 at home, before that they beat AEK Athens 5-1 and Ipswich Town 3-2, lost to Paris Saint-Germain 2-4, and beat Liverpool away 3-0.

Brighton, meanwhile, lost their last match to Liverpool 0-2 away, drew goalless with Jablonec, beat Crystal Palace 5-0 and Kauno Zalgiris 4-0 at home, and beat Sunderland 2-0 away from home.

In their previous meetings, the last ended in a 1-1 draw on 7 January 2026 at Manchester City's stadium, before that Brighton beat Manchester City 2-1 on 31 August 2025, while the March 2025 meeting ended in a 2-2 draw, Brighton won 2-1 in November 2024, while Manchester City won heavily 4-0 in April 2024.

Manchester City will be without both Antoine Semenyo and Matheus Nunes due to injury. Brighton, meanwhile, are suffering numerous absences including A. Aziz, E. Ferguson, K. Mitoma, S. Tzimas, Zadok Yohannes, Jose Maria Andres Baixauli and Ferdi Eren Kadioglu due to injury, in addition to the absence of Pascal Struijk for other reasons.