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title: "Several absences for Brighton ahead of clash with Manchester City in the Premier League"
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description: "Manchester City host Brighton in matchweek 9 of the Premier League, with injury absences in both squads and the visitors suffering numerical disadvantage."
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# Several absences for Brighton ahead of clash with Manchester City in the Premier League

Manchester City host Brighton in matchweek 9 of the Premier League, with injury absences in both squads and the visitors suffering numerical disadvantage.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 30 October 2026، 06:17 Saudi time

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Several absences for Brighton ahead of clash with Manchester City in the Premier League

[Brighton](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/brighton-201) travel to face [Manchester City](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/manchester-city-199) on 31 October at 18:00 Saudi time (which corresponds to Damascus time), in matchweek nine of the 2026/27 [Premier League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/premier-league-15) season.

beIN Sports will broadcast the match live to audiences across the Arab world.

On the absences front, Manchester City will be without both [Antoine Serlom Semenyo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/antoine-serlom-semenyo-5666) and [Matheus Nunes](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/matheus-luiz-nunes-5660) due to injury.

Brighton, meanwhile, will go into the match with more absences, missing [Oluwafemi Javier Azeez](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/oluwafemi-javier-azeez-5713), [Evan Joe Ferguson](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/evan-joe-ferguson-13969), [Kaoru Mitoma](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/kaoru-mitoma-5726), [S. Tzimas](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/s-tzimas-13970), [Zadok Yohanna](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/zadok-yohanna-5730), [José María Andrés Baixauli](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jos%C3%A9-mar%C3%ADa-andr%C3%A9s-baixauli-5711) and [Ferdi Erenay Kadıoğlu](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/ferdi-erenay-kad%C4%B1o%C4%9Flu-5707) through injury, in addition to the absence of [Pascal Augustus Struijk](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/pascal-augustus-struijk-5708) for other reasons.

Both sides therefore enter the match with a list of absences affecting their tactical options before kick-off.

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