Albion v Manchester City
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Saturday 11th July 2020
Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Referee: Graham Scott
Assistants: Edward Smart, Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: James Linington
Reserve Assistant Referee: Paul Kelly
VAR: Peter Bankes
Additional VAR: Stephen Child
TEAM NEWS
Brighton head coach Graham Potter has a fully-fit squad to pick from apart from long-term injury victim Jose Izquierdo, who is recovering from a knee injury.
Steven Alzate has not featured since the restart because of a groin problem, but could make his return.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is likely to rotate his squad and make changes to the side that beat Newcastle.
Sergio Aguero continues his rehabilitation after knee surgery.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
[*=left]Brighton have lost all five of their Premier League matches with Manchester City, conceding 15 goals and scoring just twice.
[*=left]The Seagulls last claimed league points against City in a second-tier game in April 1989, winning 2-1 at the Goldstone Ground thanks to an Alan Curbishley penalty and an Ian Brightwell own goal.
[*=left]City are unbeaten in their last eight top-flight games against Brighton, a sequence dating back to October 1981.
[*=left]Brighton have only won two of their 14 Premier League games in 2020, the joint fewest in the top flight, although both of these victories have come since the restart.
[*=left]The Seagulls have lost three of their last four home league games, which is as many as they had in their previous 13 at the Amex Stadium.
[*=left]They need four points to match their highest Premier League points tally of 40, set in 2017-18. They have already scored more goals than they had in their previous two seasons in the division.
[*=left]They are unbeaten in all nine Premier League matches Neal Maupay has scored in.
[*=left]Manchester City have lost their last three away matches in the top flight - they last suffered four defeats in a row on the road between March and April 2015.
[*=left]Its the first time Pep Guardiola has lost three successive top flight away fixtures as a manager.
[*=left]Man City have scored just three goals in their last six league away games. In those matches they have had 99 shots (30 on target), with an expected goals total of nearly 13.
[*=left]Pep Guardiola's side have had 654 shots in the top flight this season, at least 87 more than any other side. They are averaging 19.2 shots-per-game in the Premier League this term, the most by a side since Liverpool (19.4 per game) in 2012-13.
[*=left]Five City players have scored 10 or more league goals this season - the last top-flight side to achieve this were Everton in 1984-85.
[*=left]Their passing accuracy against Newcastle of 93.7% (787 of 840 passes) is the highest in the Premier League since such data began to be recorded in 2003-04.
