Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion live stream and match preview, Saturday 22 October, 3pm BST
Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion live stream and match preview
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Pep Guardiola's side were not in action in midweek after their scheduled meeting with Arsenal was postponed so that the Gunners could fulfil their Europa League commitments. City have therefore had plenty of time to work on the training pitch following their 1-0 loss to Liverpool last time out.
Guardiola was critical of key refereeing decisions in that game, but he will also have been concerned with how City lost control of the match in the second half. Still, the Premier League champions are in a strong position after 10 games and they remain the strong favourites to win the title, despite the fact that Arsenal have a four-point lead at the summit of the standings going into the weekend.
Brighton have now gone four games without a win in the Premier League. Robert De Zerbi's side were held to a goalless draw by Nottingham Forest in the midweek round of fixtures, as some profligate finishing and dogged Forest defending denied Albion all three points.
That was the third match in a row in which Brighton failed to find the back of the net. That will be slightly concerning for the club's new manager Roberto De Zerbi, who is still waiting for his first win in English football. Brighton have lost every previous visit to the Etihad Stadium, so they are very much in the underdogs in this one.
Manchester City will have to make do without England trio John Stones, Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips for the visit of Brighton. Jack Grealish returns to the starting XI after dropping to the bench for the defeat at Anfield.
Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez also start in an exciting line-up, with Erling Haaland up front for the champions.
Brighton are unable to call upon the services of Kaoru Mitoma, Jakub Moder and Levi Colwill.
Danny Welbeck leads the line in an unchanged XI for the Seagulls, who are still seeking a first win under De Zerbi.
Form
Manchester City: LWWWD
Brighton: DLLDW
Referee
Craig Pawson will be the referee for Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion live stream.
Stadium
Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion live stream will be played at the Eithad Stadium.
Other games
Everton vs Crystal Palace will take place simultaneously.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 7.30pm BST on Saturday 22 October and the game is not being shown in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
