Brighton vs Man City LIVE team news as Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez start

Manchester City are down in Brighton on Thursday night as the Premier League title race makes its way to the South Coast.

It is just over a week since the Treble dreams of Pep Guardiola and his side were crushed by Real Madrid in a shootout defeat at the Etihad, yet they bounced back at Wembley at the weekend to book their place in the FA Cup Final. Between now and then, it is all about the league.

Arsenal have played twice since City were last in action and have won both games, including a 5-0 thumping of Chelsea that improves their goal difference to a point where the Blues probably cannot reach. Having played two games more, the Gunners are four points ahead so City will surely need to win both of their games in hand to go above them.

That starts tonight at the Amex Stadium, where City will be without Erling Haaland but will hope to continue their club record unbeaten streak. The match kicks off at 8pm and we'll have updates through the evening for you.

CITY XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Silva, Foden, Alvarez

Well then, here we are. Pep Guardiola has made four changes from the XI that played at Wembley. Ederosn is in for Ortega, Manu Akanji comes in for John Stones, Josko Gvardiol for Ruben Dias, and Mateo Kovacic for Jack Grealish. That last change probably means Phil Foden starting from a wider position, although you never know

Stones is fit enough for a place on the bench and alongside him sits Dias. Jack Grealish and Jeremy Doku have dovetailed nicely with each other in recent matches but both of them are on the bench for this one.

XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Silva, Foden, Alvarez Subs: Ortega, Dias, Stones, Lewis, Gomez, Nunes,