How Man City should line up against Brighton as Rodri suspension ends

Manchester City are back in Premier League action on Saturday as they welcome Brighton to the Etihad Stadium.

City find themselves in the unique position of a losing streak after defeats to Wolves and Arsenal in their last two Premier League outings. Pep Guardiola will be looking to amend that and get his side back to winning ways against the impressive Seagulls.

The Blues will be boosted by the return of Rodri who missed those defeats through suspension but the midfielder's three-match ban has now come to an end. John Stones is also in contention for his first start of the season after getting 90 minutes under his belt across two games for England over the international break.

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Elsewhere, there are no fresh injury concerns for City with the only absentee remaining Kevin De Bruyne who is out until the new year with a hamstring injury. Guardiola said: "No problems, except Kevin. No, I don't know. [When De Bruyne will be back]."

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Simon Bajkowski

Guardiola will not underestimate Young Boys in the Champions League but this is the more dangerous game as they look to arrest their consecutive league defeats. For this task, the manager needs his best and most experienced Premier League XI.

That means Nathan Ake ahead of Josko Gvardiol at left-back and it also means Kyle Walker and Manu Akanji in ahead of John Stones, who waltzes into the side when anywhere near his best but hasn't kicked a ball for City since the Community Shield. Brighton would be a tough ask to bring him straight back in for.