Overview
- Kick-off is 2pm BST on Sunday 31 August at the Amex Stadium, live on Sky Sports with BBC highlights later that night.
- Manchester City opened with a 4-0 win at Wolves before a 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham, raising the need for a response.
- Brighton have one point from two league matches but arrive lifted by a 6-0 Carabao Cup win over Oxford United.
- Brighton are without Adam Webster after knee surgery as well as Solly March and Julio Enciso, while Georginio Rutter has returned to training and is expected to be available.
- Pep Guardiola will update on Josko Gvardiol, Savinho and Claudio Echeverri; Mateo Kovacic remains out, Rayan Ait-Nouri is on track, and Rodri, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Jeremy Doku are pushing to start.