Overview
- Kick-off is 19:30 UK on Wednesday, 7 January at the Etihad, with live coverage on Sky Sports Main Event and NOW TV.
- Manchester City have confirmed Josko Gvardiol suffered a fractured leg requiring surgery, and Pep Guardiola says Ruben Dias faces around six weeks out, with John Stones also unavailable.
- Nathan Ake and Abdukodir Khusanov are widely reported as the likely central defensive pairing as Guardiola reshuffles his back line.
- City are winless in two league games after draws at Sunderland and against Chelsea, leaving them under pressure to keep pace with Arsenal.
- Brighton arrive after ending a six-match winless run with a 2-0 victory over Burnley and having beaten City 2-1 at the Amex earlier this season.