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Brighton have conceded more Premier League goals against Manchester City than against any other opponent (40) and have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their 14 games.

Manchester City have taken 37 out of 42 available points against Brighton in the Premier League (W12, D1, L1), with the only points lost coming at the Amex Stadium (2-3 in May 2021, 1-1 in May 2023).

Brighton have dropped 10 points from the top spots in the Premier League this season, just four fewer than they did in the entire 2023/24 season. In fact, both of the Seagulls’ defeats this season came after they had taken the lead (2-4 vs Chelsea, 1-2 vs Liverpool).

Brighton are unbeaten in their five Premier League home games so far this season (W2 D3) – only in 1982/83 have they had a longer run without a home defeat since the start of a season in the top flight (7).

Manchester City’s 32-game unbeaten run in the Premier League ended last time out at Bournemouth. They only lost consecutive league games under Pep Guardiola in October 2023, December 2018 and December 2016.

Manchester City have conceded the first goal in five of their 10 Premier League games so far this season – the first time they have done so in half of their first 10 games in a season since 2006/07 (also five). .

Only Leicester City (55%) have converted a higher proportion of their big chances in the Premier League this season than Brighton (46% – 26/12).

73% of the goals conceded by Man City in the Premier League this season came in the first half of the game (8/11), the highest proportion in the league this season. Four of those came in the first 15 minutes – only Ipswich and West Ham (5) have conceded more goals, while this proportion is the highest for any team (36%).

Brighton’s Danny Welbeck has either scored (3) or assisted (1) in each of his last four Premier League games – he has never before been involved in a goal in five consecutive games in the competition.

Man City’s Phil Foden has scored more Premier League goals against Brighton than against any other opponent, scoring eight goals in just seven starts against the Seagulls. However, Foden has not scored in any of his seven Premier League games this season, most recently having a lengthy run of appearances without a goal in the league between May 2019 and March 2020 (15).