Manchester Metropolis return to Premier League motion with a house conflict towards Brighton & Hove Albion on the briefly renamed Metropolis within the Neighborhood Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola and his gamers know that they merely should decide up their normal of outcomes as they proceed their hunt of a UEFA Champions League place for the 2025/26 marketing campaign, with fifth place now sufficient to safe a European place for subsequent season.
Manchester Metropolis fell to a slim defeat by the hands of Nottingham Forest final trip as a Callum Hudson-Odoi effort within the last 10 minutes of the Metropolis Floor affair secured all three factors of the hosts, who opened up a four-point hole on Pep Guardiola’s aspect.
Saturday afternoon’s conflict with Brighton at house would be the last aggressive affair earlier than the worldwide break in March, whereas membership soccer will return with an FA Cup quarter-final conflict towards Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium on the finish of the month.
As for Fabian Hurzeler’s aspect, they discover themselves in a wealthy run of successful kind operating because the staggering 7-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest, defeating the likes of Newcastle United within the FA Cup fifth spherical away from house and Chelsea within the Premier League.
There isn’t any change for Manchester Metropolis on the damage entrance forward of this one, with Manuel Akanji, John Stones, and Nathan Ake all sidelined by their respective long-term issues, whereas Oscar Bobb and Rodri proceed to construct up their very own health.
Forward of kick-off on the ‘Metropolis within the Neighborhood Etihad Stadium’, right here is how each Pep Guardiola and Fabian Hurzeler have lined up their respective Manchester Metropolis and Brighton & Hove Albion sides in Premier League motion!
Manchester Metropolis
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Brighton & Hove Albion
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