Man City vs Brighton: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Manchester City host Brighton & Hove Albion at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday 28 October 2026, kick-off 19:30 UTC, in the Carabao Cup (round 4). Prediction markets make Man City the favourite at 57%, with the draw at 22% (Polymarket). Man City have had 8 days of rest since playing AEK Athens (Champions League); Brighton have had 10 after facing C Palace and travel about 325 km. Man City are without 4 players (Matheus Nunes, Nico O'Reilly, Antoine Semenyo and others); Brighton are missing 7 (Zadok Yohanna, Mats Wieffer, Femi Azeez and others). Andy Madley is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.9.