We have to go back many years to see a season as bad as Manchester City is having this season, they are currently outside the places that give access to the Champions League, they are in 5th place with 47 points, 23 points less than the leader Liverpool. Despite being difficult, this team can still take second place and secure a spot in the next Champions League.

The Citizens will be seeking revenge against the Seagulls after suffering a 2-1 defeat in the reverse fixture at the Amex Stadium four months ago.

Last weekend this team missed a great opportunity to go for third place when they were defeated by Nottingham Forest. Manchester City away from home have had very poor results. Manchester City have 10 finals left until the end of the championship and have to win as many points as possible.

Man City are still coping without Rodri, Nathan Ake, Manuel Akanji and John Stones.

Brighton are in 7th place with 1 point less than Manchester City and if they win they have a great opportunity to overtake Manchester City. Brighton is having a good championship, something it has done in recent years. Since losing 7-0 against Nottingham Forest they haven't lost again and are on a 6-game unbeaten streak, with 1 draw and 5 wins.

Last weekend they beat Fulham 2-1, in a game where Fulham started to win and Brighton managed to turn the game around and scored a goal near the end of the match.

Brighton have never drawn away to Man City in 14 previous attempts, but the Seagulls travel to the Etihad this weekend having proven difficult to beat on the road in recent months, losing just two of their last 11 away fixtures in all competitions (W6 D3).

Ferdi Kadioglu, Igor Julio, James Milner, Joel Veltman, Jason Steele, Lewis Dunk and Matt O'Riley are all out through injury.

Manchester City have to put in a good performance after their last defeat, they are the strongest team and need the 3 points to fight for their goals. If Brighton plays like in recent games they could have a lot of problems as the home team has a lot of quality in attack and if they have space to explore the counter attack they will cause a lot of problems for Brighton's defense. Manchester City will dominate the game, will have more chances and will win the game.

我们必须回到很多年以前才能看到曼城这个赛季如此糟糕的表现，他们目前已经无缘欧冠，他们以47分排名第五，比领头羊利物浦少23分。尽管处境艰难，但这支球队仍然可以获得第二名，并确保下一届欧冠的席位。

四个月前，市民队在美国运通球场以2比1的比分输给了海鸥队，他们将向海鸥队复仇。

上周末，这支球队被诺丁汉森林击败，错失了夺取第三名的大好机会。曼城在客场取得了非常糟糕的成绩。曼城在联赛结束前还有10场决赛，他们必须赢得尽可能多的积分。

曼城在没有罗德里、内森·阿克、曼努埃尔·阿坎吉和约翰·斯通斯的情况下仍在挣扎。

布莱顿目前排名第七，比曼城少1分，如果他们赢球，他们有很大的机会超越曼城。布莱顿正在赢得一个很好的冠军，这是近年来他们所做的。自从0 - 7输给诺丁汉森林之后，他们就没有再输过球，并且保持了6连胜，1平5胜。

上周末他们2-1击败富勒姆，在一场富勒姆开始获胜的比赛中，布莱顿设法扭转了局面，并在比赛即将结束时打进了一球。

布莱顿在之前的14次尝试中从未在客场被曼城逼平，但本周末前往阿提哈德的海鸥在最近几个月的客场比赛中被证明很难被击败，他们在所有比赛中最近11场客场比赛中只输了两场（W6 D3）。

费迪·卡迪奥卢、伊戈尔·胡里奥、詹姆斯·米尔纳、乔尔·维尔特曼、杰森·斯蒂尔、刘易斯·邓克和马特·奥莱利都因伤缺阵。

曼城在上一场失利后必须拿出出色的表现，他们是最强的球队，需要3分来为他们的目标而战。如果布莱顿像最近几场比赛那样发挥，他们可能会遇到很多问题，因为主队的进攻很有质量，如果他们有空间去探索反击，他们会给布莱顿的防守带来很多问题。曼城会控制比赛，会有更多的机会赢得比赛。