Brighton vs Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has lost four games in a row in all competitions for the very first time in his managerial career, while Manchester City have lost four straight games for the first time since August 2006, when Stuart Pearce was manager of the club.

Manchester City have lost a Premier League game which they led at half-time for the first time since May 2021, also away to Brighton and Hove Albion – while Brighton have now won each of their last two in which they trailed at the interval, after going winless in their previous 23 (D5 L18).

Brighton and Hove Albion have won a Premier League match against Manchester City for just the second time in what was their 15th such meeting (D1 L12), with both wins coming at the Amex Stadium - only at Anfield (4), Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (4) and Stamford Bridge (3) has Pep Guardiola lost more Premier League games as the away manager.

Brighton have conceded more Premier League goals against Manchester City than they have against any other opponent (40), failing to keep a clean sheet in any of their 14 such matches.

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

Brighton have dropped 10 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, only four fewer than they did in the whole of 2023-24. Indeed, both of the Seagulls’ defeats this term have come after they’ve taken the lead (2-4 v Chelsea, 1-2 v 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 from the start of a top-flight campaign (7).

Manchester City’s 32-game unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an end at Bournemouth last time out. Only in October 2023, December 2018 and December 2016 have they lost consecutive league games under Pep Guardiola.