Man City team news vs Brighton: Haaland rested as Guéhi captains nine-change side

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Man City team news vs Brighton sees Erling Haaland rested and Marc Guéhi named captain as Enzo Maresca makes nine changes for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup fourth-round tie at the Etihad Stadium.

Floyd Samba starts alongside Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki and Allan, while Brighton make seven changes following their defeat at Liverpool.

Man City team news vs Brighton: Guéhi takes the armband

Guéhi leads City after retaining his place following Saturday’s defeat at Aston Villa. Gerónimo Rulli starts in goal, with Rico Lewis, Vitor Reis and Nico O’Reilly also coming into the side.

Haaland, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rúben Dias, Elliot Anderson and Joško Gvardiol are all absent after being given three days off. Abdukodir Khusanov, Enzo Fernández, Iliman Ndiaye and Jérémy Doku also drop out of the starting XI.

Ayyoub Bouaddi and Mateo Kovacic start in midfield, while Foden returns to the XI. The team selections are listed in Oddschecker’s line-ups report.

Maresca explained his decision to give senior players time off before the tie. Read our Maresca press conference report for the background.

Confirmed Man City XI vs Brighton

Man City: Rulli, Lewis, Reis, Guéhi (c), O’Reilly, Bouaddi, Kovacic, Foden, Cherki, Allan, Samba.

Brighton team news: seven changes for cup tie

Fabian Hürzeler also rotates his side after the defeat at Liverpool, with Jason Steele replacing Bart Verbruggen in goal.

Luka Vušković, Lewis Dunk and Maxim De Cuyper drop out of the starting line-up. Costinha, Jaouen Hadjam and Michael Svoboda start alongside Olivier Boscagli, while Georginio Rutter is included in attack.

Jack Hinshelwood and Malick Yalcouyé also start, with Pascal Gross, Diego Gomez and Yasin Ayari named in the XI. Yankuba Minteh and Mats Wieffer are listed among the substitutes in published line-up reports, following their return from injury.

For the background to Hürzeler’s selection, read our Brighton injury news report.

Confirmed Brighton XI vs Man City

Brighton: Steele, Costinha, Hadjam, Svoboda, Boscagli, Gross, Hinshelwood, Gomez, Yalcouyé, Ayari, Rutter.

Man City vs Brighton: kick-off time and TV

The Carabao Cup tie kicks off at 7.30pm GMT on Wednesday 28 October at the Etihad Stadium and is live on Sky Sports.

It is the first of two meetings between the clubs this week. Brighton return to the Etihad for Saturday’s Premier League match, which kicks off at 3pm GMT.

See our Man City vs Brighton TV guide for the viewing details for both fixtures.

Man City team news vs Brighton: your questions answered

Is Erling Haaland playing against Brighton?

Haaland is rested for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie after being given time off. Floyd Samba starts for City.

Who is Manchester City’s captain against Brighton?

Marc Guéhi captains City for the cup tie at the Etihad Stadium.

Who starts in goal for Man City?

Gerónimo Rulli starts, with Gianluigi Donnarumma among the five players given time off.

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