City team news: Minteh to be assessed

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Albion look to make it back-to-back wins.

2026-01-06T11:00+00:00

Yankuba Minteh may miss Wednesday's game at the Etihad. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion could break into the top six with victory when they take on Manchester City at the Etihad on Wednesday night.

City will look to cut into Arsenal's six-point cushion at the top of the table.

Team news

Kaoru Mitoma made his first start since September in the 2-0 win over Burnley. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Fabian Hurzeler finds himself in a similar situation to Saturday's game against Burnley, with Mats Wieffer out and Yankuba Minteh needing a late assessment.

"Mats won't be available, he still has an issue with his toe," Hurzeler said on Tuesday. "We need to have a look at Minteh. It's still not perfect, but there's a small chance that he will be available tomorrow.

"At the moment everyone else seems to be fine. We will have a training session later, but overall it looks okay.

"We managed Kaoru Mitoma well in the game against Burnley. It was his first start after a long time. But he collected some game minutes before, so we are quite confident that he will be able to start the game."

Their last line-up

Your City side to face Chelsea 🩵

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo (C), Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Ake, Doku, Khusanov, McAidoo, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, R. Heskey

🤝 @etihad pic.twitter.com/8rPhMnvfR0
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 4, 2026

The Cityzens conceded late on in their 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Sunday. Tijjani Reijnders opened the scoring in the first half, before Enzo Fernandez netted in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time.

Match facts

Man City have never lost in 15 home league games against Brighton (W12 D3), both the most they’ve faced a side without ever losing at home, and the most Brighton have played anyone on the road without ever winning.

Albion are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games against Man City (W2 D1), having avoided defeat in just two of their first 14 against them in the competition (W1 D1 L12).

Man City have scored in all 17 of their Premier League games against Brighton, their joint-best 100% scoring record against an opponent along with Bournemouth.

City have drawn both of their last two Premier League games. In Pep Guardiola’s managerial career, only in April 2017 and December 2023 has he ever drawn three successive league matches.

Manchester City have won 31 of their last 33 Premier League matches on a Wednesday (D1 L1), while at home they’ve won their last 22 Wednesday games. It’s the longest ever home winning run on a specific day of the week by any side in Premier League history.

Brighton have shipped two goals in each of their last three away Premier League matches, last having a longer run of conceding 2+ goals between August and November 2022 (5).

Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last four Premier League games against Brighton, though Man City have failed to win any of the last three (D1 L2). Only two players have scored in four in a row against an opponent while failing to end on the winning side – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink against Manchester United (D3 L1, 1998-2001) and Charlie Austin against Arsenal (D1 L3, 2014-2018).

City’s Erling Haaland has failed to score in each of his last three Premier League games. In his top-flight career, he has never had four successive starts without scoring.

Danny Welbeck has scored seven goals in his last 13 away Premier League appearances, although he’s never scored in nine league matches at the Etihad – it’s the most he’s played at one stadium without finding the net in the top flight, having just one shot on target.

Should he appear in this match, Brighton’s James Milner will be just the fifth outfielder to play in the Premier League while aged over 40, after Gordon Strachan (6 apps in 40s), Teddy Sheringham (24), Kevin Phillips (4) and Ryan Giggs (6).

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