Premier League Report: Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion

Bafana Bafana international Percy Tau has been named in the Brighton and Hove Albion side to face Manchester City this evening.

Read: Impressive Tau Makes Winning Debut For Brighton

Tau made his official debut for Brighton in the FA Cup penalty shoot-out victory over Newport County over the weekend and made a good impression.

Brighton coach Graham Potter has now decided to hand Tau his first Premier League start against the mighty Citizens at the Etihad Stadium.

The Citizens, meanwhile, made four changes for the clash as Ederson Oleksander Zinchenko, John Stones and Ilkay Gundogan.

Brighton have failed to score in their last three visits to the Etihad, with last season's encounter ending in a 5-0 victory for Pep Guardiola's side.

Here are the confirmed line-ups:

Manchester City: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), Mahrez, Foden, Bernardo

Brighton: Sanchez, White, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Bernardo, Trossard, Tau, Propper, Veltman, Mac Allister.

Click through the gallery below to the 14 South African players who've played in the Premier League.

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