Erling Haaland, John Stones - Man City injury news and return dates for Brighton

Manchester City will be busy preparing for their return to Premier League action this week.

City faced Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at the weekend and claimed a 1-0 win to secure their place in next month's final. Bernardo Silva scored the winning goal for City to maintain the club's ambition of winning a Premier League-FA Cup double this term

Now attention for Pep Guardiola's side will turn to the top flight once again, with Brighton their opponents this week. City will travel to the Amex Stadium on Thursday night in the first of their six remaining Premier League fixtures this season.

City are still battling with Arsenal and Liverpool for the league title and will be looking to secure another three points this week. However, Guardiola may be forced to select his starting line-up and matchday squad without some key players being available due to injury.

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MEN Sport has provided a round-up of City's current injury list ahead of the Premier League clash against Brighton.

Erling Haaland suffered a muscle injury that forced him to miss the FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea on Saturday.

Haaland featured in the Champions League defeat to Real Madrid last Wednesday, before being substituted in the final minutes of regulation time. The striker was not fit enough to be part of the matchday squad for the trip to Wembley at the weekend and is now a doubt going forward.

Guardiola confirmed before kick-off against Chelsea that Haaland was sidelined with an injury.

"He's [Haaland] injured," Guardiola told BBC Sport on