Stones, Dias and Grealish - Man City injury news and return dates ahead of Brighton trip

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Manchester City will make the trip to Brighton and Hove Albion this weekend in the midst of an injury crisis and trying to arrest a rotten run of form.

Pep Guardiola's side were battered 4-1 by Sporting CP in the Champions League on Tuesday, as Phil Foden's opening goal in Lisbon was cancelled out by a Viktor Gyokeres hat-trick and a further strike from Maximiliano Araujo.

It followed on from 2-1 losses to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup and Bournemouth in the Premier League and Guardiola has had to rush a number of players back from injury to cope with the mounting fixture list. READ MORE: Pep Guardiola aims cheeky dig at Manchester United and fires clear Man City message READ MORE: What angry Erling Haaland did after Sporting disaster shows disconnect between Man City players However, City are still set to be without at least five first team players this weekend, as they look to ensure they don't fall further adrift of league leaders Liverpool.

With that in mind, Manchester Evening News have rounded up the latest Man City injury situation below. Injury: Muscular What we know: Dias was replaced at half time in the cup tie at Spurs and has missed the last two matches against Bournemouth and Sporting.