When and where
It’s our first home game of the new season as Andrée Jeglertz’s side welcome Brighton to the Joie Stadium in a 19:30 (UK) kick-off on Friday 12 September.
City v Brighton tickets available here
The game is available to watch live in the UK on Sky Sports with updates also provided on the official Man City app.
Detailed coverage can also be found on our X account: @ManCityWomen.
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Man City App Coverage
As always, the official Man City app has everything covered.
Our Matchday Centre, providing regular updates, stats and analysis will get underway from 18:00, with live audio commentary also available at kick-off with Mike Minay.
Make sure to have push notifications turned on to be alerted to all the key moments as they unfold as well.
A detailed match report and post-match reaction will be available shortly after the final whistle.
We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package available while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit, with both available from 01:30 (UK) on Saturday.
On CITY+, meanwhile, from 12 noon on Saturday, there’ll be our popular full-match replay.
Andrée Jeglertz preview
“Brighton is a difficult team to scout. They are possession based and have a couple of rotations and tactical moments in the game that are giving us challenges.
“It’s an interesting team because they can ask questions of us.
“They also have good individual players too. Everything is about getting our first win on Friday and a good performance to take that next step.”
See the Euro 2025 trophy
Supporters will have the chance to see the Euro 2025 trophy ahead of action at the Joie Stadium this Friday!
Available before kick-off in our main stand, gates at the Joie Stadium open from 18:00.
Tickets are still available for our WSL home opener, which you can purchase by clicking here.
And for more information on what to expect at our home matches over the 2025/26 season, click here.
Previous meeting
We last faced Brighton in late March, when we made the trip down to sunny Sussex and goals from Kerstin Casparij and Vivianne Miedema got us the victory.
It’s almost a year since they visited the Joie Stadium, with Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw netting the vital goal on 29 September 2024.
Last time out
We started the 2025/26 Barclays Women’s Super League campaign with perhaps the toughest fixture of all - a trip to defending champions Chelsea.
With a change in formation from new boss Jeglertz, City remained in the game right until the end but eventually fell to a 2-1 defeat.
Aggie Beever-Jones and Maika Hamano grabbed the goals for the hosts before a Niamh Charles own goal got us back in it.
A defeat, but one that Jeglertz and his players could take something from.
Global TV Listings
Check out how you can follow our clash with Brighton via livesoccertv.com‘s global TV listings.
(Listings correct as of Tuesday 9 September)
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