Percy Tau has been handed his Premier League debut for Albion at Manchester City this evening as they make seven changes from the side which beat Newport on Sunday.

The South African will make his first start for the Seagulls and lead the line, after coming off the bench in the win over Newport.

The other six changes see Robert Sanchez, Joel Veltman, Dan Burn, Bernardo, Davy Propper and Leandro Trossard come into the starting 11.

It means Albion have six defenders in their starting line-up.

Christian Walton has been named on the bench with Jason Steele and Maty Ryan not involved in the squad, while Teddy Jenks, Jenson Weir, Max Sanders, Reda Khadra and Max Sanders are all on the bench.