Joleon Lescott makes Leeds United prediction based on Brighton's display at Manchester City

Fourth-bottom Brighton only lost to the title favourites by a single goal and Seagulls boss Graham Potter said he was left proud of a top performance.

Lescott, though, who was covering the game for BT Sport, felt that City could have won by three or four and feels that Brighton will have to up their game to defeat Saturday's hosts Leeds.

"I think he is proud of them because they haven't come here and got demolished," Lescott told BT Sport of Potter's assessment of Brighton's display.

"I think last season it was 4-0.

"But in regards to a top performance, I don't think they will beat Leeds if they play like that at the weekend and they are the games they are expected to win or hoping to win.

"He (Potter) has touched on it not defining their season losing to Man City but if you are not going to beat the teams around you with performances like that, which I don't think they will and can do, then it's a troubling time."

Asked if Brighton had enough to stay up - and how important it was that in demand midfielder Yves Bissouma stayed - Lescott admitted: "I think that's key to their survival.

"I think that he has to stay because he is impactful, he is able to break the lines with passes or with just sheer runs forward.

"If they have their best XI players available, with Welbeck in there, Lamptey, I think they have enough.

"I also believe that Sheffield United are struggling so potentially there are only two available slots to go down.

"In regards to staying up to being good enough, I'm not so sure but default may keep them up."

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