Brighton vs Manchester City match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 3 · American Express Stadium, Falmer · Ref D. England

Brighton stats & fixtures · Manchester City stats & fixtures

Brighton beat Manchester City 2–1 in the Premier League on 31 August 2025. Expected goals finished 2.29–1.84. Manchester City had 63% of the ball.

Brighton vs Manchester City match statistics

BrightonManchester City

37% Ball possession 63%
2.29 Expected goals (xG) 1.84
12 Total shots 12
7 Shots on target 3
2 Shots off target 8
3 Blocked shots 1
10 Shots inside the box 8
3 Corners 2
16 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 2
311 Passes 556
74% Pass accuracy 87%
2 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

16' Yellow card J. van Hecke Brighton
34' Goal E. Haaland (assist Omar Marmoush) Manchester City
63' Yellow card A. Khusanov Manchester City
67' Penalty scored J. Milner Brighton
69' Yellow card R. Aït-Nouri Manchester City
77' Yellow card J. Veltman Brighton
89' Goal B. Gruda (assist K. Mitoma) Brighton

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Brighton

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Fabian Hurzeler

1 Bart Verbruggen

29 Maxim De Cuyper 5 Lewis Dunk 6 J. van Hecke 34 J. Veltman

13 J. Hinshelwood 17 C. Baleba

22 K. Mitoma 25 D. Gómez 11 Y. Minteh

18 D. Welbeck

Bench Jason Steele , J. Milner , Olivier Boscagli , M. O'Riley , Yasin Ayari , D. Coppola , B. Gruda , Ferdi Kadıoğlu , G. Rutter

Manchester City

Confirmed 4-3-3 Pep Guardiola

1 J. Trafford

21 R. Aït-Nouri 45 A. Khusanov 5 J. Stones 27 M. Nunes

4 T. Reijnders 16 Rodri 20 B. Silva

7 Omar Marmoush 9 E. Haaland 52 Oscar Bobb

Bench Ederson , İlkay Gündoğan , Rúben Dias , J. Doku , R. Lewis , N. O'Reilly , Nathan Aké , M. Akanji , Nico

Form guide

Brighton at home

8–1–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.7 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 6.3 per game
Shots on target: 5.9 per game

8% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Manchester City away

8–2–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 7.3 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

27% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Brighton vs Manchester City head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
15 Mar 25	Manchester City v Brighton	2–2
9 Nov 24	Brighton v Manchester City	2–1
25 Apr 24	Brighton v Manchester City	0–4
21 Oct 23	Manchester City v Brighton	2–1
24 May 23	Brighton v Manchester City	1–1
22 Oct 22	Manchester City v Brighton	3–1

The full Brighton vs Manchester City head-to-head record