Manchester City vs Brighton match stats & report

1–1 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 21 · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · Ref T. Bramall

Manchester City stats & fixtures · Brighton stats & fixtures

Manchester City drew with Brighton 1–1 in the Premier League on 7 January 2026. Expected goals finished 2.35–0.81. Manchester City had 60% of the ball.

Manchester City vs Brighton match statistics

Manchester CityBrighton

60% Ball possession 40%
2.35 Expected goals (xG) 0.81
22 Total shots 6
6 Shots on target 3
10 Shots off target 3
6 Blocked shots 0
17 Shots inside the box 5
6 Corners 2
6 Fouls 16
2 Offsides 3
1 Yellow cards 6
581 Passes 381
88% Pass accuracy 78%
2 Goalkeeper saves 3

Goals and cards

29' Yellow card L. Dunk Brighton
41' Yellow card Pascal Groß Brighton
41' Penalty scored E. Haaland Manchester City
53' Yellow card J. van Hecke Brighton
60' Yellow card G. Donnarumma Manchester City
60' Yellow card M. De Cuyper Brighton
60' Goal K. Mitoma (assist Yasin Ayari) Brighton
69' Yellow card K. Mitoma Brighton
89' Yellow card T. Watson Brighton

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Manchester City

Confirmed 4-1-4-1 Pep Guardiola

25 G. Donnarumma

6 Nathan Aké 68 Max Alleyne 45 A. Khusanov 27 M. Nunes

14 Nico

11 J. Doku 47 P. Foden 4 T. Reijnders 20 B. Silva

9 E. Haaland

Bench J. Trafford , Rodri , R. Lewis , N. O'Reilly , R. McAidoo , Reigan Heskey , R. Cherki , S. Mfuni , D. Mukasa

Brighton

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Fabian Hurzeler

1 B. Verbruggen

29 M. De Cuyper 5 L. Dunk 6 J. van Hecke 13 J. Hinshelwood

30 Pascal Groß 26 Yasin Ayari

22 K. Mitoma 25 Diego Gomez 24 F. Kadıoğlu

10 G. Rutter

Bench J. Steele , J. Milner , D. Welbeck , Olivier Boscagli , D. Coppola , B. Gruda , T. Watson , C. Tasker , H. Howell

Form guide

Manchester City at home

8–0–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.5 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 7.7 per game
Shots on target: 6.0 per game

32% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Brighton away

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.8 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 5.8 per game
Shots on target: 5.5 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Manchester City vs Brighton head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
31 Aug 25	Brighton v Manchester City	2–1
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

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