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Premier League · SUN, 31 AUG · 13:00 LOCAL
BRIGHTON
8TH · 53 PTS · LAST 5:
L L W L W
FT
2 – 1
FULL TIME HT · 0-1
MANCHESTER CITY
L D W W D
· 2ND · 78 PTS · LAST 5
⚽ 67' James Milner (P) ⚽ 89' Brajan Gruda
GOALS
⚽ 34' Erling Haaland
James Trafford
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
James Trafford
Manchester City · 90 mins
· 32% pass acc
RATING
8.3
PREDICTIONS
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

2.29
⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)
1.84
37%
BALL POSSESSION %
63%
12
TOTAL SHOTS
12
7
SHOTS ON TARGET
3
74%
PASS ACCURACY %
87%
3
CORNERS
2
KEY EVENTS 16 events
  1. 16'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Jan Paul van Hecke
    BRI
  2. 34'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Erling Haaland · assist Omar Marmoush
    MAN
  3. 60'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Carlos Baleba · assist James Milner
    BRI
  4. 61'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Diego Gómez · assist Brajan Gruda
    BRI
  5. 61'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Danny Welbeck · assist Georginio Rutter
    BRI
  6. 61'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Jack Hinshelwood · assist Yasin Ayari
    BRI
  7. 63'
    Card · Yellow Card
    A. Khusanov
    MAN
  8. 67'
    Goal · Penalty
    James Milner
    BRI
  9. 69'
    Card · Yellow Card
    R. Aït-Nouri
    MAN
  10. 72'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Omar Marmoush · assist Jérémy Doku
    MAN
  11. 72'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Bernardo Silva · assist Nico O'Reilly
    MAN
  12. 77'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Joël Veltman
    BRI
  13. 85'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    A. Khusanov · assist Rúben Dias
    MAN
  14. 85'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Matheus Nunes · assist Rico Lewis
    MAN
  15. 89'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Brajan Gruda · assist Kaoru Mitoma
    BRI
  16. 90'+5
    Subst · Substitution 5
    Yankuba Minteh · assist Diego Coppola
    BRI
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
BRIGHTON AVG 7.3
MANCHESTER CITY AVG 7.5
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
2.3
xG
1.8
12.0
TOTAL SHOTS
12.0
7.0
ON TARGET
3.0
2.0
OFF TARGET
8.0
3.0
BLOCKED
1.0
POSSESSION
37.0%
POSSESSION %
63.0%
311.0
PASSES
556.0
74.0%
PASS ACCURACY
87.0%
SET PIECES
3.0
CORNERS
2.0
1.0
OFFSIDES
0.0
DISCIPLINE
16.0
FOULS
14.0
2.0
YELLOW CARDS
2.0
2.0
GK SAVES
5.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
BRIGHTON 6 shots
Brajan Gruda
2/2
Yankuba Minteh
1/2
James Milner
1/1
Kaoru Mitoma
1/1
MANCHESTER CITY 10 shots
Erling Haaland
3/7
Omar Marmoush
0/1
Rodri
0/1
Tijjani Reijnders
0/1
📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 2.29 – 1.84
1.8 1.4 0.9 0.5 2.3 0.0 HT 67' 89' 34' H 2.29 A 1.84 KO 30' 60' FT

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)
H 56%
44% A
9
EVENTS LOGGED
7
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 4-3-3
4-2-3-1
4-3-3
1
BART VERB
 7.7
29
MAXIM DE
5
LEWIS DUN
6
JAN PAUL
34
JOëL VELT
13
JACK HINS
17
CARLOS BA
 6.9
22
KAORU MIT
25
DIEGO GóM
 7.0
11
YANKUBA M
18
DANNY WEL
 8.3
1
JAMES TRA
21
R. AïT-NO
45
A. KHUSAN
5
JOHN STON
27
MATHEUS N
 6.7
4
TIJJANI R
 7.3
16
RODRI
20
BERNARDO
 7.9
7
OMAR MARM
 7.3
9
ERLING HA
52
OSCAR BOB
SUBSTITUTES · BRIGHTON
33
Matt O'Riley
M
26
Yasin Ayari
M
24
Ferdi Kadıoğ...
D
21
Olivier Bosc...
D
20
James Milner
M
10
Georginio Ru...
F
8
Brajan Gruda
M
23
Jason Steele
G
42
Diego Coppol...
D
COACH: Fabian Marc Hürzeler
SUBSTITUTES · MANCHESTER CITY
33
Nico O'Reill...
M
25
Manuel Akanj...
D
19
İ. Gündoğan
M
14
Nico Gonzále...
M
11
Jérémy Doku
F
6
Nathan Aké
D
3
Rúben Dias
D
31
Ederson
G
82
Rico Lewis
D
COACH: Josep Guardiola i Sala
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
BRI · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

MAN · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
TBA
~24h before kick-off
BRI MANAGER
Fabian Marc Hürzeler
head coach
MAN MANAGER
Josep Guardiola i Sala
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
2
BRI WINS
3
DRAWS
5
MAN WINS
20%
30%
50%
11 – 22
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
3.30
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
07 Jan 2026
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1 – 1
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D
15 Mar 2025
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2 – 2
Brighton
D
09 Nov 2024
Brighton
2 – 1
Manchester City
W
25 Apr 2024
Brighton
0 – 4
Manchester City
L
21 Oct 2023
Manchester City
2 – 1
Brighton
L
BRIGHTON LAST 5 OVERALL
L L W L W
MANCHESTER CITY LAST 5 OVERALL
L D W W D
MATCH IMPACT Final 2–1 · result locked
BRIGHTON #8
Won · already at 53 pts
Promotion - Conference League (Qualification)
MANCHESTER CITY #2
Lost · already at 78 pts
Promotion - Champions League (League phase)
LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →
# TEAM P W D L GD PTS FORM
1 Arsenal 38 26 7 5 +44 85
W W W W W
2 Manchester City 38 23 9 6 +42 78
L D W W D
3 Manchester United 38 20 11 7 +19 71
W W D W W
4 Aston Villa 38 19 8 11 +7 65
W W D L L
5 Liverpool 38 17 9 12 +10 60
D L D L W
6 Bournemouth 38 13 18 7 +4 57
D D W W D
7 Sunderland 38 14 12 12 -6 54
W W D D L
8 Brighton 38 14 11 13 +6 53
L L W L W
9 Brentford 38 14 11 13 +3 53
D D L W L
10 Chelsea 38 14 10 14 +6 52
L W D L L
11 Fulham 38 15 7 16 -4 52
W D L L W
12 Newcastle 38 14 7 17 -2 49
L W D W L
13 Everton 38 13 10 15 -3 49
L L D D L
14 Leeds 38 11 14 13 -7 47
L W D W D
15 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 -10 45
L D L D L
16 Nottingham Forest 38 11 11 16 -3 44
D L D W W
17 Tottenham 38 10 11 17 -9 41
W L D W W
18 West Ham 38 10 9 19 -19 39
W L L L W
19 Burnley 38 4 10 24 -37 22
D L D L L
20 Wolves 38 3 11 24 -41 20
D D L D L
UCL Qualification Europa / Conference Relegation
COMMENTARY
  • 90'+5
    Subst · Substitution 5 · Yankuba Minteh
  • 89'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Brajan Gruda
  • 85'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Matheus Nunes
  • 85'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · A. Khusanov
  • 77'
    Card · Yellow Card · Joël Veltman
    Foul
  • 72'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Bernardo Silva
  • 72'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Omar Marmoush
  • 69'
    Card · Yellow Card · R. Aït-Nouri
    Foul
  • 67'
    Goal · Penalty · James Milner
  • 63'
    Card · Yellow Card · A. Khusanov
    Foul
  • 61'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Jack Hinshelwood
  • 61'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Danny Welbeck
  • 61'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Diego Gómez
  • 60'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Carlos Baleba
  • HALF TIME · 0 – 1
  • 34'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Erling Haaland
  • 16'
    Card · Yellow Card · Jan Paul van Hecke
    Foul
MATCH WINNER ODDS
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