English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 31, 2025
Manchester City WLWWL 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWDLW 2
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MNC101
BHA022
American Express Stadium · 31,485 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
2
63.7
Possession
36.3
12
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
493
Accurate Passes
235
565
Passes
315
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.4
42
Long Balls
49
19
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
8
15
Effective Clearances
10
15
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MNC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 29Maxim De CuyperLB
  5. 34Joël VeltmanRB
  6. 25Diego GómezAM
  7. 13Jack HinshelwoodLM
  8. 17Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 11Yankuba MintehAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Olivier BoscagliSUB
  2. 24Ferdi KadiogluSUB
  3. 10Georginio RutterSUB
  4. 33Matt O'RileySUB
  5. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  6. 26Yasin AyariSUB
  7. 42Diego CoppolaSUB
  8. 20James MilnerSUB
  9. 8Brajan GrudaSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 21Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 4Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 7Omar MarmoushLF
  11. 52Oscar BobbRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Ilkay GündoganSUB
  2. 25Manuel AkanjiSUB
  3. 82Rico LewisSUB
  4. 33Nico O'ReillySUB
  5. 14Nico GonzálezSUB
  6. 31EdersonSUB
  7. 3Rúben DiasSUB
  8. 6Nathan AkéSUB
  9. 11Jérémy DokuSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Omar Marmoush with a through ball.
  3. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Carlos Baleba.
  4. 61' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  5. 61' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Danny Welbeck.
  6. 61' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Diego Gómez.
  7. 63' Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Manchester City 1. James Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  9. 69' Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Bernardo Silva.
  11. 72' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Omar Marmoush.
  12. 77' Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Matheus Nunes.
  14. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces Abdukodir Khusanov because of an injury.
  15. 89' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Manchester City 1. Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
  16. 90'+5' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Coppola replaces Yankuba Minteh.

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