English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Brighton & Hove Albion LDLDW 1
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Manchester City WWWDD 1
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BHA011
MNC101
Etihad Stadium · 51,728 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Man City drop more points in draw with Brighton

Title-chasing Manchester City dropped points for a third successive game as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
6
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
39.7
Possession
60.3
6
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
313
Accurate Passes
530
399
Passes
608
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
9
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.5
53
Long Balls
43
18
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
20
Interceptions
19
24
Effective Clearances
7
24
Clearances
7

Highlights

01:41 Robson: We can't expect Man City to win the Premier League Watch on ESPN 01:00 Pep Guardiola: I liked the way we played despite draw vs. Brighton Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 68Max AlleyneCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 14Nico GonzálezDM
  5. 6Nathan AkéLB
  6. 27Matheus NunesRB
  7. 47Phil FodenCM-L
  8. 4Tijjani ReijndersCM-R
  9. 11Jérémy DokuLM
  10. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 29Maxim De CuyperLB
  5. 13Jack HinshelwoodRB
  6. 25Diego GómezAM
  7. 30Pascal GrossLM
  8. 26Yasin AyariRM
  9. 10Georginio RutterF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 24Ferdi KadiogluAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 41' Goal! Manchester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 53' Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Goal! Manchester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yasin Ayari.
  6. 60' Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 61' Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Nico González.
  9. 69' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Phil Foden.
  11. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Nathan Aké.
  12. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Matheus Nunes.
  13. 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Georginio Rutter.
  14. 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Diego Gómez.
  15. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tom Watson replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  16. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Yasin Ayari.
  17. 89' Tom Watson (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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