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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City (2025-08-31T13:00:00.000Z)

Premier League Round 3
  • American Express Stadium
  • Darren England
  • 31,485
2 - 1Full time

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City (2025-08-31T13:00:00.000Z)


Match review

Brighton 2-1 Manchester City: Milner and Gruda complete stunning turnaround

Manchester City suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats as they capitulated in the second half at Brighton on Sunday.


Momentum

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    Ball possession
  • Expected goals (xG)
  • Total shots
  • Big chances

Events

Jan Paul van Hecke
16’
34’
Erling Haaland (0 - 1)assist by Omar Marmoush
+3 minutes added
HT 0 - 1
James Milner (1 - 1)Penalty
67’
+7 minutes added
90’+5
FT 2 - 1
6.9

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1

7.0

Manchester City

4-1-4-1
6.9
Brighton & Hove Albion
4-2-3-1
7.1
1Verbruggen
7.0
Manchester City
4-1-4-1

Coach

Coach

Substitutes

Team form


    Top stats

    Ball possession
  • Expected goals (xG)
  • Total shots
  • Big chances

Player of the Match

James Trafford
Manchester City
8.1

About the match

    Brighton & Hove Albion faces Manchester City at American Express Stadium on Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 13:00 UTC. This match is part of the Premier League. You can check the recent head-to-head encounters, as well as full H2H record on this page to see how Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City have fared against each other in the past. On FotMob, you can follow the Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City live score with a full set of match features, including:

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  • The lineups are:
    Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen - Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Maxim De Cuyper - Carlos Baleba, Jack Hinshelwood - Yankuba Minteh, Diego Gomez, Kaoru Mitoma - Danny Welbeck.
    Manchester City (4-1-4-1): James Trafford - Matheus Nunes, John Stones, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rayan Ait Nouri - Rodri - Oscar Bobb, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Omar Marmoush - Erling Haaland.

  • Unavailable players for Brighton & Hove Albion: Mats Wieffer (injury), Adam Webster (injury), Solly March (injury). Unavailable players for Manchester City: Mateo Kovacic (injury), Rayan Cherki (injury).

  • Team form & Head-to-head history: Compare recent results and see how Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City have performed against each other. The current head to head record for the teams are Brighton & Hove Albion 2 win(s), Manchester City 13 win(s), and 2 draw(s).

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Insights

  • Have scored 11 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Have been awarded the most penalties this season (2)

  • Diego Gomez has created the most big chances for Brighton & Hove Albion (1)

  • Have scored 15 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Bernardo Silva has created the most big chances for Manchester City (2)

  • Erling Haaland has the most shots on target per match for Manchester City (1.1)

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Insights

  • Have scored 11 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Have been awarded the most penalties this season (2)

  • Diego Gomez has created the most big chances for Brighton & Hove Albion (1)

  • Have scored 15 goals in their last 5 matches

  • Bernardo Silva has created the most big chances for Manchester City (2)

  • Erling Haaland has the most shots on target per match for Manchester City (1.1)

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