Premier League · Matchday 21 · Wednesday, 7 January 2026 · Full time
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Match stats
Manchester City v Brighton
- 60%Possession40%
- 2.35Expected goals (xG)0.81
- 22Shots6
- 6On target3
- 10Off target3
- 17Shots in the box5
- 5Shots outside the box1
- 6Blocked shots0
- 6Corners2
- 581Passes381
- 88%Pass accuracy78%
- 6Fouls16
- 2Offsides3
- 1Yellow cards6
- 2Saves3
- 0.7Goals prevented (keeping)0.7
Referee
21.5
Fouls / game
4.0
Yellows / game
0.1
Reds / game
0.2
Pens / game
Average across the 25 of 25 games we hold full stats for (both teams combined). Penalties scored, shootouts excluded.
Timeline
- 29′Lewis Dunk
- Jérémy Doku39′
- 41′Pascal Groß
- E. Haaland (pen)41′
- 53′Jan Paul van Hecke
- Gianluigi Donnarumma60′
- 60′Maxim De Cuyper
- 60′K. Mitoma Y. Ayari
- Nico for Rodri64′
- 69′Kaoru Mitoma
- M. Nunes for R. Lewis73′
- N. Ake for N. O'Reilly73′
- P. Foden for R. Cherki73′
- 77′G. Rutter for D. Welbeck
- 77′D. Gomez for B. Gruda
- 83′Y. Ayari for J. Milner
- 83′K. Mitoma for T. Watson
- 89′Tom Watson
Line-ups
Manchester City4-1-4-1
Manager Pep Guardiola
Bench: J. Trafford, Rodri, R. Lewis, N. O'Reilly, R. McAidoo, R. Heskey, R. Cherki, S. Mfuni, D. Mukasa
Top performers
- 1
Jérémy DokuManchester City7.9 - 2
Rayan CherkiManchester City7.9 - 3
Kaoru MitomaBrighton7.9 - 4
Max AlleyneManchester City7.5 - 5
Jack HinshelwoodBrighton7.5 - 6
Bernardo SilvaManchester City7.3