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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 3
Full timeFinished

Score

21Premier League Matchweek 3

Kick-off

31 Aug 2025, 13:00 UTC

Venue

American Express Stadium, Falmer

Attendance

31,485 official

Referee

Darren England

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1
7.197 nations25.8 y184 cm28.0 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Away • Official lineup

Manchester City

4-3-3
7.168 nations25.9 y185 cm19.1 apps
  • Confirmed2 outs

Official lineup released in 4-3-3.

  1. Verbruggen
  1. Veltman
    • 77'Joël Veltman booked 77'
  2. De Cuyper
  3. van Hecke
    • 16'Jan Paul van Hecke booked 16'
  4. Dunk
  1. Hinshelwood
    • 61'Jack Hinshelwood off 61'
  2. Minteh
    • 95'Yankuba Minteh off 95'
  1. Gómez
    • 61'Diego Gómez off 61'
  2. Mitoma
  3. Baleba
    • 60'Carlos Baleba off 60'
  1. Welbeck
    • 61'Danny Welbeck off 61'

Brighton & Hove Albion

Bench

9
  1. 23J. Steele
    6.2035188 cm0 apps
  2. P. 2214
    6.41
    • 61'Player 2214 on 61'
    • 89'Player 2214 scored 89'
  3. 10G. Rutter
    7.1723182 cm28 apps
    • 61'Georginio Rutter on 61'
  4. 20J. Milner
    7.0039175 cm19 apps
    • 60'James Milner on 60'
    • 67'James Milner scored 67'
  5. 21O. Boscagli
    7.1127181 cm11 apps
  6. 24F. Kadioglu
    7.42🇹🇷25174 cm33 apps
  7. 26Y. Ayari
    7.2221172 cm27 apps
    • 61'Yasin Ayari on 61'
  8. 33M. O'Riley
    6.6624187 cm6 apps
  9. P. 2215
    6.20
    • 95'Player 2215 on 95'

Manchester City

Bench

9
  1. P. 2254
    6.20
  2. 3R. Dias
    7.2728187 cm25 apps
    • 85'Rúben Dias on 85'
  3. 6N. Aké
    6.5530180 cm15 apps
  4. 11J. Doku
    7.4123173 cm25 apps
    • 72'Jérémy Doku on 72'
  5. 14N. González
    6.6823189 cm23 apps
  6. P. 2237
    6.20
  7. P. 2238
    6.20
  8. 33N. O'Reilly
    7.5220193 cm31 apps
    • 72'Nico O'Reilly on 72'
  9. 82R. Lewis
    6.5820170 cm10 apps
    • 85'Rico Lewis on 85'

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 16'
    Home
    Jan Paul van Hecke booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  2. 34'
    Away0-1
    Erling Haaland scored

    Manchester City. Assist Omar Marmoush.

  3. 60'
    Home
    James Milner on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba off.

  4. 61'
    Home
    Yasin Ayari on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood off.

  5. 61'
    Home
    Georginio Rutter on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck off.

  6. 61'
    Home
    Player 2214 on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Diego Gómez off.

  7. 63'
    Away
    Abdukodir Khusanov booked

    Manchester City.

  8. 67'
    Home1-1
    James Milner scored

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  9. 69'
    Away
    Rayan Aït-Nouri booked

    Manchester City.

  10. 72'
    Away
    Nico O'Reilly on

    Manchester City. Bernardo Silva off.

  11. 72'
    Away
    Jérémy Doku on

    Manchester City. Omar Marmoush off.

  12. 77'
    Home
    Joël Veltman booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  13. 85'
    Away
    Rico Lewis on

    Manchester City. Matheus Nunes off.

  14. 85'
    Away
    Rúben Dias on

    Manchester City. Abdukodir Khusanov off.

  15. 89'
    Home2-1
    Player 2214 scored

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Assist Kaoru Mitoma.

  16. 95'
    Home
    Player 2215 on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Yankuba Minteh off.

  17. FT
    Final 2-1

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 2.3
    AttackxG
    1.82
  2. 12
    AttackTotal Shots
    12
  3. 315
    PassingTotal Passes
    565
  4. 13
    DefendingTackles Won
    7
  5. 14
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    23

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 196 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:23 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC