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Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Manchester CityHome
Full time1–1
Brighton & Hove AlbionAway
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Etihad Stadium, ManchesterReferee: Thomas BramallAttendance: 51,728
Manchester City
  • 41'Erling Haaland scored
Brighton & Hove Albion
  • 60'Kaoru Mitoma scored
Goals, assists & match events

Match stats

Manchester CityBrighton & Hove Albion
60.3%Possession39.7%
2.55Expected goals (xG)1.16
21Shots6
608Passes399
6Corners taken2
2Offsides3
1Yellow cards6
0Red cards0
11Tackles won12

Match events

  1. 29'
    Lewis Dunk bookedBrighton & Hove Albion
  2. 41'
    Erling Haaland scoredManchester City
  3. 41'
    Pascal Groß bookedBrighton & Hove Albion
  4. 53'
    Jan Paul van Hecke bookedBrighton & Hove Albion
  5. 60'
    Kaoru Mitoma scored

    Assist Yasin Ayari.

    Brighton & Hove Albion
  6. 60'
    Gianluigi Donnarumma bookedManchester City
  7. 61'
    Maxim De Cuyper bookedBrighton & Hove Albion
  8. 64'
    Substitutions

    Rodri on; Nico González off

    Manchester City
  9. 69'
    Kaoru Mitoma bookedBrighton & Hove Albion
  10. 73'
    Substitutions

    Rayan Cherki on; Phil Foden off; Nico O'Reilly on; Nathan Aké off; Rico Lewis on; Matheus Nunes off

    Manchester City
  11. 77'
    Substitutions

    Danny Welbeck on; Georginio Rutter off; Brajan Gruda on; Diego Gómez off

    Brighton & Hove Albion
  12. 83'
    Substitutions

    Tom Watson on; Kaoru Mitoma off; James Milner on; Yasin Ayari off

    Brighton & Hove Albion
  13. 89'
    Tom Watson bookedBrighton & Hove Albion
Manchester CityBrighton & Hove Albion

Gianluigi Donnarumma: In the official starting XI.

Tijjani Reijnders: In the official starting XI.

Nathan Aké: In the official starting XI.

Erling Haaland: In the official starting XI.

Jérémy Doku: In the official starting XI.

Nico González: In the official starting XI.

Bernardo Silva: In the official starting XI.

Matheus Nunes: In the official starting XI.

Abdukodir Khusanov: In the official starting XI.

Phil Foden: In the official starting XI.

Max Alleyne: In the official starting XI.

James Trafford: Named on the official bench.

Rayan Cherki: Named on the official bench.

Rodri: Named on the official bench.

Nico O'Reilly: Named on the official bench.

Ryan McAidoo: Named on the official bench.

Divine Mukasa: Named on the official bench.

Rico Lewis: Named on the official bench.

Stephen Mfuni: Named on the official bench.

Reigan Heskey: Named on the official bench.

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Official team sheet

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Manchester City team sheet

Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion · 7 Jan 2026

Starting XI
11 named players

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Goalkeeper

Gianluigi Donnarumma
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Defenders

Nathan Aké
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Matheus Nunes
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Abdukodir Khusanov
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Max Alleyne
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Midfielders

Tijjani Reijnders
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Jérémy Doku
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Nico González
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Bernardo Silva
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Phil Foden
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Erling Haaland
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Bench 9

James Trafford
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Rayan Cherki
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Rodri
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Nico O'Reilly
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Ryan McAidoo
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Divine Mukasa

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Rico Lewis
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Stephen Mfuni
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Reigan Heskey
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Manchester City

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Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion · finished match

  1. Gianluigi Donnarumma
  2. Tijjani Reijnders
  3. Nathan Aké
  4. Erling Haaland
  5. Jérémy Doku
  6. Nico González
  7. Bernardo Silva
  8. Matheus Nunes
  9. Abdukodir Khusanov
  10. Phil Foden
  11. Max Alleyne
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Bart Verbruggen: In the official starting XI.

Lewis Dunk: In the official starting XI.

Jan Paul van Hecke: In the official starting XI.

Georginio Rutter: In the official starting XI.

Jack Hinshelwood: In the official starting XI.

Kaoru Mitoma: In the official starting XI.

Ferdi Kadioglu: In the official starting XI.

Diego Gómez: In the official starting XI.

Yasin Ayari: In the official starting XI.

Maxim De Cuyper: In the official starting XI.

Pascal Groß: In the official starting XI.

Jason Steele: Named on the official bench.

Brajan Gruda: Named on the official bench.

Tom Watson: Named on the official bench.

Danny Welbeck: Named on the official bench.

James Milner: Named on the official bench.

Olivier Boscagli: Named on the official bench.

Diego Coppola: Named on the official bench.

Charlie Tasker: Named on the official bench.

Harry Howell: Named on the official bench.

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Official team sheet

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Brighton & Hove Albion team sheet

Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion · 7 Jan 2026

Starting XI
11 named players

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Goalkeeper

Bart Verbruggen
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Defenders

Lewis Dunk
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Jan Paul van Hecke
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Jack Hinshelwood
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Maxim De Cuyper
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Midfielders

Kaoru Mitoma
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Ferdi Kadioglu
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Diego Gómez
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Yasin Ayari
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Pascal Groß
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Forwards

Georginio Rutter
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Bench 9

Jason Steele
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Brajan Gruda

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Tom Watson

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Danny Welbeck
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James Milner
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Olivier Boscagli
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Diego Coppola

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Charlie Tasker
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Harry Howell
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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion · finished match

  1. Bart Verbruggen
  2. Lewis Dunk
  3. Jan Paul van Hecke
  4. Georginio Rutter
  5. Jack Hinshelwood
  6. Kaoru Mitoma
  7. Ferdi Kadioglu
  8. Diego Gómez
  9. Yasin Ayari
  10. Maxim De Cuyper
  11. Pascal Groß
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Page published 5 Jun 2026, 02:21 UTC. Source dates are listed separately.

Match detail source: 24 Apr 2026, 07:50 UTC.

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