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Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 21
Full timeFinished

Score

11Premier League Matchweek 21

Kick-off

7 Jan 2026, 19:30 UTC

Venue

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Attendance

51,728 official

Referee

Thomas Bramall

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:33 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

Manchester City

4-1-4-1
7.188 nations25.4 y183 cm23.8 apps
  • Confirmed2 outs

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

Away • Official lineup

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1
7.299 nations25.6 y182 cm27.3 apps

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

  1. Rutter
    • 77'Georginio Rutter off 77'
  1. Gómez
    • 77'Diego Gómez off 77'
  2. Ayari
    • 83'Yasin Ayari off 83'
  3. Groß
    • 41'Pascal Groß booked 41'
  1. Mitoma
    • 60'Kaoru Mitoma scored 60'
    • 69'Kaoru Mitoma booked 69'
    • 83'Kaoru Mitoma off 83'
  2. Kadioglu
  1. Dunk
    • 29'Lewis Dunk booked 29'
  2. van Hecke
    • 53'Jan Paul van Hecke booked 53'
  3. Hinshelwood
  4. De Cuyper
    • 61'Maxim De Cuyper booked 61'
  1. Verbruggen

Manchester City

Bench

9
  1. 1J. Trafford
    6.9223197 cm3 apps
  2. 10R. Cherki
    7.7222180 cm28 apps
    • 73'Rayan Cherki on 73'
  3. 16Rodri
    7.4529190 cm20 apps
    • 64'Rodri on 64'
  4. 33N. O'Reilly
    7.5220193 cm31 apps
    • 73'Nico O'Reilly on 73'
  5. 56R. McAidoo
    6.2017174 cm0 apps
  6. P. 2267
    6.20
  7. 82R. Lewis
    6.5821170 cm10 apps
    • 73'Rico Lewis on 73'
  8. P. 2268
    6.20
  9. 92R. Heskey
    6.2017184 cm0 apps

Brighton & Hove Albion

Bench

9
  1. 23J. Steele
    6.2035188 cm0 apps
  2. P. 2214
    6.41
    • 77'Player 2214 on 77'
  3. P. 2265
    6.18
    • 83'Player 2265 on 83'
    • 89'Player 2265 booked 89'
  4. 18D. Welbeck
    7.5635185 cm33 apps
    • 77'Danny Welbeck on 77'
  5. 20J. Milner
    7.0040175 cm19 apps
    • 83'James Milner on 83'
  6. 21O. Boscagli
    7.1128181 cm11 apps
  7. P. 2215
    6.20
  8. 51C. Tasker
    6.2019185 cm0 apps
  9. 53H. Howell
    6.6117180 cm3 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 29'
    Away
    Lewis Dunk booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  2. 41'
    Home1-0
    Erling Haaland scored

    Manchester City.

  3. 41'
    Away
    Pascal Groß booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  4. 53'
    Away
    Jan Paul van Hecke booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  5. 60'
    Away1-1
    Kaoru Mitoma scored

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Assist Yasin Ayari.

  6. 60'
    Home
    Gianluigi Donnarumma booked

    Manchester City.

  7. 61'
    Away
    Maxim De Cuyper booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  8. 64'
    Home
    Rodri on

    Manchester City. Nico González off.

  9. 69'
    Away
    Kaoru Mitoma booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  10. 73'
    Home
    Rayan Cherki on

    Manchester City. Phil Foden off.

  11. 73'
    Home
    Nico O'Reilly on

    Manchester City. Nathan Aké off.

  12. 73'
    Home
    Rico Lewis on

    Manchester City. Matheus Nunes off.

  13. 77'
    Away
    Danny Welbeck on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter off.

  14. 77'
    Away
    Player 2214 on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Diego Gómez off.

  15. 83'
    Away
    Player 2265 on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma off.

  16. 83'
    Away
    James Milner on

    Brighton & Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari off.

  17. 89'
    Away
    Player 2265 booked

    Brighton & Hove Albion.

  18. FT
    Final 1-1

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 2.55
    AttackxG
    1.16
  2. 21
    AttackTotal Shots
    6
  3. 608
    PassingTotal Passes
    399
  4. 11
    DefendingTackles Won
    12
  5. 28
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    6

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 197 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 15:13 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:33 UTC