Premier League · SUN, 31 AUG · 13:00 LOCAL

BRIGHTON

7TH · 53 PTS · LAST 5:

W L W D W

2 – 1

FULL TIME HT · 0-1

MANCHESTER CITY

W W D W W

· 2ND · 77 PTS · LAST 5

⚽ 67' James Milner (P) ⚽ 89' Brajan Gruda

GOALS

⚽ 34' Erling Haaland

👑

⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH

James Trafford

Manchester City · 90 mins

· 32% pass acc

RATING

8.3

PREDICTIONS

📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

2.29

⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)

1.84

37%

BALL POSSESSION %

63%

TOTAL SHOTS

SHOTS ON TARGET

74%

PASS ACCURACY %

87%

CORNERS

KEY EVENTS 16 events

16'

Card · Yellow Card

Jan Paul van Hecke

BRI
34'

Goal · Normal Goal

Erling Haaland · assist Omar Marmoush

MAN
60'

Subst · Substitution 1

Carlos Baleba · assist James Milner

BRI
61'

Subst · Substitution 2

Diego Gómez · assist Brajan Gruda

BRI
61'

Subst · Substitution 3

Danny Welbeck · assist Georginio Rutter

BRI
61'

Subst · Substitution 4

Jack Hinshelwood · assist Yasin Ayari

BRI
63'

Card · Yellow Card

Abdukodir Khusanov

MAN
67'

Goal · Penalty

James Milner

BRI
69'

Card · Yellow Card

Rayan Aït-Nouri

MAN
72'

Subst · Substitution 1

Omar Marmoush · assist J. Doku

MAN
72'

Subst · Substitution 2

Bernardo Silva · assist Nico O'Reilly

MAN
77'

Card · Yellow Card

Joël Veltman

BRI
85'

Subst · Substitution 3

Abdukodir Khusanov · assist Rúben Dias

MAN
85'

Subst · Substitution 4

Matheus Nunes · assist R. Lewis

MAN
89'

Goal · Normal Goal

Brajan Gruda · assist Kaoru Mitoma

BRI
90'+5

Subst · Substitution 5

Yankuba Minteh · assist Diego Coppola

BRI

PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale

BRIGHTON AVG 7.3

Brajan Gruda
29' · 1G · 2 shots · 5.00% pass

7.9
Maxim De Cuyper
90' · 35.00% pass

7.7
James Milner
30' · 1G · 1 shots · 6.00% pass

7.2
Yankuba Minteh
89' · 2 shots · 9.00% pass

7.0
Kaoru Mitoma
90' · 1A · 1 shots · 18.00% pass

6.9

MANCHESTER CITY AVG 7.5

James Trafford
90' · 32.00% pass

8.3
Omar Marmoush
72' · 1A · 1 shots · 23.00% pass

7.9
Rodri
90' · 1 shots · 87.00% pass

7.3
Erling Haaland
90' · 1G · 7 shots · 6.00% pass

7.3
Tijjani Reijnders
90' · 1 shots · 54.00% pass

6.7

MATCH STATS H vs A

ATTACK

2.3

1.8

12.0

TOTAL SHOTS

12.0

7.0

ON TARGET

3.0

2.0

OFF TARGET

8.0

3.0

BLOCKED

1.0

POSSESSION

37.0%

POSSESSION %

63.0%

311.0

PASSES

556.0

74.0%

PASS ACCURACY

87.0%

SET PIECES

3.0

CORNERS

2.0

1.0

OFFSIDES

0.0

DISCIPLINE

16.0

FOULS

14.0

2.0

YELLOW CARDS

2.0

GK SAVES

5.0

🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier

BRIGHTON 6 shots

Brajan Gruda

2/2

Yankuba Minteh

1/2

James Milner

1/1

Kaoru Mitoma

1/1

MANCHESTER CITY 10 shots

Erling Haaland

3/7

Omar Marmoush

0/1

Rodri

0/1

Tijjani Reijnders

0/1

📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 2.29 – 1.84

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)

LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 4-3-3

4-2-3-1

4-3-3

7.7

6.9

7.0

8.3

6.7

7.3

7.9

7.3

SUBSTITUTES · BRIGHTON

Matt O'Riley

Yasin Ayari

Ferdi Kadıoğ...

Olivier Bosc...

James Milner

Georginio Ru...

Brajan Gruda

Jason Steele

Diego Coppol...

COACH: Fabian Marc Hürzeler

SUBSTITUTES · MANCHESTER CITY

Nico O'Reill...

Manuel Akanj...

İ. Gündoğan

Nico Gonzále...

J. Doku

Nathan Aké

Rúben Dias

Ederson

R. Lewis

COACH: Josep Guardiola i Sala

🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS

BRI · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

MAN · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE

TBA

~24h before kick-off

BRI MANAGER

Fabian Marc Hürzeler

head coach

MAN MANAGER

Josep Guardiola i Sala

head coach

HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME

BRI WINS

DRAWS

MAN WINS

20%

30%

50%

11 – 22

TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS

3.30

AVG GOALS / MATCH

RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10

BRIGHTON LAST 5 OVERALL

W L W D W

MANCHESTER CITY LAST 5 OVERALL

W W D W W

MATCH IMPACT Final 2–1 · result locked

BRIGHTON #7

Won · already at 53 pts

Promotion - Conference League (Play Offs)

MANCHESTER CITY #2

Lost · already at 77 pts

Promotion - Champions League (League phase)

LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	FORM
1	Arsenal	36	24	7	5	+42	79	W W W L L
2	Manchester City	36	23	8	5	+43	77	W W D W W
3	Manchester United	36	18	11	7	+15	65	D W W W L
4	Liverpool	36	17	8	11	+12	59	D L W W W
5	Aston Villa	36	17	8	11	+4	59	D L L W D
6	Bournemouth	36	13	16	7	+4	55	W W D W W
7	Brighton	36	14	11	11	+10	53	W L W D W
8	Brentford	36	14	9	13	+3	51	L W L D D
9	Chelsea	36	13	10	13	+6	49	D L L L L
10	Everton	36	13	10	13	0	49	D D L L D
11	Fulham	36	14	6	16	-6	48	L L W D L
12	Sunderland	36	12	12	12	-9	48	D D L L W
13	Newcastle	36	13	7	16	-2	46	D W L L L
14	Leeds	36	10	14	12	-5	44	D W D W W
15	Crystal Palace	36	11	11	14	-9	44	L D L L D
16	Nottingham Forest	36	11	10	15	-2	43	D W W W D
17	Tottenham	36	9	11	16	-9	38	D W W D L
18	West Ham	36	9	9	18	-20	36	L L W D W
19	Burnley	36	4	9	23	-36	21	D L L L L
20	Wolves	36	3	9	24	-41	18	L D L L L