Brighton vs Man City

23 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

  • Alexis Mac Allister 81’ (pen)
  • Ilkay Gündogan 13’
  • Phil Foden 28’, 31’
  • Riyad Mahrez 90+5’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-1 away at Brighton. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ilkay Gündogan put Man City ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden made it 0-2 in the 28th minute, set up by Jack Grealish, and Foden made it 0-3 in the 31st minute, set up by Gabriel Jesus. In the second half, Alexis Mac Allister pulled one back to make it 1-3 from the penalty spot in the 81st minute and Riyad Mahrez made it 1-4 in stoppage time, set up by Phil Foden.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.66 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Brighton's 1.17 from 10.

Match stats

Brighton Man City
10 Shots 23
5 Shots on Target 14
7 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.17 xG 3.57
0.41 Non-penalty xG 3.57
7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Brighton Man City
Kick-off
13’
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Bernardo Silva0-1 (Man City)
28’
Phil Foden
Assist: Jack Grealish0-2 (Man City)
31’
Phil Foden
Assist: Gabriel Jesus0-3 (Man City)
Half-time0-3
Alexis Mac Allister
Penalty1-3 (Brighton)
81’
90+5’
Riyad Mahrez
Assist: Phil Foden1-4 (Man City)
Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brighton
  • Jakub Moder
  • Adam Lallana
Man City
  • Ederson
  • Kyle Walker
  • João Cancelo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.17 3.66 13’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 13’ 28’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-2 28’ 31’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-3 31’ 81’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), 1-3 81’ 90+5’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 1-4 90+5’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.17 3.66 13’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 Gündogan 13’ 28’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-2 Foden 28’ 31’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-3 Foden 31’ 81’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), 1-3 Mac Allister 81’ 90+5’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 1-4 Mahrez 90+5’
Brighton 1.17 xGMan City 3.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Brighton attacking 
13’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.97 xG, goal 81’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 28’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 90+5’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 89’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.33 xG, saved 11’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 31’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 46’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 13’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 53’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 49’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 13’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 17’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+1’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 86’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ João Cancelo (Man City), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 13’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.97 xG, goal 81’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 28’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 90+5’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 89’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.33 xG, saved 11’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 31’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 46’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 53’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 13’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 49’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 55’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 13’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 17’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+1’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 31’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 64’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ João Cancelo (Man City), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Dan Burn DEF590 0.000.000
Solly March MID902 0.040.000
Marc Cucurella MID900 0.000.031
Jakub Moder MID902 0.090.113
Adam Lallana MID900 0.000.000
Pascal Groß MID741 0.080.081
Leandro Trossard FWD903 0.160.132
Neal Maupay FWD600 0.000.000
Tariq Lamptey Sub311 0.040.011
Enock Mwepu Sub300 0.000.000
Alexis Mac Allister Sub1611 0.760.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 12% Avg odds 8.10
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.84
Man City win 68% Avg odds 1.41

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton WWDDD
Man City WDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 3-2 Man City, 18 May 21 Next meeting: Man City 3-0 Brighton, 20 Apr 22  All Brighton vs Man City meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.