Brighton vs Man City

18 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Leandro Trossard 50’
  • Adam Webster 72’
  • Dan Burn 76’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 2’
  • Phil Foden 48’

Match summary

Brighton came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Man City. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ilkay Gündogan put Man City ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez. In the second half, Phil Foden made it 0-2 in the 48th minute, Leandro Trossard pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 50th minute, Adam Webster equalised with a header in the 72nd minute, set up by Pascal Groß, and Dan Burn won it in the 76th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 1.25 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Man City 1.08 from 8. Man City had a player sent off.

Match stats

Brighton Man City
19 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.23 xG 1.07
1.23 Non-penalty xG 1.07
14 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Brighton Man City
Kick-off
2’
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Riyad Mahrez0-1 (Man City)
Half-time0-1
48’
Phil Foden0-2 (Man City)
Leandro Trossard1-2 (Brighton)
50’
Adam Webster
Assist: Pascal Groß2-2 (Brighton)
72’
Dan Burn3-2 (Brighton)
76’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Robert Sánchez
  • Adam Webster
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Man City
  • João Cancelo
  • Bernardo Silva
  • Rodri
  • Fernandinho

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 1.08 2’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 2’ 48’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-2 48’ 50’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-2 50’ 72’ Adam Webster (Brighton), 2-2 72’ 76’ Dan Burn (Brighton), 3-2 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 1.08 2’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 0-1 Gündogan 2’ 48’ Phil Foden (Man City), 0-2 Foden 48’ 50’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-2 Trossard 50’ 72’ Adam Webster (Brighton), 2-2 Webster 72’ 76’ Dan Burn (Brighton), 3-2 Burn 76’
Brighton 1.25 xGMan City 1.08 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Brighton attacking 
2’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 50’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 89’ Andi Zeqiri (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 48’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 72’ Adam Webster (Brighton), set piece, 0.12 xG, goal 76’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 76’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 23’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 85’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 43’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Eric Garcia (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Ben White (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Ben White (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 45’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 2’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 50’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.18 xG, goal 89’ Andi Zeqiri (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 48’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 76’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 72’ Adam Webster (Brighton), set piece, 0.12 xG, goal 76’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 23’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 85’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 43’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+1’ Eric Garcia (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Ben White (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 71’ Ben White (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 45’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Dan Burn (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.031
Dan Burn DEF9013 0.270.000
Adam Webster DEF9013 0.220.000
Ben White DEF902 0.090.000
Alireza Jahanbakhsh MID542 0.080.000
Jakub Moder MID900 0.000.000
Pascal Groß MID9012 0.070.223
Yves Bissouma MID902 0.050.021
Steven Alzate MID700 0.000.000
Alexis Mac Allister FWD903 0.150.213
Danny Welbeck FWD280 0.000.000
Leandro Trossard Sub6211 0.180.073
Adam Lallana Sub360 0.000.000
Andi Zeqiri Sub201 0.140.111

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 13% Avg odds 7.26
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.66
Man City win 66% Avg odds 1.45

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

Form going into the game

Brighton DLWLD
Man City LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 1-0 Brighton, 13 Jan 21 Next meeting: Brighton 1-4 Man City, 23 Oct 21  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.