Man City vs Brighton

20 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Riyad Mahrez 53’
  • Phil Foden 65’
  • Bernardo Silva 82’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Brighton. It was goalless at half-time.

Riyad Mahrez put Man City ahead in the 53rd minute, Phil Foden made it 2-0 from a corner in the 65th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez, and Bernardo Silva made it 3-0 in the 82nd minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Brighton's 0.12 from 2.

Match stats

Man City Brighton
17 Shots 2
5 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.53 xG 0.12
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.12
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man City Brighton
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Riyad Mahrez1-0 (Man City)
53’
Phil Foden
Assist: Riyad Mahrez2-0 (Man City)
65’
Bernardo Silva
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne3-0 (Man City)
82’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk
  • Alexis Mac Allister
  • Adam Webster

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 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 0.12 53’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 1-0 53’ 65’ Phil Foden (Man City), 2-0 65’ 82’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 3-0 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 0.12 53’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 1-0 Mahrez 53’ 65’ Phil Foden (Man City), 2-0 Foden 65’ 82’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 3-0 Silva 82’
Man City 1.53 xGBrighton 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Man City attacking 
53’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 28’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 71’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 69’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 38’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 60’ John Stones (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 82’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 3’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 90+3’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 24’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 51’ João Cancelo (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 53’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 28’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.17 xG, saved 71’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 69’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 38’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 60’ John Stones (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 82’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 3’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 12’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 52’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 51’ João Cancelo (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 24’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
João Cancelo DEF902 0.030.052
Aymeric Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
John Stones DEF791 0.110.000
Nathan Aké DEF480 0.000.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID902 0.260.011
Rodri MID901 0.060.000
Kevin De Bruyne MID8513 0.070.565
Riyad Mahrez FWD90114 0.610.183
Bernardo Silva FWD9012 0.250.000
Phil Foden FWD9012 0.160.082
Rúben Dias Sub420 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko Sub110 0.000.000
Gabriel Jesus Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 78% Avg odds 1.23
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.48
Brighton win 7% Avg odds 14.46

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWDWD
Brighton LLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 1-4 Man City, 23 Oct 21 Next meeting: Man City 3-1 Brighton, 22 Oct 22  All Man City vs Brighton 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.