Man City vs Brighton

7 January 2026 · Premier League · 2025/26 · Referee Thomas Bramall

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Erling Haaland 41’ (pen)
  • Kaoru Mitoma 60’

Match summary

Man City and Brighton shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Erling Haaland put Man City ahead from the penalty spot in the 41st minute and Kaoru Mitoma equalised in the 60th minute, set up by Yasin Ayari.

Man City had the better of the chances, with 2.96 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Brighton's 1.33 from 6.

Match stats

60% Possession 40%
21 Shots 6
6 Shots on target 3
6 Corners 2
133 Attacks 62
82 Dangerous attacks 22
608 Passes 399
87% Pass accuracy 78%
14 Tackles 22
6 Fouls 16
1 Yellow cards 6
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 3

Key events

Man City Brighton
Kick-off
2’
Pascal GroßShot on target
8’
Ferdi KadiogluShot on target
Bernardo SilvaShot on target
15’
29’
Lewis DunkFoul
VAR review
39’
Erling HaalandPenalty1-0 (Man City)
41’
41’
Pascal GroßArgument
Pep Guardiola
41’
Half-time1-0
Second half underway
53’
Jan Paul van HeckeFoul
60’
Kaoru MitomaRight foot shot1-1 (Brighton)
Gianluigi DonnarummaArgument
60’
61’
Maxim De CuyperArgument
RodriNico González
64’
69’
Kaoru MitomaFoul
Rayan CherkiPhil Foden
73’
Rico LewisMatheus Nunes
73’
Nico O'ReillyNathan Aké
73’
Erling HaalandShot on target
74’
77’
Brajan GrudaDiego Gómez
77’
Danny WelbeckGeorginio Rutter
Erling HaalandShot on target
81’
83’
James MilnerYasin Ayari
83’
Tom WatsonKaoru Mitoma
89’
Tom WatsonFoul
Full-time1-1

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 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 1.33 41’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-0 41’ 60’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), 1-1 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 1.33 41’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-0 Haaland 41’ 60’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), 1-1 Mitoma 60’
Man City 2.96 xGBrighton 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Man City attacking 
41’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 70’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), open play, 0.76 xG, off target 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 9’ Max Alleyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.33 xG, off target 46’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, hit the woodwork 8’ Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 88’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 90+1’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 2’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 82’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 70’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 86’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 15’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Nico González (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 60’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 90+1’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 21’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 41’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 70’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), open play, 0.76 xG, off target 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 9’ Max Alleyne (Man City), from a corner, 0.33 xG, off target 46’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, hit the woodwork 8’ Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 88’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.20 xG, off target 2’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+1’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 82’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 70’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 86’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 26’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 15’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Nico González (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 60’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 21’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+3’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 6’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Man City 4-1-4-1 Starting XI
Donnarumma
Nunes 73’
Khusanov
Alleyne
Aké 73’
González 64’
Silva
Reijnders
Foden 73’
Doku
Haaland
Brighton 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Verbruggen
Cuyper
Dunk
Hecke
Hinshelwood
Groß
Ayari 83’
Mitoma 83’
Gómez 77’
Kadıoğlu
Rutter 77’

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluigi Donnarumma GK900 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes DEF770 0.000.000
Abduqodir Khusanov DEF900 0.000.000
Max Alleyne DEF901 0.330.031
Nathan Aké DEF771 0.020.122
Nico González MID681 0.050.000
Bernardo Silva MID902 0.360.000
Tijjani Reijnders MID903 0.110.000
Phil Foden MID770 0.000.352
Jéremy Doku MID902 0.070.213
Erling Haaland FWD9018 1.620.071
Rodri Sub220 0.000.000
Mathis Cherki Sub134 0.400.624
Rico Lewis Sub130 0.000.061
Nico O'Reilly Sub130 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 63% Avg odds 1.50
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.62
Brighton win 16% Avg odds 5.79

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 2-1 Man City, 31 Aug 25 All Man City vs Brighton meetings, next on 31 Oct 26

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Timeline, lineups and team statistics from Sportmonks. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.