Man City vs Brighton

13 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Darren England

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Phil Foden 44’

Match summary

Man City saw off Brighton 1-0. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Phil Foden put Man City ahead in the 44th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.91 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Brighton's 0.18 from 5. Raheem Sterling missed a penalty for Man City.

Match stats

Man City Brighton
16 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.91 xG 0.18
2.15 Non-penalty xG 0.18
13 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man City Brighton
Kick-off
Phil Foden
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne1-0 (Man City)
44’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Adam Webster
  • Joël Veltman

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 2.91 0.18 44’ Phil Foden (Man City), 1-0 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.91 0.18 44’ Phil Foden (Man City), 1-0 Foden 44’
Man City 2.91 xGBrighton 0.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Man City attacking 
90+2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 30’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), set piece, 0.46 xG, blocked 14’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 58’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 66’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 59’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.17 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 44’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 59’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 66’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 19’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 41’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 32’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ João Cancelo (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 56’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 90+2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 30’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), set piece, 0.46 xG, blocked 14’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 58’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 66’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.21 xG, saved 59’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.17 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 44’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 59’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 66’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 19’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Phil Foden (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ João Cancelo (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 56’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
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 0.220.301
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
John Stones DEF900 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF901 0.040.000
Kevin De Bruyne MID9015 1.060.213
Ilkay Gündogan MID902 0.150.361
Rodri MID900 0.000.000
Riyad Mahrez FWD681 0.300.243
Bernardo Silva FWD901 0.170.662
Phil Foden FWD8312 0.140.162
Gabriel Jesus Sub220 0.000.000
Raheem Sterling Sub72 0.820.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 81% Avg odds 1.18
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.62
Brighton win 6% Avg odds 16.73

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

Form going into the game

Man City DDWWW
Brighton DDDLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 0-5 Man City, 11 Jul 20 Next meeting: Brighton 3-2 Man City, 18 May 21  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.