Man City vs Brighton

31 August 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Kevin De Bruyne 2’
  • Sergio Agüero 42’, 55’
  • Bernardo Silva 79’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Brighton. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin De Bruyne put Man City ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by David Silva and Sergio Agüero made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne. In the second half, Agüero made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, set up by David Silva and Bernardo Silva made it 4-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Sergio Agüero.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.31 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brighton's 0.86 from 6.

Match stats

Man City Brighton
15 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.31 xG 0.86
2.31 Non-penalty xG 0.86
16 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Man City Brighton
Kick-off
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: David Silva1-0 (Man City)
2’
Sergio Agüero
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne2-0 (Man City)
42’
Half-time2-0
Sergio Agüero
Assist: David Silva3-0 (Man City)
55’
Bernardo Silva
Assist: Sergio Agüero4-0 (Man City)
79’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Aymeric Laporte
Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 0.86 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 2’ 42’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 2-0 42’ 55’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 3-0 55’ 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 4-0 79’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.31 0.86 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 De Bruyne 2’ 42’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 2-0 Agüero 42’ 55’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), 3-0 Agüero 55’ 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 4-0 Silva 79’
Man City 2.31 xGBrighton 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Man City attacking 
30’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 50’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.33 xG, blocked 45’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 14’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 42’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 17’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 66’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 60’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 55’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 63’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 44’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 20’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 2’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 50’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.33 xG, blocked 45’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 42’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 14’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 17’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 66’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 60’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 55’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 63’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 72’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 44’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 40’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 20’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Davy Pröpper (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Nicolás Otamendi DEF900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF360 0.000.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF901 0.040.000
Rodri MID900 0.000.112
David Silva MID8221 0.580.653
Kevin De Bruyne MID73114 0.700.162
Riyad Mahrez FWD902 0.180.395
Sergio Agüero FWD90215 0.460.342
Raheem Sterling FWD900 0.000.581
Fernandinho Sub540 0.000.000
Ilkay Gündogan Sub171 0.080.000
Bernardo Silva Sub811 0.270.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 89% Avg odds 1.09
Draw 8% Avg odds 11.50
Brighton win 3% Avg odds 31.01

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWWDW
Brighton DLWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 1-4 Man City, 12 May 19 Next meeting: Brighton 0-5 Man City, 11 Jul 20  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.