Man City vs Brighton

21 October 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Julián Álvarez 7’
  • Erling Haaland 19’
  • Anssumane Fati 73’

Match summary

Man City saw off Brighton 2-1. Man City led 2-0 at half-time.

Julián Álvarez put Man City ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Jéremy Doku, Erling Haaland made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, and Anssumane Fati pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 73rd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Man City created 0.96 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Brighton 0.96 from 5. Man City had a player sent off.

Match stats

Man City Brighton
10 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0.96 xG 0.96
0.96 Non-penalty xG 0.96
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man City Brighton
Kick-off
Julián Álvarez
Assist: Jéremy Doku1-0 (Man City)
7’
Erling Haaland2-0 (Man City)
19’
Half-time2-0
73’
Anssumane Fati2-1 (Brighton)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Manuel Akanji
  • Rodri
  • Jack Grealish
Brighton
  • Igor Julio
  • Solly March

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 0.96 0.96 7’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-0 7’ 19’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 19’ 73’ Anssumane Fati (Brighton), 2-1 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.96 0.96 7’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-0 Álvarez 7’ 19’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 Haaland 19’ 73’ Anssumane Fati (Brighton), 2-1 Fati 73’
Man City 0.96 xGBrighton 0.96 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Man City attacking 
7’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 69’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 73’ Anssumane Fati (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 70’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), from a corner, 0.23 xG, off target 67’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 52’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 26’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 5’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 7’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 73’ Anssumane Fati (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 69’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 70’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), from a corner, 0.23 xG, off target 67’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 52’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 26’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 5’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stefan Ortega Moreno GK900 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF901 0.030.000
Manuel Akanji DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Rodri MID900 0.000.000
John Stones MID790 0.000.000
Phil Foden MID901 0.080.273
Julián Álvarez MID9013 0.440.000
Bernardo Silva MID900 0.000.112
Jéremy Doku MID7913 0.210.452
Erling Haaland FWD9012 0.200.000
Rúben Dias Sub110 0.000.000
Jack Grealish Sub110 0.000.000
Nathan Aké Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 71% Avg odds 1.36
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.74
Brighton win 12% Avg odds 7.80

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWWLL
Brighton WWWLD

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 1-1 Man City, 24 May 23 Next meeting: Brighton 0-4 Man City, 25 Apr 24  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.