Manchester City 1–1 Brighton
Manchester City
1–1HT 1–0
Brighton
Manchester City played Brighton in the Premier League on 7 January 2026 at Etihad Stadium. The match finished 1–1.
Goals and cards
- 29'Lewis Dunk — Yellow card
- 41'Pascal Groß — Yellow card
- 41'E. Haaland
- 53'Jan Paul van Hecke — Yellow card
- 60'Gianluigi Donnarumma — Yellow card
- 60'Maxim De Cuyper — Yellow card
- 60'K. Mitoma (assist by Y. Ayari)
- 69'Kaoru Mitoma — Yellow card
- 89'Tom Watson — Yellow card
Line-ups
Manchester City 4-1-4-1
- G. Donnarumma
- M. Nunes
- A. Khusanov
- M. Alleyne
- N. Ake
- Nico
- B. Silva
- T. Reijnders
- P. Foden
- J. Doku
- E. Haaland
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Trafford
- Rodri
- R. Lewis
- N. O'Reilly
- R. McAidoo
- R. Heskey
- R. Cherki
- S. Mfuni
- D. Mukasa
- COACHES: Pep Guardiola
Brighton 4-2-3-1
- B. Verbruggen
- J. Hinshelwood
- J. P. van Hecke
- L. Dunk
- M. De Cuyper
- Y. Ayari
- P. Gross
- F. Kadioglu
- D. Gomez
- K. Mitoma
- G. Rutter
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Steele
- J. Milner
- D. Welbeck
- O. Boscagli
- D. Coppola
- B. Gruda
- T. Watson
- C. Tasker
- H. Howell
- COACHES: Fabian Hurzeler
Match statistics
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 10 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 22 | Total shots | 6 |
| 6 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 17 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 6 | Fouls | 16 |
| 6 | Corners | 2 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 60% | Possession | 40% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 581 | Total passes | 381 |
| 509 | Accurate passes | 297 |
| 88% | Pass accuracy | 78% |
| 2.35 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.81 |
| 0.70 | goals_prevented | 0.70 |