Manchester City 2–2 Brighton
Manchester City
2–2HT 1–1
Brighton
Manchester City played Brighton in the League Cup on 28 October 2026 at Etihad Stadium. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 11'Michael Svoboda — Yellow card
- 30'Malick Yalcouyé (assist by Georginio Rutter)
- 32'Ayyoub Bouaddi — Yellow card
- 40'Mateo Kovačić (assist by Phil Foden)
- 47'Georginio Rutter (assist by Jaouen Hadjam)
- 72'Vitor de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis (assist by Rayan Cherki)
- 90+1'Mats Wieffer — Yellow card
- 90+2'Lewis Dunk — Yellow card
- 91'Phil Foden
- 92'Pascal Groß
- 92'Enzo Fernández
- 93'Matt O'Riley
- 94'Jeremy Doku
- 94'Maxim De Cuyper
- 95'Mateo Kovačić (Penalty missed)
- 96'Yasin Ayari (Penalty missed)
- 97'Rayan Cherki
- 97'Lewis Dunk (Penalty missed)
Line-ups
Manchester City 4-2-3-1
- G. Rulli
- R. Lewis
- Vitor Nunes
- M. Guéhi
- N. O'Reilly
- A. Bouaddi
- M. Kovačić
- P. Foden
- R. Cherki
- Allan
- F. Samba
- SUBSTITUTES
- R. Aït-Nouri
- M. Bettinelli
- K. Braithwaite
- J. Doku
- E. Fernández
- A. Khusanov
- R. McAidoo
- I. Ndiaye
- Dexter Oliver
- COACHES: E. Maresca
Brighton 4-2-3-1
- J. Steele
- Costinha
- M. Svoboda
- O. Boscagli
- J. Hadjam
- P. Groß
- Y. Ayari
- D. Gómez
- J. Hinshelwood
- M. Yalcouyé
- G. Rutter
- SUBSTITUTES
- P. David
- M. De Cuyper
- L. Dunk
- Y. Minteh
- M. O'Riley
- I. Osman
- B. Verbruggen
- L. Vušković
- M. Wieffer
- COACHES: F. Hürzeler
Match statistics
| Manchester City | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.91 | Expected Goals (xG) | 2.08 |
| 448 | Accurate passes | 320 |
| 7 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 8 |
| 6 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 20 | Free kicks | 2 |
| 3 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 9 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 527 | Total passes | 391 |
| 13 | Total shots | 17 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 3 | Corners | 7 |
| 3 | Fouls | 20 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 57% | Possession | 43% |