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Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Conference League
0-1
Final
Etihad Stadium

Match pulse

MNCAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTBHA
62%Possession38%
21Shots7
6On target3
8Corners2
2Saves7
9Fouls13
20'Chema AndrésBHA49'Maxim De CuyperBHA81'Pascal GrossBHA
Team1H2HT
MNC000
BHA101

Who won: Brighton 1-0

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday, October 31, 2026 at Etihad Stadium. Goals for Brighton: Yasin Ayari (11').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 19.2Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 27.4Yasin AyariAM
  3. 36.8Lewis DunkCD-L
  4. 46.8Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  5. 56.7Luka VuskovicCD-R
  6. 66.7Olivier BoscagliLB
  7. 76.6CostinhaRB
  8. 86.4Iliman NdiayeRF
  9. 96.4Diego GómezAM-R
  10. 106.3Jérémy DokuLF
  11. 116.2Erling HaalandF
  12. 126.1Rayan CherkiSUB

Team stats

MNCBHA
9Fouls13
0Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
2Offsides2
8Corner Kicks2
2Saves7
62.4Possession37.6
21SHOTS7
6ON GOAL3
0.3On Target %0.4
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
503Accurate Passes280
597Passes362
0.8Pass Completion %0.8
10Accurate Crosses2
24Crosses7
0.4Cross %0.3
50Long Balls61
23Accurate Long Balls36
0.5Long Balls %0.6
8Blocked Shots1
11Effective Tackles15
17Tackles22
0.6Tackle %0.7
5Interceptions15
14Effective Clearances32
14Clearances32

Player of the game

Bart Verbruggen

BHA · 7 saves, clean sheet

9.2

Deserved to win

70%
MNC · 2.19 xG
19%
Draw
11%
BHA · 0.82 xG

Man City deserved better: 70% on chances, lost 0-1

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Manchester City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
  2. Second Half ends, Manchester City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
  3. 90'+4'MNC

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Bart Verbruggen.

  4. 90'+4'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Elliot Anderson.

  5. 90'+2'

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

  6. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Elliot Anderson (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  7. 90'+1'

    Foul

    Foul by Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  8. 90'+1'

    Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.

  9. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. 90'+1'

    Foul

    Foul by Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  11. 90'

    Foul

    Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).

  12. 90'

    Free kick won

    Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  13. 89'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

  14. 89'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Allan.

  15. 88'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Georginio Rutter following a fast break.

  16. 86'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Malick Yalcouyé.

    G. Rutter

  17. 85'BHA

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.

  18. 84'MNC

    Foul

    Foul by Allan (Manchester City).

  19. 84'

    Free kick won

    Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  20. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for D. Gómez

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Diego Gómez.

    G. Rutter

  21. 82'MNC

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Allan (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

  22. 81'MNC

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Costinha.

  23. 81'

    Yellow card

    Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    P. Gross

  24. 81'BHA

    Free kick won

    Allan (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  25. 81'BHA

    Foul

    Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).

Leaders

MNCBHA
Total Shots
Erling Haaland
4
Diego Gómez
2
Accurate Passes
Abdukodir Khusanov
85
Lewis Dunk
49
Defensive Interventions
Abdukodir Khusanov
11
Costinha
15
Saves
Gianluigi Donnarumma
2
Bart Verbruggen
7