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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City

Premier League
2-1
Final
American Express Stadium
TV: Fubo

Match pulse

BHAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTMNC
36%Possession64%
12Shots12
7On target3
3Corners2
2Saves5
16Fouls14
16'Jan Paul van HeckeBHA63'Abdukodir KhusanovMNC69'Rayan Aït-NouriMNC77'Joël VeltmanBHA
Team1H2HT
BHA022
MNC101

Who won: Brighton 2-1

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Manchester City 2-1 on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at American Express Stadium. Goals for Brighton: James Milner (67' pen) and Brajan Gruda (89'). Goals for Man City: Erling Haaland (34').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 17.4Erling HaalandF
  2. 26.7James MilnerSUB
  3. 36.7Brajan GrudaSUB
  4. 46.6Yankuba MintehAM-R
  5. 56.5Bart VerbruggenG
  6. 66.5Maxim De CuyperLB
  7. 76.5Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  8. 86.5James TraffordG
  9. 96.5Omar MarmoushLF
  10. 106.4Lewis DunkCD-L
  11. 116.3Carlos BalebaRM
  12. 126.2Diego GómezAM

Team stats

BHAMNC
16Fouls14
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides0
3Corner Kicks2
2Saves5
36.3Possession63.7
12SHOTS12
7ON GOAL3
0.6On Target %0.3
1Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
235Accurate Passes493
315Passes565
0.7Pass Completion %0.9
3Accurate Crosses1
8Crosses5
0.4Cross %0.2
49Long Balls42
14Accurate Long Balls19
0.3Long Balls %0.5
3Blocked Shots1
13Effective Tackles7
17Tackles15
0.8Tackle %0.5
8Interceptions9
10Effective Clearances15
10Clearances15

Player of the game

Erling Haaland

MNC · 1 G

7.4

Deserved to win

71%
BHA · 0.85 xG
27%
Draw
2%
MNC · 0.10 xG

Brighton created better chances: they win this game 71% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Manchester City 1.
  2. Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Manchester City 1.
  3. 90'+8'Tijjani Reijnders

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

    T. Reijnders

  4. 90'+8'

    Free kick won

    Oscar Bobb (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  5. 90'+8'

    Foul

    Foul by Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  6. 90'+6'

    Free kick won

    Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  7. 90'+6'

    Foul

    Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).

  8. 90'+6'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.

    E. Haaland

  9. 90'+5'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  10. 90'+5'
    Sub

    Subbed on for Y. Minteh

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Coppola replaces Yankuba Minteh.

    D. Coppola

  11. 90'+4'Yankuba Minteh

    Delay in match because of an injury Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  12. 90'+1'

    Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.

  13. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. GOAL89'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    B. Gruda · ast K. Mitoma

    Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Manchester City 1. Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.

    BHA 2 - 1 MNC
  15. 88'

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.

    L. Dunk

  16. 88'Jan Paul van Hecke

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal by James Trafford (Manchester City).

  17. 88'

    Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Rayan Aït-Nouri.

  18. 87'

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.

  19. 85'

    Free kick won

    Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  20. 85'

    Foul

    Foul by Oscar Bobb (Manchester City).

  21. 85'

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  22. 85'
    Sub

    Subbed on for A. Khusanov

    Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces Abdukodir Khusanov because of an injury.

    R. Dias

  23. 85'
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Nunes

    Substitution, Manchester City. Rico Lewis replaces Matheus Nunes.

    R. Lewis

  24. 83'

    Delay in match because of an injury Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City).

  25. 83'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by James Trafford (Manchester City). Assisted by Yasin Ayari.

Leaders

BHAMNC
Total Shots
Kaoru Mitoma
2
Erling Haaland
7
Accurate Passes
Lewis Dunk
37
Rodri
87
Saves
Bart Verbruggen
2
James Trafford
5