Brighton 2-1 Manchester City: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Brighton

J. Milner 67' (Pen)

B. Gruda 89'

Manchester City

E. Haaland 34'

Premier League 2025/2026

Regular Season - 3

August 31, 2025 1:00pm

American Express Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex

Key stats

Ball Possession

36%

64%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Brighton 4-2-3-1

Manchester City 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

B. Verbruggen

6.7

J. Trafford

8.5

Defenders

M. De Cuyper

7.3

R. Aït-Nouri

6.3

L. Dunk

5.9

A. Khusanov

6.7

J. van Hecke

6.9

J. Stones

6.5

J. Veltman

6.7

Matheus Nunes

6.7

Midfielders

J. Hinshelwood

6.6

T. Reijnders

6.7

C. Baleba

6.3

Rodri

7.5

K. Mitoma

7.0

Bernardo Silva

6.2

D. Gómez

6.7

Y. Minteh

6.9

Forwards

D. Welbeck

6.5

Omar Marmoush

7.9

E. Haaland

7.2

Oscar Bobb

6.3

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Highest rating

7.9

B. Gruda

8.5

J. Trafford

Match Summary

On August 31, 2025 during the 2025/2026 Premier League match, Brighton faced off against Manchester City at American Express Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex. The game concluded with Brighton securing a victory. With 36% possession, Brighton versus Manchester City's 64% and shots on goal at 7 to 3. Manchester City had 87% successful passes (of 551 passes) over Brighton which had 75% successful passes (of 306 passes). The outstanding efforts by B. Gruda and J. Trafford played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

4-3-3

Verbruggen

6.7

Played:
92Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
20/34

Veltman

6.7

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
12/19

Won duels:
7/9

Hecke

6.9

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
33/39

Won duels:
1/6

Dunk

5.9

Played:
92Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
36/40

Won duels:
1/2

Cuyper

7.3

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
35/47

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Baleba

6.3

Played:
60Min

Accurate passes:
15/19

Won duels:
1/3

Hinshelwood

6.6

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
17/20

Won duels:
5/8

Minteh

6.9

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
7/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
9/17

Dribbles:
2/3

Gómez

6.7

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
6/10

Won duels:
5/9

Mitoma

7.0

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
17/23

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
2/8

Welbeck

6.5

Played:
61Min

Accurate passes:
7/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Marmoush

7.9

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/26

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/15

Dribbles:
4/5

Haaland

7.2

Played:
92Min

Accurate passes:
6/9

Won duels:
5/5

Bobb

6.3

Played:
92Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
22/24

Won duels:
4/11

Dribbles:
2/3

Reijnders

6.7

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
51/58

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
2/3

Rodri

7.5

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
82/93

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Silva

6.2

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
43/51

Won duels:
2/7

Aït-Nouri

6.3

Played:
92Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
23/30

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/16

Dribbles:
1/3

Khusanov

6.7

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
57/65

Won duels:
5/9

Stones

6.5

Played:
92Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
64/66

Won duels:
1/1

Nunes

6.7

Played:
85Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
43/48

Won duels:
3/3

Trafford

8.5

Played:
92Min

Saves:
5 of 7

Accurate passes:
33/42

Substitutes

Coach

Fabian Hurzeler

Milner

7.0

Played:
32Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
2/5

Gruda

7.9

Played:
31Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
2/3

Rutter

6.7

Played:
31Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Ayari

6.7

Played:
31Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
7/7

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Steele

Boscagli

Kadioglu

Coppola

O'Riley

Coach

Pep Guardiola

Ederson

Dias

Played:
7Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
0/1

Lewis

Played:
7Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

Won duels:
1/1

Aké

Akanji

Gündoğan

González

O'Reilly

6.3

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Doku

6.3

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Brighton vs Manchester City

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline