Man City 1-1 Brighton (Jan 7, 2026)

MCI

BHA

29'

Lewis Dunk

41'

Pascal Groß

41'

Erling Haaland (Pen)

HT 1-0

53'

Jan Paul van Hecke

60'

Kaoru Mitoma

Assist: Yasin Ayari

60'

Gianluigi Donnarumma

60'

Maxim De Cuyper

64'

Rodri

Nico González

69'

Kaoru Mitoma

73'

Rayan Cherki

Phil Foden

73'

Nico O’Reilly

Nathan Aké

73'

Rico Lewis

Matheus Nunes

77'

Danny Welbeck

Georginio Rutter

77'

Brajan Gruda

Diego Gómez

83'

Thomas Watson

Kaoru Mitoma

83'

James Milner

Yasin Ayari

89'

Thomas Watson

FT 1-1

MCI

Team Stats

BHA

Possession

60%

40%

2.45

xG

0.82

22 (6)

Shots (On Target)

6 (3)

52

Touches in Opp Box

15

6

Corners

2

Top Performers

Rating

9.1

Mitoma

BHA

xG

1.44

Haaland

MCI

Chances Created

4

Cherki

MCI

Take-ons

5

Doku

MCI

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	21	15	4	2	26	49
2	Man City	21	13	4	4	26	43
3	Aston Villa	21	13	4	4	9	43
4	Liverpool	21	10	5	6	4	35
5	Brentford	21	10	3	8	7	33
6	Newcastle	21	9	5	7	5	32
7	Man United	21	8	8	5	4	32
8	Chelsea	21	8	7	6	10	31
9	Fulham	21	9	4	8	0	31
10	Sunderland	21	7	9	5	-1	30
11	Brighton	21	7	8	6	3	29
12	Everton	21	8	5	8	-2	29
13	Crystal Palace	21	7	7	7	-1	28
14	Tottenham	21	7	6	8	3	27
15	Bournemouth	21	6	8	7	-6	26
16	Leeds	21	5	7	9	-8	22
17	Nottm Forest	21	6	3	12	-13	21
18	West Ham	21	3	5	13	-21	14
19	Burnley	21	3	4	14	-19	13
20	Wolves	21	1	4	16	-26	7

Game Summary

Manchester City drew with Brighton & Hove Albion, 1 to 1, in the Premier League on Wednesday.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 21

January 7, 2026

Etihad Stadium

Manchester, England

1° C

Referee Thomas Bramall

Assistant Ref Neil Davies

Assistant Ref Matthew Wilkes

Fourth Official Tony Harrington

Video Referee Alex Chilowicz

MCI

4-1-4-1

6.7

Donnarumma

6

73'

7.2

Aké

68

7.0

Alleyne

45

7.2

Khusanov

27

73'

6.8

Nunes

14

64'

7.3

González

7.1

Doku

73'

7.0

Foden

6.7

Reijnders

7.9

Silva

5.6

Haaland

1

6.9

Verbruggen

29

6.2

De Cuyper

5

7.1

Dunk

6

6.9

Paul van Hecke

13

7.1

Hinshelwood

6.3

Groß

26

83'

6.3

Ayari

83'

9.1

Mitoma

25

77'

5.0

Gómez

24

5.9

Kadıoğlu

77'

6.3

Rutter

BHA

4-2-3-1

MCI

Managers

BHA

Pep Guardiola

Fabian Hürzeler

MCI

Substitutes

BHA

6.7

16

Rodri

64'

6.1

8

Gruda

77'

7.7

10

Cherki

73'

6.5

18

Welbeck

77'

7.1

33

O’Reilly

73'

6.6

14

Watson

83'

6.9

82

Lewis

73'

6.6

20

Milner

83'

1

Trafford

23

Steele

91

Mfuni

21

Boscagli

63

Mukasa

42

Coppola

56

Mcaidoo

51

Tasker

92

Heskey

53

Howell

1'

J. Hinshelwood commits a foul.

2'

P. Groß made a shot on target.

4'

E. Haaland commits a foul.

6'

P. Foden takes a corner.

6'

N. Aké misses the shot.

6'

N. Aké is caught offside.

8'

F. Kadıoğlu made a shot on target.

9'

P. Foden takes a corner.

9'

M. Alleyne misses the shot.

14'

T. Reijnders takes a corner.

15'

B. Silva made a shot on target.

16'

N. González commits a foul.

19'

J. Hinshelwood commits a foul.

21'

T. Reijnders made a shot on target.

21'

J. Doku made a shot on target.

24'

K. Mitoma commits a foul.

25'

B. Silva commits a foul.

26'

E. Haaland misses the shot.

28'

M. De Cuyper takes a corner.

29'

J. Paul van Hecke misses the shot.

29'

L. Dunk commits a foul.

29'

L. Dunk receives a yellow card.

34'

M. De Cuyper commits a foul.

36'

M. De Cuyper commits a foul.

38'

D. Gómez commits a foul.

41'

P. Groß receives a yellow card.

41'

E. Haaland scores a penalty goal.

45'

J. Hinshelwood is caught offside.

45'

D. Gómez is caught offside.

45'

T. Reijnders made a shot on target.

45'

N. González misses the shot.

46'

B. Silva misses the shot.

49'

M. De Cuyper commits a foul.

53'

J. Paul van Hecke commits a foul.

53'

J. Paul van Hecke receives a yellow card.

55'

P. Foden takes a corner.

60'

K. Mitoma scores a goal. Y. Ayari assists on the shot.

60'

G. Donnarumma receives a yellow card.

60'

M. De Cuyper receives a yellow card.

63'

D. Gómez commits a foul.

63'

F. Kadıoğlu commits a foul.

64'

Rodri enters the game. N. González leaves the game.

65'

J. Doku commits a foul.

66'

J. Hinshelwood is caught offside.

69'

K. Mitoma commits a foul.

69'

K. Mitoma receives a yellow card.

70'

D. Gómez misses the shot.

70'

K. Mitoma misses the shot.

73'

R. Cherki enters the game. P. Foden leaves the game.

73'

N. O’Reilly enters the game. N. Aké leaves the game.

73'

R. Lewis enters the game. M. Nunes leaves the game.

74'

D. Gómez commits a foul.

74'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

74'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

75'

R. Cherki takes a corner.

75'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

75'

E. Haaland commits a foul.

77'

M. Alleyne is caught offside.

77'

D. Welbeck enters the game. G. Rutter leaves the game.

77'

B. Gruda enters the game. D. Gómez leaves the game.

80'

T. Reijnders commits a foul.

81'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

82'

E. Haaland misses the shot.

83'

J. Hinshelwood commits a foul.

83'

T. Watson enters the game. K. Mitoma leaves the game.

83'

J. Milner enters the game. Y. Ayari leaves the game.

84'

D. Welbeck commits a foul.

84'

R. Cherki made a shot on target.

86'

R. Cherki misses the shot.

88'

R. Cherki misses the shot.

89'

T. Watson commits a foul.

89'

T. Watson receives a yellow card.

90'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

90'

R. Cherki made a shot on target.

90'

R. Cherki takes a corner.

90'

T. Reijnders misses the shot.

90'

J. Doku misses the shot.

90'

M. De Cuyper takes a corner.

All

1st

2nd

MCI

Attacking Stats

BHA

Possession

60%

40%

2.45

xG | Expand

0.82

22

Shots

6

Shots on Target

3

16

Shots off Target

3

6

Shots Blocked

0

1

Hit Woodwork

1

3

Big Chances Missed

2

783

Touches

556

52

Touches in Opp Box

15

14/26 (54%)

Take-ons

1/6 (17%)

6

Corners

2

MCI

Passing Stats

BHA

1.63

xA | Expand

1.05

2

Big Chances Created

2

15

Chances Created

5

515/586 (88%)

Passes

302/385 (78%)

15

Key Passes

4

42

Long Ball Passes

56

184

Final Third Passes

60

6/13 (46%)

Crosses

3/9 (33%)

1/1 (100%)

Through Balls

2/2 (100%)

2

Offsides

3

MCI

Defending Stats

BHA

15

Tackles

21

12

Tackles Won

12

1

Last Man Tackles

0

20

Interceptions

19

11

Clearances

26

46

Recoveries

44

0

Errors Leading to Shot

3

0

Errors Leading to Goal

0

Penalties Conceded

1

2

Goalkeeper Saves

3

MCI

Other Stats

BHA

1

Yellow Cards

6

0

Red Cards

0

6

Fouls

16

58

Duels Won

35

14

Aerials Won

7

6

Corners Won

2

116

Possessions Lost

126

9

Times Dispossessed

10

MCI

BHA

Player	Rating	Minutes	Goals	Shots on Target	xG
Bernardo Silva B. Silva #20	7.9	90	0	1	0.12
Rayan Cherki R. Cherki #10	7.7	18	0	0	0.34
Nico González N. González #14	7.3	63	0	0	0.05
Nathan Aké N. Aké #6	7.2	72	0	0	0.06
Abdukodir Khusanov A. Khusanov #45	7.2	90	0	0	0.00
Nico O’Reilly N. O’Reilly #33	7.1	18	0	0	0.00
Jérémy Doku J. Doku #11	7.1	90	0	0	0.06
Phil Foden P. Foden #47	7.0	72	0	0	0.00
Max Alleyne M. Alleyne #68	7.0	90	0	0	0.16
Rico Lewis R. Lewis #82	6.9	18	0	0	0.00
Matheus Nunes M. Nunes #27	6.8	72	0	0	0.00
Rodri Rodri #16	6.7	27	0	0	0.00
Tijjani Reijnders T. Reijnders #4	6.7	90	0	1	0.13
Erling Haaland E. Haaland #9	5.6	90	1	4	1.44