Manchester City and Brighton share the points in 1-1 draw

Match report

Honours were even between Manchester City and Brighton at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, 7 January 2026, the Premier League matchday 21 game finishing 1-1. E. Haaland (41' pen) scored for Manchester City, while K. Mitoma (60') found the net for Brighton. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Manchester City had 60% of the ball and 22 shots (6 on target) against Brighton’s 6 (3 on target). Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Manchester City 1st in the Premier League table on 15 points and Brighton 3rd on 10.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Manchester City

1st · 15 points · P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0

Form

Brighton

3rd · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	5	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	+6	9

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 31 Oct 2026, Manchester City – Brighton

Full Manchester City vs Brighton head-to-head

Match events

29'yellow cardLewis DunkYellow Card
39'VAR decisionJérémy DokuPenalty confirmed
41'yellow cardPascal GroßYellow Card
41'penaltyE. HaalandPenalty
53'yellow cardJan Paul van HeckeYellow Card
60'yellow cardGianluigi DonnarummaYellow Card
60'yellow cardMaxim De CuyperYellow Card
60'goalK. MitomaAssist: Y. Ayari
64'substitutionNicoOff: Rodri
69'yellow cardKaoru MitomaYellow Card
73'substitutionM. NunesOff: R. Lewis
73'substitutionN. AkeOff: N. O'Reilly
73'substitutionP. FodenOff: R. Cherki
77'substitutionG. RutterOff: D. Welbeck
77'substitutionD. GomezOff: B. Gruda
83'substitutionY. AyariOff: J. Milner
83'substitutionK. MitomaOff: T. Watson
89'yellow cardTom WatsonYellow Card

Lineups

Manchester City

Formation 4-1-4-1 · Coach Pep Guardiola

Starting XI

Substitutes

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Fabian Hurzeler

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

60%Possession40%
2.35Expected goals (xG)0.81
22Total shots6
6Shots on target3
10Shots off target3
6Blocked shots0
17Shots inside the box5
5Shots outside the box1
6Corners2
2Offsides3
6Fouls16
1Yellow cards6
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves3
581Passes381
509Accurate passes297
88%Pass accuracy78%
0.70Goals prevented0.70

Player statistics

Manchester City

Manchester City player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
25Gianluigi DonnarummaG	90	6.9			44 · 82%
6Nathan AkéD	73	6.6		1 (0)	45 · 96%	2		3/3
27Matheus NunesD	73	6.3			43 · 88%		1	2/5
45Abdukodir KhusanovD	90	7.2			71 · 93%		2	4/4
68Max AlleyneD	90	7.5		1 (0)	76 · 92%	1	3	9/10
4Tijjani ReijndersM	90	6.3		2 (1)	41 · 88%			1/3
11Jérémy DokuMTop rated	90	7.9		1 (0)	36 · 81%	3	2	10/19
14Nico GonzálezM	64	6.9		1 (0)	43 · 93%		4	4/8
20Bernardo SilvaM	90	7.3		2 (1)	61 · 89%			5/9
47Phil FodenM	73	7.2			37 · 81%	2	1	4/6
9Erling HaalandF	90	6.9	1	6 (4)	16 · 50%	1	1	8/14
1James TraffordG	–	–
82Rico LewisD	17	7.0			17 · 76%	1	1	1/1
91Stephen MfuniD	–	–
10Rayan CherkiM	17	7.9		2 (0)	11 · 91%	4		4/6
16RodriM	26	7.0			21 · 90%			2/3
33Nico O'ReillyM	17	6.9			19 · 89%	1		1/2
63Divine MukasaM	–	–
56Ryan McAidooF	–	–
92Reigan HeskeyF	–	–

Brighton

Brighton player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Bart VerbruggenG	90	7.3				51 · 71%
5Lewis DunkD	90	6.9				73 · 86%		2	3/6
6Jan Paul van HeckeD	90	6.9			1 (0)	18 · 78%		1	5/11
13Jack HinshelwoodD	90	7.5				27 · 85%		3	4/10
29Maxim De CuyperD	90	6.5				39 · 69%	1	3	4/7
22Kaoru MitomaM	83	7.9	1		2 (1)	17 · 88%	1	1	1/6
24Ferdi KadıoğluM	90	7.2			1 (1)	27 · 74%		4	7/15
25Diego GómezM	77	5.5			1 (0)	21 · 71%	1	1	3/10
26Yasin AyariM	83	6.5		1		35 · 91%	1	1	1/4
30Pascal GroßM	90	6.3			1 (1)	39 · 82%		1	1/3
10Georginio RutterF	77	6.2				21 · 57%	1	3	4/13
23Jason SteeleG	–	–
21Olivier BoscagliD	–	–
42Diego CoppolaD	–	–
51Charlie TaskerD	–	–
8Brajan GrudaM	13	6.3				6 · 33%			1/2
20James MilnerM	13	6.7				4 · 75%		1	1/2
53Harry HowellM	–	–
14Tom WatsonF	13	6.5				1 · 100%			0/2
18Danny WelbeckF	13	6.5				2 · 100%			0/2