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Matchweek 9Saturday, 31 October 2026 · 15:00 GMTReferee: Craig Pawson · 5 cards/game
Story of the match
Brighton beat Man City 1–0. Brighton made their chances count, scoring beyond their 1.0 xG while Man City's 1.7 xG went largely unrewarded. Our pre-match model had called it, giving the result a 42% chance.
Auto-generated from the match's xG, biggest chance and result — no editorial spin.
Post-Match Review
Post-Match Review
Man CityxGBrighton
1.66–1.00
Actual0–1
Brighton got more than the xG deserved
Finishing (G − xG)-1.66·0.00
Model callBrighton(gave this result 42%)✓ correct
Match Preview
Recent form
Man City
WWWWL
Form 7313-7Brighton
WWWWL
Form 7315-2Head-to-head
No recent meetings
Rest & congestion
Man City7d rest · 1 in 14 days
Brighton6d rest · 2 in 14 days
Match Events
HOME
90'
⚽11'
🟨20'
🟨49'
🔄55'
🔄64'
🔄64'
🔄64'
🔄72'
🔄72'
🔄79'
🔄79'
🟨81'
🔄84'
AWAY
▾ All Events
11'⚽
AyariDe Cuyper
20'🟨
Andrés
49'🟨
De Cuyper
Bouaddi↑ Cherki
55'🔄
64'🔄
Boscagli↑ Hadjam
64'🔄
Andrés↑ Wieffer
Enzo↑ O'Reilly
64'🔄
72'🔄
Kostoulas↑ Hinshelwood
72'🔄
De Cuyper↑ Yalcouyé
Ndiaye↑ Allan
79'🔄
Gvardiol↑ Foden
79'🔄
81'🟨
Groß
84'🔄
Gomez↑ Georginio
Lineups
Man City
4-3-3
GGianluigi Donnarumma
DMatheus Nunes
DAbdukodir Khusanov
DRúben Dias
DJosko Gvardiol↓
MAyyoub Bouaddi↓
MElliot Anderson
MEnzo Fernández↓
FIliman Ndiaye↓
FErling Haaland
FJérémy Doku
Bench
DMarc Guéhi
DRico Lewis
DNico O'Reilly↑
MPhil Foden↑
FAllan↑
MMateo Kovacic
GGerónimo Rulli
MRayan Cherki↑
DVitor Reis
Brighton
4-2-3-1
GBart Verbruggen
DCostinha
DLuka Vuskovic
DLewis Dunk
DOlivier Boscagli↓
MPascal Groß
MChema Andrés↓
MDiego Gómez↓
MYasin Ayari
MMaxim De Cuyper↓
FCharalampos Kostoulas↓
Bench
FGeorginio Rutter↑
MMats Wieffer↑
MMatt O'Riley
FYankuba Minteh
GJason Steele
MJack Hinshelwood↑
MMalick Yalcouyé↑
DMichael Svoboda
DJaouen Hadjam↑
Statistics
Man CityBrighton
62.4%
Possession
37.6%
21
Total Shots
7
6
On Target
3
1.66
xG
1.00
8
Corners
2
9
Fouls
13
2
Offsides
2
2
Saves
7
84.8%
Pass Accuracy
76.4%