The home team, Manchester City, should be expected winners in this match, but Brighton & Hove Albion have exhibited both competence and bravery. Learn more about the game!
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Brighton & Hove Albion.
Brighton & Hove Albion could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Manchester City form and stats
5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Manchester City so far this season. Ever since the AFC Bournemouth game Manchester City has been unbeatable here at Etihad Stadium producing five straight wins.
No payout for City in their previous match, an away game at Liverpool that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that defeat this club had gone nine consecutive league fixtures without being beaten. Midfielder Rodri was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.32 (out of ten) in that game. Rodri hit two key passes and had 83 successful passes (of 92 total).
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to København (Champions League).
It's goals goals goals for Manchester City who have scored 24 goals from 5 league home games.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The attacking players of Brighton have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 277 minutes.
Brighton & Hove Albion delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Nottingham Forest (placed 19th) in their previous game. Defender Veltman was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Veltman hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, the Brighton & Hove Albion manager Zerbi faced defeat when travelling to Brentford and losing 0-2.The travelling fans enjoy Brighton's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Brighton & Hove Albion struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Manchester City-Brighton & Hove Albion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Manchester City nine wins, Brighton & Hove Albion one win, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 15 goals |  P. Foden 6 goals |   L. Trossard 5 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Manchester City | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 8.2 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.6 | 19.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12 | 14.1 |
| 6.8 | 8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 49% | 60% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 7.1 | 6.2 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13 | 9.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
- All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Manchester City's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Brighton & Hove Albion.
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (5) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (24) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+23) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 23 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| 9 | Brentford | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Fulham | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Everton | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Southampton | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -16 | 6 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 5 |
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- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- The Argus - (local newspaper)
