Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 18 May 2021

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 18 May 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester City: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion won against Manchester City 3-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 18 May 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ilkay Gündogan opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Leandro Trossard (50'), Adam Webster (72') and Dan Burn (76'). Manchester City scored through Ilkay Gündogan (2') and Phil Foden (48').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 17th on 38 points from 36 and Manchester City 1st on 83 points from 36. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Manchester City 1st with 86.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 3-5-2 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Leandro Trossard of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.0), ahead of Dan Burn (7.8).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 0-1
  • 10'Red card · João CanceloManchester City
  • 27'Yellow card · Alireza JahanbakhshBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 48'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 0-2
  • 50'Goal · Leandro TrossardBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 76'Goal · Dan BurnBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-2
  • 79'Yellow card · RodriManchester City
  • 82'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Robert SánchezBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 0, draws 0, Manchester City 7.

Team news

Unavailable

  • S. MarchBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Knock)
  • Tariq LampteyBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Hamstring Injury)

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (3-5-2)

Robert Sánchez, Ben White, Adam Webster, Dan Burn, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Pascal Groß, Yves Bissouma, Steven Alzate, Jakub Moder, Alexis Mac Allister, Danny Welbeck

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, João Cancelo, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Ferran Torres, Phil Foden