Manchester City 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 9 May 2018
Result
Manchester City 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Wednesday 9 May 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Manchester City 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Manchester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 9 May 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Danilo opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Danilo (16'), Bernardo Silva (34') and Fernandinho (72'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Leonardo Ulloa (20').
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 94 points from 36 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 40 points from 36. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 40.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leroy Sané of Manchester City (9.8), ahead of Danilo (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 0 draws and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Danilo
- 20'Goal · Leonardo Ulloa
- 34'Goal · Bernardo Silva
- 37'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
- 72'Goal · Fernandinho
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Danilo, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, İlkay Gündoğan, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sané
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-5-1)
Mathew Ryan, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Pascal Groß, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, José Izquierdo, Leonardo Ulloa