Manchester City 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2019

Result

Manchester City 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Manchester City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Manchester City defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (2'), Sergio Agüero (42'), Sergio Agüero (55') and Bernardo Silva (79'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 4 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 41.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Agüero of Manchester City (9.5), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.7).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Aymeric LaporteManchester City
  • 42'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 4-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Aymeric Laporte, Nicolás Otamendi, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Riyad Mahrez

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (3-4-3)

Mathew Ryan, Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster, Dan Burn, Dale Stephens, Martín Montoya, Davy Pröpper, Bernardo, Neal Maupay, Leandro Trossard, S. March