Manchester City 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 13 January 2021

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 13 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Manchester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 13 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Phil Foden of Manchester City in the 44th minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 29 points from 15 and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th on 14 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 16th with 41.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (7.8), level with Phil Foden (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 77'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+2'Missed penalty · Raheem SterlingManchester City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

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

Ederson, João Cancelo, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-1-2)

Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Davy Pröpper, Ben White, Bernardo, Alexis Mac Allister, Leandro Trossard, Percy Tau