Manchester City 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2022

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Manchester City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Manchester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 April 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Riyad Mahrez (53'), Phil Foden (65') and Bernardo Silva (82'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 74 points from 31 and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th on 40 points from 32. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th with 51.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City (8.2), ahead of Bernardo Silva (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 1-0
  • 65'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Alexis Mac AllisterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 81'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 82'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 3-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

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

Ederson, João Cancelo, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden

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

Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Marc Cucurella, Tariq Lamptey, E. Mwepu, Alexis Mac Allister, M. Caicedo, S. March, Pascal Groß, Danny Welbeck