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

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2026

Result

Manchester City 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Manchester City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

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

Manchester City drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 7 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Manchester City's goal came from Erling Haaland (41', penalty). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Kaoru Mitoma (60').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 42 points from 20 and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th on 28 points from 20. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jérémy Doku of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Erling Haaland (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 41'Penalty goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Pep GuardiolaManchester City
  • 41'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 53'Yellow card · Jan Paul van HeckeBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 60'Goal · Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Gianluigi DonnarummaManchester City
  • 61'Yellow card · Maxim De CuyperBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 69'Yellow card · Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 89'Yellow card · Tom WatsonBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Nathan Aké, Nico González, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

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

Bart Verbruggen, Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Maxim De Cuyper, Yasin Ayari, Pascal Groß, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Diego Gómez, Kaoru Mitoma, Georginio Rutter