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

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Manchester City 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 0-1

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

Manchester City lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Etihad Stadium. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Yasin Ayari of Brighton & Hove Albion in the 11th minute.

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 21 points from 8 and Brighton & Hove Albion 3rd on 16 points from 8. In the current table Manchester City are 2nd on 21 points and Brighton & Hove Albion are 3rd on 19 points.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bart Verbruggen of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.7), ahead of Jérémy Doku (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Yasin AyariBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Chema AndrésBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 49'Yellow card · Maxim De CuyperBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 81'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion

Form and table

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2Manchester City97022010+1021WWWLL
3Brighton & Hove Albion9612247+1719WWWLW

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández, Iliman Ndiaye, Erling Haaland, Jérémy Doku

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

Bart Verbruggen, Costinha, Luka Vuskovic, Lewis Dunk, Olivier Boscagli, Pascal Groß, Chema Andrés, Diego Gómez, Yasin Ayari, Maxim De Cuyper, Charalampos Kostoulas

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