FOOTBALL·ANALYTICPremier League 2025/26

Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 3 · American Express Community Stadium

Brighton2:1Manchester City

31 August 2025 · 31,485 in the ground · Darren England

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Brighton4-2-3-1
Manchester City4-3-3
Verbruggen6.2de Cuyper5.9Dunk6.6van Hecke6.2Veltman6.3J. Hinshelwood6.6Baleba6.4Mitoma7.4Gomez6.2Minteh6.9Welbeck6.5Trafford6.5Ait Nouri5.9Khusanov6.1Stones6.4Nunes5.7Reijnders6.9Rodri6.6Bernardo6.2Marmoush7.7Haaland7.5Bobb6.2
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

4590brightonmanchester-city

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 34HaalandGoal · 0.80 xG · 0.80 xG
  • 67MilnerGoal · 0.79 xG · 0.79 xG
  • 89GrudaGoal · 0.71 xG · 0.71 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Brighton 0:0 Man City0'kickoff
9' Haaland — xG 0.16 · Saved19' Mitoma — xG 0.05 · Saved24' Haaland — xG 0.08 · Missed25' Haaland — xG 0.17 · Saved26' Haaland — xG 0.05 · Missed28' Marmoush — xG 0.05 · Missed34' Haaland — xG 0.80 · Goal43' Rodri — xG 0.03 · Missed60' Bobb — xG 0.30 · Missed62' Minteh — xG 0.07 · Saved65' Dunk — xG 0.03 · Blocked67' Milner — xG 0.79 · Goal71' Minteh — xG 0.13 · Missed77' O'Reilly — xG 0.02 · Blocked77' Haaland — xG 0.09 · Missed79' Mitoma — xG 0.02 · Blocked81' Rutter — xG 0.07 · Saved83' Gruda — xG 0.02 · Saved87' Gruda — xG 0.05 · Blocked88' van Hecke — xG 0.29 · Saved88' Dunk — xG 0.06 · Missed89' Gruda — xG 0.71 · Goal90 + 6' Haaland — xG 0.04 · Missed90 + 8' Reijnders — xG 0.02 · Missed

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Brighton 0:0 Man City
1.02.0015304560759034' Haaland — GOAL67' Milner — GOAL89' Gruda — GOAL2.291.81

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Brighton attacking right · Manchester City attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Brighton vs Manchester City

36%
Possession
64%
2.3
Expected goals
1.82
12
Shots
12
7
Shots on target
3
3
Big chances created
3
235
Passes completed
493
41
Into final third
103
47
Duels won
58
13/17 (76%)
Tackles won
7/15 (47%)
3
Corners
2
16
Fouls
14

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