Manchester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions
Manchester City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Manchester City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (29') and Sergio Agüero (65'). 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 16 points from 6 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 5 points from 6. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raheem Sterling of Manchester City (9.3), ahead of Oleksandr Zinchenko (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Anthony Knockaert
- 29'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 42'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
- 65'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 87'Yellow card · Martín Montoya
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nicolás Otamendi, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Davy Pröpper, Anthony Knockaert, Beram Kayal, Yves Bissouma, S. March, Jürgen Locadia