Manchester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2023
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester City 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Manchester City won against Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 October 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Julián Alvarez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Julián Alvarez (7') and Erling Haaland (19'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Ansu Fati (73').
Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 18 points from 8 and Brighton & Hove Albion 6th on 16 points from 8. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th with 48.
Manchester City lined up in a 3-2-4-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jérémy Doku of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of Ansu Fati (7.7).
Key events
- 7'Goal · Julián Alvarez
- 19'Goal · Erling Haaland
- 36'Yellow card · Solly March
- 38'Yellow card · Rodri
- 63'Yellow card · Manuel Akanji
- 64'Yellow card · Igor Julio
- 73'Goal · Ansu Fati
- 84'Yellow card · Jack Grealish
- 90+5'Second yellow · Manuel Akanji
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (3-2-4-1)
Stefan Ortega, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Rodri, Phil Foden, Julián Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jason Steele, James Milner, Lewis Dunk, Igor Julio, S. March, Carlos Baleba, Pascal Groß, Simon Adingra, Danny Welbeck, Kaoru Mitoma, João Pedro