Manchester City — Brighton & Hove Albion 0:1, 31 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 9 Saturday 31 October · 15:00 UTC

Manchester City 2th · 21 pts LLLWW

0 : 1 1st half 0:1

Brighton & Hove Albion 3th · 19 pts WLWWW

Etihad Stadium · referee C. Pawson

Match predictionSafe

Brighton & Hove Albion to stay within two goals

93% · Brighton & Hove Albion games average 3.5 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Brighton & Hove Albion to stay within two goals”, and the match finished 0:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Manchester City 42% draw 25% Brighton & Hove Albion 33%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it wrong.

fans 78 votes

Manchester City 52% draw 15% Brighton & Hove Albion 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

Y. Ayari assist: M. De Cuyper 0-1 11'

C. Andres 20'

M. De Cuyper 49'

R. Cherki for A. Bouaddi 55'

J. Hadjam for O. Boscagli 64'

M. Wieffer for C. Andres 64'

N. O'Reilly for E. Fernandez 65'

M. Yalcouye for M. De Cuyper 72'

J. Hinshelwood for C. Kostoulas 72'

P. Foden for J. Gvardiol 79'

Allan Elias for I. Ndiaye 79'

P. Gross 81'

G. Rutter for D. Gomez 84'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Manchester City 4-3-3 4-2-3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Gianluigi Donnarumma  
Matheus Nunes  45 Abdukodir Khusanov  3 Rúben Dias  24 Joško Gvardiol  
Ayyoub Bouaddi  5 Elliot Anderson  17 Enzo Fernández  
Iliman Ndiaye  9 Erling Haaland  11 Jérémy Doku  

Charalampos Kostoulas  
Diego Gómez  26 Yasin Ayari  29 Maxim De Cuyper  
Pascal Groß  14 Chema Andrés  
Costinha  44 Luka Vušković  5 Lewis Dunk  21 Olivier Boscagli  
Bart Verbruggen  

Manchester City bench

37Allan
28Gerónimo Rulli
6Marc Guéhi
8Mateo Kovačić
33Nico O'Reilly
47Phil Foden
10Rayan Cherki
82Rico Lewis
22Vitor Reis

Brighton & Hove Albion bench

10Georginio Rutter
8Jack Hinshelwood
3Jaouen Hadjam
23Jason Steele
35Malick Yalcouyé
27Mats Wieffer
33Matt O'Riley
30Michael Svoboda
11Yankuba Minteh

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

62%Possession38%

21Shots7

6Shots on target3

7Shots off target3

8Blocked shots1

19Shots inside box6

2Shots outside box1

124Attacks90

63Dangerous attacks19

8Corners2

2Offsides2

9Fouls13

0Yellow cards3

2Saves7

597Passes362

503Accurate passes280

15Free kicks11

14Throw-ins14

3Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Manchester City

Brighton & Hove AlbionThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion met on matchday 9 of the Premier League on 31 October at Etihad Stadium. Final score — 0:1.

Manchester City sit 2th on 21 points after 10 matches (7 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches, 3 matches without conceding. Brighton & Hove Albion sit 3th on 19 points after 9 matches (6 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), 6 matches without conceding.

Of the last 3 meetings Manchester City won 1, Brighton & Hove Albion won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 5:5.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Manchester City last five Brighton & Hove Albion

LLLWW form WLWWW

10 Matches 9

7 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 6 — 1 — 2

21 — 13 Scored — conceded 24 — 7

2.1 Points per game 2.11

2.1 Goals scored per game 2.67

3 Clean sheets 6

1 Failed to score 1

winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Manchester City at home: 5 matches, 4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 11—7, 2.4 points per match.

Brighton & Hove Albion away: 5 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 11—6, 1.8 points per match.

Head-to-head

3 matches in our database

1 Manchester City win 1 draw 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win goals 5:5 Manchester City — Brighton & Hove Albion

28/10/2026	Manchester City — Brighton & Hove Albion	3:2	EFL Cup
07/01/2026	Manchester City — Brighton & Hove Albion	1:1	Premier League
31/08/2025	Brighton & Hove Albion — Manchester City	2:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	9	0	1	15—5	27
2	Manchester City	10	7	0	3	21—13	21
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	6	1	2	24—7	19
4	Chelsea	9	5	1	3	19—15	16
5	Everton	10	4	4	2	12—10	16
6	Liverpool	9	4	3	2	11—9	15

Full Premier League table

Manchester City — Brighton & Hove Albion, 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC : score 0:1