Manchester City FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Manchester City FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Premier League .
- Manchester City FC 38 games · 78 pts (2025/26)
- Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 games · 53 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Thomas Bramall
25 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Jan Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 1–1 D 04 Jan Chelsea FC H 1–1 D 01 Jan Sunderland AFC A 0–0 D 27 Dec Nottingham Forest FC A 2–1 W 20 Dec West Ham United FC H 3–0 W 14 Dec Crystal Palace FC A 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Jan Manchester City FC A 1–1 D 03 Jan Burnley FC H 2–0 W 30 Dec West Ham United FC A 2–2 D 27 Dec Arsenal FC A 1–2 L 20 Dec Sunderland AFC H 0–0 D 13 Dec Liverpool FC A 0–2 L Season Stats
Manchester City FC Brighton & Hove Albion FC #2 Position #8 78 Points 53 38 Played 38 23 / 9 / 6 W / D / L 14 / 11 / 13 77 Scored 52 35 Conceded 46 +42 GD +6 2.05 PPG 1.39 61% Win % 37% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season26% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this seasonManchester City FC are 2nd (78 pts). Brighton & Hove Albion FC are 8th (53 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Manchester City FC0-151/–16-302/131-453/146-603/161-753/376+5/1■ Scored ■ ConcededBrighton & Hove Albion FC0-153/116-30–/131-452/346-601/161-751/–76+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Manchester City FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Manchester City FC Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Phil Foden 8 Erling Haaland 6 Bernardo Silva 4 Raheem Sterling 4 Sergio Aguero 4 Kevin De Bruyne 3 Ilkay Gundogan 3 Riyad Mahrez 3 Head to Head
Manchester City FC Form
2026-01-07 Manchester City FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2026-01-04 Manchester City FC 1–1 Chelsea FC D 2026-01-01 Sunderland AFC 0–0 Manchester City FC D 2025-12-27 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Manchester City FC W 2025-12-20 Manchester City FC 3–0 West Ham United FC W 2025-12-14 Crystal Palace FC 0–3 Manchester City FC WBrighton & Hove Albion FC Form
2026-01-07 Manchester City FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2026-01-03 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–0 Burnley FC W 2025-12-30 West Ham United FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2025-12-27 Arsenal FC 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2025-12-20 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Sunderland AFC D 2025-12-13 Liverpool FC 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.88 Manchester City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.02 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.9Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
Manchester City FC or Draw 79%Draw or Brighton & Hove Albion FC 46%Manchester City FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Manchester City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 0 9.6%2 – 0 9.6%2 – 1 9.5%0 – 0 7.2%3 – 1 6%3 – 0 5.9%1 – 2 5.2%2 – 2 4.9%0 – 1 4.8%3 – 2 3.1%4 – 1 2.9%Asian Handicap — Manchester City FC
Handicap Manchester City FC covers Push Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 17% 67% -1.5 33% — 67% -1 33% 23% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 12% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 37% ✓Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.