Manchester City v Brighton result

Full-time · Manchester City 2–0 Brighton

Premier League · Sat, 29 Sep 2018 15:00 BST · Etihad Stadium

Updated 13 May 2026, 04:48 UK · refreshed continuously

Manchester City 2–0 Brighton — Manchester City won this Premier League match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Manchester City beat Brighton 2–0 at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September. Manchester City have scored in 12 consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Manchester City led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Manchester City: R. Sterling (29’, assisted by Leroy Sané) and S. Agüero (65’, assisted by R. Sterling).

What it changes

Manchester City have scored 95 goals, the most of the 20 clubs (2018/19 so far). Manchester City have conceded 23 goals, the second-fewest of the 20 clubs.

Brighton have scored 35 goals, the fourth-fewest of the 20 clubs (2018/19 so far). Brighton have conceded 60 goals, the seventh-most of the 20 clubs.

Manchester City have won their last three matches in all competitions. Brighton are winless in their last six matches in all competitions. Manchester City have kept a clean sheet in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, R. Sterling (Manchester City) 11.5, Leroy Sané (Manchester City) 7.1 and S. Agüero (Manchester City) 6.1 led the match.

Next up

Manchester City next host Brighton on 31 October 2026.

Brighton next travel to Manchester City on 31 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Manchester City: Manchester City v Brighton, Saturday 31 October — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Manchester City 2–0 Brighton · Premier League
Venue: Etihad Stadium · Manchester
Referee: Lee Mason, England
Head-to-head (last 2): Manchester City 2 · draws 0 · Brighton 0 · 3 goals/game
Recent form: Manchester City 4W 0D 1L · Brighton 0W 2D 3L

Manchester City 2–0 Brighton (Premier League): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 13 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.88 / 1

Goals

against 0.63 / 2 · 5 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

8.5 / 3.75

Corners

against 1.67 / 4.88 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 6 matches

9.33 / 3

Shots on target

against 2 / 6.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 6 matches

0.5 / 1.63

Cards

against 1.17 / 1.38 · 0 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 6 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 25 September 2018. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 25 September 2018. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Manchester City for / against	Line	Brighton for / against
Goals scored	2.88 for · 0.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	8.5 for · 1.67 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	3.75 for · 4.88 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	26 for · 5.17 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	8.75 for · 16.13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	9.33 for · 2 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	3 for · 6.75 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	8 for · 9 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	12.5 for · 9.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	0.5 for · 1.17 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	1.63 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5

Manchester City

Manchester City Goalkeeper

Manchester City — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Ederson	7	90630 min	121.7 /90	50.7 /90	00 /90

Manchester City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Manchester City before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Ederson n 8	90	1.9 5/3

Manchester City Defensive

Manchester City — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Aymeric Laporte	7	90630 min	40.6 /90	101.4 /90	10.1 /90	182.6 /90	81.1 /90	00 /90
K. Walker	6	90540 min	50.8 /90	101.7 /90	00 /90	193.2 /90	20.3 /90	00 /90
J. Stones	6	78466 min	40.8 /90	81.5 /90	20.4 /90	244.6 /90	20.4 /90	00 /90
B. Mendy	4	90360 min	71.8 /90	41 /90	30.8 /90	143.5 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
N. Otamendi	3	90270 min	62 /90	51.7 /90	00 /90	186 /90	20.7 /90	00 /90
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Manchester City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Manchester City before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	1.3 7/3	0.5 4/0	S. Duffy
Ederson n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
Fernandinho n 8	88	1.5 6/4	0.9 5/1	—
Bernardo Silva n 8	77.8	1 5/2	0.7 2/2	—
R. Sterling n 8	78.4	0.9 4/1	1.7 7/2	D. Pröpper
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Manchester City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Manchester City before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	0.5 3/1
Fernandinho n 8	88	1 5/2
Bernardo Silva n 8	77.8	0.9 5/1
R. Sterling n 8	78.4	0.7 2/1
S. Agüero n 8	70.3	0.5 3/0
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Manchester City Attacking

Manchester City — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
R. Sterling	7	77537 min	30.5 /90	20.3 /90	193.2 /90	101.7 /90	162.7 /90	172.8 /90
S. Agüero	7	68477 min	40.8 /90	20.4 /90	336.2 /90	122.3 /90	132.5 /90	81.5 /90
Gabriel Jesus	6	61365 min	20.5 /90	00 /90	204.9 /90	123 /90	112.7 /90	20.5 /90
L. Sané	3	72215 min	10.4 /90	20.8 /90	62.5 /90	20.8 /90	41.7 /90	62.5 /90
Brahim Díaz	1	5555 min	00 /90	00 /90	34.9 /90	00 /90	00 /90	23.3 /90
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Manchester City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Manchester City before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	1.4 8/3	0.3 2/0
Ederson n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Fernandinho n 8	88	1.3 7/3	0.1 1/0
Bernardo Silva n 8	77.8	1.9 7/3	0.9 5/1
R. Sterling n 8	78.4	3 8/7	1.4 7/2
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Manchester City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Manchester City before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Ederson n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
Fernandinho n 8	88	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
Bernardo Silva n 8	77.8	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
R. Sterling n 8	78.4	0.4 3/0	0.3 2/0
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Brighton

Brighton Goalkeeper

Brighton — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
M. Ryan	6	90540 min	203.3 /90	111.8 /90	00 /90
D. Button	1	9090 min	77 /90	11 /90	00 /90

Brighton — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brighton before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Ryan n 8	90	3.8 7/6

Brighton Defensive

Brighton — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
S. Duffy	6	90540 min	61 /90	132.2 /90	101.7 /90	396.5 /90	50.8 /90	00 /90
G. Bong	6	86514 min	81.4 /90	61.1 /90	10.2 /90	122.1 /90	40.7 /90	00 /90
Martín Montoya	5	90450 min	142.8 /90	122.4 /90	00 /90	275.4 /90	81.6 /90	00 /90
L. Dunk	5	76380 min	30.7 /90	92.1 /90	20.5 /90	122.8 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
Bernardo	2	90180 min	63 /90	52.5 /90	10.5 /90	126 /90	21 /90	10.5 /90
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Brighton — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brighton before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
D. Pröpper n 8	80.1	1 3/3	0.8 4/2	R. Sterling
S. Duffy n 8	87.6	0.8 4/2	0.8 5/1	Aymeric Laporte
M. Ryan n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
G. Murray n 8	82.6	3.5 7/7	2 6/4	—
G. Bong n 8	86.8	0.5 2/2	0.1 1/0	—
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Brighton — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brighton before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
D. Pröpper n 8	80.1	2 7/2
S. Duffy n 8	87.6	1 5/3
G. Murray n 8	82.6	0.5 4/0
G. Bong n 8	86.8	1.6 7/3
A. Knockaert n 8	86.3	2.3 6/6
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Brighton Attacking

Brighton — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
G. Murray	6	90539 min	40.7 /90	00 /90	91.5 /90	50.8 /90	20.3 /90	20.3 /90
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	5	32161 min	00 /90	00 /90	73.9 /90	10.6 /90	21.1 /90	31.7 /90
P. Groß	4	68272 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	41.3 /90	20.7 /90	31 /90	10.3 /90
J. Locadia	3	40121 min	00 /90	00 /90	32.2 /90	21.5 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90
Viktor Gyökeres	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	44 /90	33 /90	11 /90	22 /90
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Brighton — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brighton before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
D. Pröpper n 8	80.1	0.6 3/1	0 0/0
S. Duffy n 8	87.6	0.5 4/0	0.4 3/0
M. Ryan n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
G. Murray n 8	82.6	1.5 5/2	0.8 4/1
G. Bong n 8	86.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Brighton — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Brighton before kick-off, to 25 September 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
D. Pröpper n 8	80.1	0 0/0	0 0/0
S. Duffy n 8	87.6	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
M. Ryan n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
G. Murray n 8	82.6	0.5 3/1	0 0/0
G. Bong n 8	86.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Manchester City Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Rating
Ederson	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.1
K. Walker	90	0	0	1	0	3	4	7.4
N. Otamendi	90	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.2
Aymeric Laporte	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.7
O. Zinchenko	90	0	0	3	1	2	3	8.2
Bernardo Silva	90	0	0	1	0	3	2	7.1
Fernandinho	90	0	0	3	1	3	0	7.7
R. Sterling	90	1	1	3	2	4	2	9.1
David Silva	88	0	0	2	1	4	1	8.1
L. Sané	71	0	1	3	1	3	3	7.7
S. Agüero	66	1	0	7	1	1	0	8.1
Gabriel Jesus sub	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.6
R. Mahrez sub	19	0	0	2	1	0	0	7
P. Foden sub	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Brighton Player Stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Ryan	90	0	0	0	0	0	7.1
Martín Montoya	90	0	0	0	2	Y	6.5
S. Duffy	90	1	1	0	1	Y	7
L. Dunk	90	0	0	0	1	0	6.7
G. Bong	90	0	0	1	0	0	6.4
D. Pröpper	90	0	0	0	3	0	6.2
B. Kayal	90	0	0	0	2	0	6.1
Y. Bissouma	90	0	0	0	2	0	6.2
S. March	83	0	0	1	3	0	6.6
A. Knockaert	78	2	0	2	1	Y	6.2
J. Locadia	73	1	0	0	0	0	6.4
G. Murray	17	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	12	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
J. Izquierdo	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.5

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Manchester City v Brighton — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Manchester CityWWLWW

Last 5: 4W 0D 1L · 2.8 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

BrightonLLDDL

Last 5: 0W 2D 3L · 1 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 2

Manchester City 2 · 0 draws · Brighton 0 · 3 goals/game

2018-05-09 Manchester City 3–1 Brighton
2017-08-12 Brighton 0–2 Manchester City

League standing · 2018/19

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Manchester City#1 pos98 pts38 pl+72 GD

Brighton#17 pos36 pts38 pl-25 GD

Goals per game

Manchester City scored2.5

Brighton scored0.92

Manchester City conceded0.61

Brighton conceded1.58

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What is the head-to-head record between Manchester City and Brighton?: In their last 2 meetings, Manchester City won 2, Brighton won 0 and there were 0 draws, averaging 3 goals per game.
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