Manchester City v Brighton result

Full-time · Manchester City 4–0 Brighton

Premier League · Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:00 BST · Etihad Stadium

Updated 12 May 2026, 04:53 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Manchester City · Brighton · Head-to-head

Manchester City 4–0 Brighton — Manchester City won this Premier League match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Manchester City beat Brighton 4–0 at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday 31 August. Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 13 matches in all competitions.

The goals

Manchester City led 2–0 at half-time. The goals — Manchester City: Kevin De Bruyne (2’, assisted by David Silva), S. Agüero (42’, assisted by Kevin De Bruyne; 55’, assisted by David Silva) and Bernardo Silva (79’, assisted by S. Agüero).

What it changes

Manchester City have scored 102 goals, the most of the 20 clubs (2019/20 so far). Manchester City have conceded 35 goals, the second-fewest of the 20 clubs.

Brighton have scored 39 goals, the sixth-fewest (shared) of the 20 clubs (2019/20 so far). Brighton have conceded 54 goals, the 10th-most (shared) of the 20 clubs.

Manchester City’s four-goal margin was the biggest of round 4, across 10 matches. Manchester City have scored in 13 consecutive matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, S. Agüero (Manchester City) 13.1, Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) 9.7 and David Silva (Manchester City) 7.7 led the match.

Head-to-head

Manchester City are unbeaten in the last five meetings with Brighton, every meeting checked.

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 4–0 Brighton · Premier League
Venue: Etihad Stadium · Manchester
Referee: Jonathan Moss, England
Head-to-head (last 5): Manchester City 5 · draws 0 · Brighton 0 · 2.8 goals/game
Recent form: Manchester City 3W 2D 0L · Brighton 2W 1D 2L

Manchester City 4–0 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 12 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.88 / 1.13

Goals

against 0.63 / 1.38 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

7.86 / 5.17

Corners

against 1.43 / 7.17 · 2 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 6 matches

8 / 2.83

Shots on target

against 2.57 / 5 · 4 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 6 matches

1.57 / 1.33

Cards

against 1.14 / 2.33 · 2 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 6 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 27 August 2019. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 27 August 2019. 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	1.13 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	7.86 for · 1.43 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	5.17 for · 7.17 against n 6 Last 5
Shots	21.29 for · 6.29 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	10 for · 16.33 against n 6 Last 5
Shots on target	8 for · 2.57 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	2.83 for · 5 against n 6 Last 5
Fouls committed	10.71 for · 6.43 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	11 for · 9 against n 6 Last 5
Cards shown	1.57 for · 1.14 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1.33 for · 2.33 against n 6 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	3	90270 min	93 /90	31 /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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Ederson n 8	90	1.9 4/2

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	3	90270 min	41.3 /90	82.7 /90	00 /90	186 /90	31 /90	00 /90
O. Zinchenko	3	90270 min	62 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	113.7 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90
K. Walker	3	90269 min	31 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	124 /90	31 /90	20.7 /90
N. Otamendi	2	90180 min	10.5 /90	21 /90	10.5 /90	94.5 /90	42 /90	10.5 /90
J. Stones	1	9090 min	33 /90	11 /90	00 /90	44 /90	00 /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 27 August 2019. 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
R. Sterling n 8	89.9	1.6 7/4	1 4/3	—
O. Zinchenko n 8	90	0.9 4/2	0.5 3/1	D. Burn
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	0.6 4/1	0.8 4/2	D. Burn
Ederson n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0	—
K. Walker n 8	89.6	0.8 4/2	0.4 3/0	L. Dunk
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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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
O. Zinchenko n 8	90	2.5 7/6
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	1.4 5/4
R. Sterling n 8	89.9	1.3 6/3
K. Walker n 8	89.6	0.9 4/3
K. De Bruyne n 8	72.1	2 6/2
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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	3	90270 min	51.7 /90	00 /90	124 /90	72.3 /90	31 /90	31 /90
S. Agüero	3	59177 min	42 /90	00 /90	84.1 /90	42 /90	42 /90	00 /90
Bernardo Silva	2	80159 min	00 /90	00 /90	95.1 /90	10.6 /90	31.7 /90	42.3 /90
Gabriel Jesus	2	4793 min	11 /90	00 /90	65.8 /90	21.9 /90	00 /90	43.9 /90
R. Mahrez	1	9090 min	00 /90	22 /90	33 /90	11 /90	55 /90	22 /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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
R. Sterling n 8	89.9	3.1 8/7	1.6 6/4
O. Zinchenko n 8	90	0.8 5/1	0.3 1/1
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	0.6 4/1	0.4 3/0
Ederson n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
K. Walker n 8	89.6	0.8 6/0	0 0/0
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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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
R. Sterling n 8	89.9	0.9 4/2	0.3 2/0
Aymeric Laporte n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
Ederson n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
O. Zinchenko n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
K. Walker n 8	89.6	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
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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	3	90270 min	72.3 /90	31 /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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Ryan n 8	90	3.4 7/5

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
D. Burn	3	90270 min	31 /90	72.3 /90	10.3 /90	206.7 /90	31 /90	00 /90
L. Dunk	3	90270 min	72.3 /90	82.7 /90	31 /90	175.7 /90	31 /90	10.3 /90
S. Duffy	3	90270 min	62 /90	62 /90	00 /90	289.3 /90	31 /90	00 /90
D. Pröpper	3	90270 min	82.7 /90	51.7 /90	00 /90	175.7 /90	41.3 /90	00 /90
Martín Montoya	3	90270 min	82.7 /90	51.7 /90	00 /90	196.3 /90	31 /90	10.3 /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 27 August 2019. 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. Burn n 5	90	1.2 5/1	0.2 1/0	Aymeric Laporte
D. Pröpper n 8	84.6	1.2 6/2	0.4 3/0	—
Martín Montoya n 8	90	0.8 5/1	0.9 4/3	—
L. Dunk n 8	90	0.6 3/2	0.8 4/2	K. Walker
S. Duffy n 8	90	0.5 3/1	0.5 3/1	—
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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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Martín Montoya n 8	90	2.8 8/7
S. Duffy n 8	90	1.6 5/3
D. Pröpper n 8	84.6	1.6 6/4
D. Burn n 5	90	1.4 4/3
L. Dunk n 8	90	1.1 5/2
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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	3	51154 min	00 /90	00 /90	21.2 /90	00 /90	21.2 /90	00 /90
N. Maupay	3	41123 min	10.7 /90	00 /90	75.1 /90	21.5 /90	10.7 /90	21.5 /90
F. Andone	3	2472 min	11.3 /90	00 /90	11.3 /90	11.3 /90	11.3 /90	22.5 /90
Leandro Trossard	2	88175 min	10.5 /90	00 /90	52.6 /90	10.5 /90	73.6 /90	42.1 /90
P. Groß	2	79157 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.6 /90	00 /90	52.9 /90	00 /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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
S. Duffy n 8	90	0.8 5/1	0.1 1/0
D. Pröpper n 8	84.6	0.7 4/1	0.3 2/0
D. Burn n 5	90	0.6 2/1	0 0/0
L. Dunk n 8	90	0.6 4/1	0.1 1/0
Martín Montoya n 8	90	0.3 2/0	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 27 August 2019. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
L. Dunk n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
D. Pröpper n 8	84.6	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
M. Ryan n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Burn n 5	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
S. Duffy n 8	90	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	Cards	Rating
Ederson	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5
K. Walker	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
N. Otamendi	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.8
O. Zinchenko	90	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	7.3
Rodri	90	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	7.8
R. Mahrez	90	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	8
S. Agüero	90	2	1	5	2	2	2	0	9.3
R. Sterling	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.8
David Silva	78	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	7.4
K. De Bruyne	69	1	1	4	1	2	2	0	8.5
Aymeric Laporte	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.5
Fernandinho sub	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.4
İ. Gündoğan sub	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.5
Bernardo Silva sub	12	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7.2

Brighton Player Stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Ryan	90	0	0	0	0	0	5.7
A. Webster	90	0	0	0	1	0	6.2
L. Dunk	90	0	0	0	0	Y	5.9
D. Burn	90	0	0	0	2	0	5.9
Martín Montoya	90	0	0	1	6	0	6.8
D. Stephens	90	0	0	0	2	0	6.5
D. Pröpper	90	1	0	0	1	0	6.5
S. March	90	1	0	1	0	0	6.7
Leandro Trossard	74	3	2	0	2	0	6.3
Bernardo	67	0	0	1	2	0	6.6
N. Maupay	66	1	0	1	2	0	7
A. Connolly	24	0	0	0	0	0	6.4
G. Murray	23	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
P. Groß	16	0	0	0	0	0	6.4

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 CityWDWDW

Last 5: 3W 2D 0L · 3.4 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

BrightonLWDLW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.4 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 5

Manchester City 5 · 0 draws · Brighton 0 · 2.8 goals/game

2019-05-12 Brighton 1–4 Manchester City
2019-04-06 Manchester City 1–0 Brighton
2018-09-29 Manchester City 2–0 Brighton
2018-05-09 Manchester City 3–1 Brighton
2017-08-12 Brighton 0–2 Manchester City

League standing · 2019/20

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Manchester City#2 pos81 pts38 pl+67 GD

Brighton#15 pos41 pts38 pl-15 GD

Goals per game

Manchester City scored2.68

Brighton scored1.03

Manchester City conceded0.92

Brighton conceded1.42

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What is the head-to-head record between Manchester City and Brighton?: In their last 5 meetings, Manchester City won 5, Brighton won 0 and there were 0 draws, averaging 2.8 goals per game.
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