Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester City - Total FTBL

English Premier League • Sunday 31 August 2025

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Brighton and Hove Albion

2 | 1

Manchester City

HT: 0-1

James Milner 67'

Brajan Gruda 89'

34' Erling Haaland

Brighton and Hove Albion Neutral Manchester City

Brajan Gruda shooting past James Trafford to score Brighton's 89th‑minute winner. — Brajan Gruda fires home the 89th‑minute winner to complete Brighton's comeback.

Brighton and Hove Albion

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

1

Bart Verbruggen

34

Joël Veltman

77'

29

Maxim De Cuyper

13

Jack Hinshelwood

61' Yasin Ayari

6

Jan Paul van Hecke

16'

5

Lewis Dunk(C)

11

Yankuba Minteh

95' Diego Coppola

17

Carlos Baleba

60' James Milner

18

Danny Welbeck

61' Georginio Rutter

25

Diego Gómez

61' Brajan Gruda

22

Kaoru Mitoma

Substitutes

8

Brajan Gruda

10

Georginio Rutter

20

James Milner

21

Olivier Boscagli

23

Jason Steele

24

Ferdi Kadioglu

26

Yasin Ayari

33

Matt O'Riley

42

Diego Coppola

Manchester City

Formation: 4 - 3 - 3

1

James Trafford

27

Matheus Nunes

85' Rico Lewis

21

Rayan Aït-Nouri

69'

16

Rodri

5

John Stones

45

Abdukodir Khusanov

63'

85' Rúben Dias

20

Bernardo Silva(C)

72' Nico O'Reilly

4

Tijjani Reijnders

9

Erling Haaland

52

Oscar Bobb

7

Omar Marmoush

72' Jérémy Doku

Substitutes

3

Rúben Dias

6

Nathan Aké

11

Jérémy Doku

14

Nico González

19

Ilkay Gündogan

25

Manuel Akanji

31

Ederson

33

Nico O'Reilly

82

Rico Lewis

BHA

Key

MCI

Possession %

Shots

Shots on target

Shots in box

Shots outside box

Hit woodwork

Saves

Corners

Yellow cards

Red cards

Advanced Stats

Attack

Big Chances

Defence

Shots against (in box)

Shots against (outside box)

Blocks (outfield)

Blocks (six-yard box)

Goalkeeping

Saves

Diving saves

Set-piece saves

Penalty saves

Goal kicks

Set Pieces

Throws

Corners

Freekicks

Penalties

Discipline

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Second Yellow

Rescinded Red Card

#		Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Moved up from position 3	Liverpool Liverpool LIV	3	3	0	0	8	4	4	9
2	Moved up from position 4	Chelsea Chelsea CHE	3	2	1	0	7	1	6	7
3	Moved down from position 1	Arsenal Arsenal ARS	3	2	0	1	6	1	5	6
4	Moved down from position 2	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs TOT	3	2	0	1	5	1	4	6
5	Moved up from position 8	Everton Everton EVE	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
6	Moved up from position 7	Sunderland Sunderland SUN	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
7	Moved up from position 9	Bournemouth Bournemouth BOU	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
8	Moved up from position 14	Crystal Palace C Palace CRY	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	5
9	Moved up from position 16	Manchester United Man Utd MUN	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
10	Moved down from position 5	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest NFO	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
11	Moved up from position 18	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton BHA	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
12	No change	Leeds United Leeds LEE	3	1	1	1	1	5	-4	4
13	Moved down from position 6	Manchester City Man City MCI	3	1	0	2	5	4	1	3
14	Moved down from position 11	Burnley Burnley BUR	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
15	Moved down from position 10	Brentford Brentford BRE	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
16	Moved up from position 20	West Ham United West Ham WHU	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3
17	Moved down from position 15	Newcastle United Newcastle NEW	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
18	Moved down from position 13	Fulham Fulham FUL	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2
19	Moved down from position 17	Aston Villa A Villa AVL	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1
20	Moved down from position 19	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves WOL	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0