Manchester City 2-1 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 55% – 45%
- Shots 10 (6 on target) – 5 (3)
- Decisive moment: 7' Julián Álvarez, FN xPts +0.4
Julián Álvarez 7'
Erling Haaland 19'
Erling Haaland 19'
HT 2:0
Ansu Fati 73'
Manchester City 4th → 1st · 21 pts|Brighton 6th · 16 pts
Brighton edged xG (0.75–0.83) but Manchester City took the win.
Player of the matchJérémy DokuDecisive moment7' Julián Álvarez+0.4
Player of the match
Jérémy Doku Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 83 min · level 7 min · Brighton ahead 0 min
- Ansu Fati — off the bench 24 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
7'
Julián Álvarez
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Jérémy Doku +0.1
+0.4
19'
Erling Haaland
Goal
+0.2
73'
Ansu Fati
Goal
+0.2
90+5'
Manuel Akanji
Red card
0.0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.3Own moments +0.6Opponent moments −0.3Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments +0.2Opponent moments −0.5Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CityBrighton
55%Possession45%
0.75Expected goals (xG)0.83
0.08xG per shot0.17
10Shots5
6Shots on target3
60%Shots on target %60%
6Shots in box4
609Passes506
90%Pass accuracy88%
2Corners2
2Saves3
9Fouls11
4Yellow cards2
2Offsides1
Compared with usual
Manchester City
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.82 | |
| xG | 0.75 | 2 | |
| xG against | 0.83 | 0.62 | |
| Shots | 10 | 17.8 | |
| On target | 6 | 7 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 6.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 55% | 66.2% | |
| Passes | 609 | 678.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 90.3% | |
| Corners | 2 | 6.6 | low |
| Fouls | 9 | 8.2 |
Brighton
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| xG | 0.83 | 2 | |
| xG against | 0.75 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 5 | 15.7 | low |
| On target | 3 | 6.2 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 12.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.17 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 45% | 61.4% | low |
| Passes | 506 | 561.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 88.2% | |
| Corners | 2 | 6.5 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 12.2 |
Timeline
- 7' Goal Julián Álvarez league goal #4 assist Jérémy Doku
- 16' Sub Danny Welbeck → Evan Ferguson
- 19' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #9
- 36' Yellow Solly March
- 38' Yellow Rodri
- 46' Sub James Milner → Joël Veltman
- 63' Yellow Manuel Akanji
- 64' Yellow Igor Júlio
- 65' Sub João Pedro → Ansu Fati
- 66' Sub Carlos Baleba → Billy Gilmour
- 73' Goal Ansu Fati league goal #2
- 75' Sub John Stones → Rúben Dias
- 75' Sub Jérémy Doku → Jack Grealish
- 84' Yellow Jack Grealish
- 90+4' Sub Solly March → Jan Paul van Hecke
- 90+5' Second yellow Manuel Akanji
- 90+6' Sub Julián Álvarez → Nathan Aké
Category leaders
- Key passesPhil Foden3
- Duels wonKaoru Mitoma10/13
- DribblesJérémy Doku5/6
- Defensive actionsCarlos Baleba7
- ShotsJulián Álvarez3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonKaoru Mitoma4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.