Brighton 2-1 Manchester City
Key numbers
- Possession 37% – 63%
- Shots 12 (7 on target) – 12 (3)
- Decisive moment: 89' Brajan Gruda, FN xPts +1.8
James Milner 67' (pen)
Brajan Gruda 89'
Brajan Gruda 89'
HT 0:1
Erling Haaland 34'
Brighton 18th → 10th · 4 pts|Manchester City 11th → 12th · 3 pts
Brighton won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.29–1.84).
Player of the matchOmar MarmoushDecisive moment89' Brajan Gruda+1.8
Player of the match
Omar Marmoush Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.5 (Strong)
Game state
Brighton ahead 1 min · level 56 min · Manchester City ahead 33 min
- James Milner — off the bench 30 min · 1G 0A
- Brajan Gruda — off the bench 29 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.
34'
Erling Haaland
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Omar Marmoush +0.2
+0.8
67'
James Milner
Pen goal
+0.8
89'
Brajan Gruda
Goal · scorer +1.3 · assist Kaoru Mitoma +0.5
+1.8
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments +2.6Opponent moments −0.6Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −2.1Time effect −0.6→ 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
BrightonManchester City
37%Possession63%
2.29Expected goals (xG)1.84
0.19xG per shot0.15
12Shots12
7Shots on target3
58%Shots on target %25%
10Shots in box8
311Passes556
74%Pass accuracy87%
3Corners2
2Saves5
16Fouls14
2Yellow cards2
1Offsides0
Compared with usual
Brighton
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
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Timeline
- 16' Yellow Jan Paul van Hecke
- 34' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #3 assist Omar Marmoush
- 60' Sub Carlos Baleba → James Milner
- 61' Sub Jack Hinshelwood → Yasin Ayari
- 61' Sub Diego Gómez → Brajan Gruda
- 61' Sub Danny Welbeck → Georginio Rutter
- 63' Yellow Abdukodir Khusanov
- 67' Goal James Milner (pen) league goal #1
- 69' Yellow Rayan Aït-Nouri
- 72' Sub Omar Marmoush → Jérémy Doku
- 72' Sub Bernardo Silva → Nico O'Reilly
- 77' Yellow Joël Veltman
- 85' Sub Abdukodir Khusanov → Rúben Dias
- 85' Sub Matheus Nunes → Rico Lewis
- 89' Goal Brajan Gruda league goal #1 assist Kaoru Mitoma
- 90+5' Sub Yankuba Minteh → Diego Coppola
Category leaders
- Key passesKaoru Mitoma3
- Duels wonYankuba Minteh11/19
- DribblesYankuba Minteh4/6
- Defensive actionsJoël Veltman5
- ShotsErling Haaland7 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonJoël Veltman4
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.