Full Time
Match Statistics
Shots
3
20
Fouls
7
3
Corners
2
7
Offsides
6
1
Ball Possession
29
71
Match Summary
| Inconsistent since resumption (W2, D1, L2), Brighton and Hove Albion are mid-table, and reliant on early goals. Notably, six (75%) of their eight Premier League (PL) wins this season have come after they opened the scoring within the first half. |
| Brighton have just a single win from their last seven home league matches (W1, D3, L3). Their three most recent PL home matches featured over 2.5 goals, and in Brighton’s last ten competitive home matches, the away side on the day scored precisely one goal on seven occasions. |
| Manchester City have all but locked in second place, and kept up the pace with a 5-0 win in the last round. That last match affirmed their position as the highest-scoring side in the league (2.53 goals on average per match) and it was the 17th time this PL season they were involved in a match featuring at least four goals (50% of matches). |
| Away from home, however, City have lost four of their last five PL matches, and just one of their last six has featured at least three goals. It is also 17 competitive away matches since City’s last draw (W12, L5), with four of City’s last five PL away wins seeing them score exactly once beyond the 70th minute. |
| Players to watch: Leandro Trossard has scored Brighton’s only goal in two straight PL matches. Meanwhile, midfield maestro Kevin de Bruyne (MCI) has three penalty goals from five competitive matches since the restart. |
| Stat attack: The last five PL H2Hs have seen just 1.6 yellow cards dealt on average. |
| Sticking to that theme, Brighton’s last six PL home matches have averaged 3.5 yellow cards. |
| City have won five straight PL H2Hs against Brighton, covering a -1.5 handicap in all five and scoring 3.0 goals per match on average. |