Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Manchester City
- Milner 67' (pen.)
- Gruda 89'
- Haaland 34'
31 August 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Brighton & Hove Albion against Manchester City on 31 August 2025, on matchday 3 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Brighton & Hove Albion came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 34'.
Player of the match: James Trafford (Manchester City), rated 62, thanks above all to 1.03 goals prevented (7 shots on target worth 3.14; conceded 2) and 13 recoveries. Trafford produced 2.7 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
For Brighton & Hove Albion, the highest-rated player was Kaoru Mitoma, with 59.
James Trafford
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 2.74× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.03 goals prevented (7 shots on target worth 3.14; conceded 2) 3.6×
- 13 recoveries 1.6×
- 1 cross claimed 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 61 | 52 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 30 | 47 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 61 | 46 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 29 | 46 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 61 | 42 |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 60 | 36 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 29 | 36 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 29 | 33 |
| Diego Coppola | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Trafford ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 62 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 85 | 59 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 72 | 56 |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| John Stones | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Oscar Bobb | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 72 | 34 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 85 | 31 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 90 | 24 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 5 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most duels?
Yankuba Minteh, with 11 duels won. Next: Joël Veltman 7, Maxim De Cuyper 6.
Yankuba Minteh led Brighton & Hove Albion with 11 duels won in the 2–1 win. Minteh clearly paced the side, ahead of Joël Veltman's 7 duels won.
Which Manchester City player won the most aerial duels?
Erling Haaland, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Matheus Nunes 3, John Stones 2.
In Manchester City's 2–1 defeat, Erling Haaland led the team with 4 aerial duels won. Matheus Nunes followed closely with 3 successful aerial battles.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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