# Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Manchester City · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Premier League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City (2–1), matchday 3, 2025-26 Premier League. Player of the match: James Trafford (62). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-manchester-city-2025-08-31/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 3 ## [Brighton & Hove Albion](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/brighton-hove-albion-78/2025-26/) 2 – 1 [Manchester City](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/manchester-city-9/2025-26/) - 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. 62 Player of the match ### [James Trafford](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/james-trafford-28575686/) Manchester City · 90' Produced **2.74×** and cost **0.00×** their position's average Added - 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. **Brighton & Hove Albion** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Kaoru Mitoma](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kaoru-mitoma-21437534/) | Forward | 90 | 59 | | [Bart Verbruggen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bart-verbruggen-37257596/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 | | [Danny Welbeck](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/danny-welbeck-627/) | Forward | 61 | 52 | | [Yankuba Minteh](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yankuba-minteh-37655226/) | Forward | 90 | 48 | | [James Milner](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/james-milner-197/) | Midfielder | 30 | 47 | | [Jack Hinshelwood](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jack-hinshelwood-37561625/) | Midfielder | 61 | 46 | | [Georginio Rutter](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/georginio-rutter-21782390/) | Forward | 29 | 46 | | [Diego Gómez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/diego-gomez-37563876/) | Midfielder | 61 | 42 | | [Joël Veltman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joel-veltman-24655/) | Defender | 90 | 40 | | [Lewis Dunk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-dunk-2461/) | Defender | 90 | 39 | | [Jan Paul van Hecke](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jan-paul-van-hecke-24818803/) | Defender | 90 | 36 | | [Carlos Baleba](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/carlos-baleba-37588823/) | Midfielder | 60 | 36 | | [Yasin Ayari](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yasin-ayari-37526157/) | Midfielder | 29 | 36 | | [Maxim De Cuyper](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/maxim-de-cuyper-23269659/) | Defender | 90 | 35 | | [Brajan Gruda](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brajan-gruda-37558991/) | Midfielder | 29 | 33 | | [Diego Coppola](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/diego-coppola-37590697/) | Defender | 1 | no rating | **Manchester City** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [James Trafford](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/james-trafford-28575686/) ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 62 | | [Matheus Nunes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/matheus-nunes-21781428/) | Defender | 85 | 59 | | [Omar Marmoush](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/omar-marmoush-294000/) | Forward | 72 | 56 | | [Rodri](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rodri-186910/) | Midfielder | 90 | 54 | | [Erling Haaland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/erling-haaland-154421/) | Forward | 90 | 52 | | [John Stones](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/john-stones-982/) | Defender | 90 | 49 | | [Tijjani Reijnders](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tijjani-reijnders-3156873/) | Midfielder | 90 | 46 | | [Oscar Bobb](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/oscar-bobb-37286732/) | Forward | 90 | 36 | | [Bernardo Silva](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bernardo-silva-96353/) | Midfielder | 72 | 34 | | [Abdukodir Khusanov](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/abdukodir-khusanov-37623459/) | Defender | 85 | 31 | | [Rayan Aït-Nouri](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rayan-ait-nouri-13590962/) | Defender | 90 | 24 | | [Jérémy Doku](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jeremy-doku-23697990/) | Forward | 18 | no rating | | [Nico O'Reilly](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nico-o-reilly-37562487/) | Defender | 18 | no rating | | [Rico Lewis](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rico-lewis-37459073/) | Defender | 5 | no rating | | [Rúben Dias](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ruben-dias-162536/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19427476)