Manchester City 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Haaland 41' (pen.)
- Mitoma 60'
7 January 2026
The match in data
Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion finished level at 1–1 on 7 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 66, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Mitoma produced 1.6 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was Nathan Aké, with 66.
Kaoru Mitoma
Brighton & Hove Albion · 83'
Produced 1.65× and cost 0.48× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.4×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.12 0.8×
- 2 balls lost 1.5×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 73 | 66 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 64 | 64 |
| Max Alleyne | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 73 | 47 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 26 | 39 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 73 | 33 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaoru Mitoma ★ | Forward | 83 | 66 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 77 | 48 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 83 | 41 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 77 | 41 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Pascal Groß | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Tom Watson | Forward | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Premier League match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Manchester City 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion. The side that created more danger did not win.
Manchester City comfortably outshot Brighton & Hove Albion, posting 22 attempts and 2.74 xG to 6 shots and 1.1 xG. The visitors' efficiency neutralized the home side's control in a 1–1 draw.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player played the most passes?
Lewis Dunk, with 75 passes. Next: Pascal Groß 43, Maxim De Cuyper 42.
In the 1–1 draw with Manchester City, Lewis Dunk anchored Brighton & Hove Albion's build-up with 75 passes. Dunk finished well clear of Pascal Groß on 43 and Maxim De Cuyper on 42.
Which Manchester City player won the most aerial duels?
Erling Haaland, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Nathan Aké 3, Max Alleyne 3.
Erling Haaland led Manchester City in the air during the 1–1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion, winning 6 aerial duels. Haaland doubled the count of Nathan Aké and Max Alleyne, who won 3 each.
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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