Match Centre: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City
Player of the match João Pedro 8.1
GolVolt rating 8.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:1 → 2:1
Brighton & Hove Albion came from behind to win.
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9 → 4
Brighton & Hove Albion climb 5 places in the table. Manchester City stay in place 2.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:1, Pedro: a goal and an assist.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Pedro: a goal and an assist.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 7.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 7.7 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 6.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.8more watchable than 88% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 19' Yasin Ayariyellow card
- 23' Goal: Erling HaalandManchester City0:1
- 37' Rico Lewisyellow card
- 44' Igor Julioyellow card
- Half-time · 0:1
- 46' SubstitutionBaleba for Ayari
- 57' SubstitutionO'Riley for Hinshelwood
- 66' 2 substitutionsGruda for RutterPedro for Adingra
- 72' SubstitutionSilva for Gündoğan
- 74' SubstitutionDe Bruyne for Savinho
- 77' Jahmai Simpson-Puseyyellow card
- 78' Goal: João PedroBrighton & Hove Albion1:1
- 83' Goal: Matt O'Rileyassist: Pedro2:1
- 90' SubstitutionModer for Mitoma
- 90+10' Erling Haalandyellow card
- 90+10' Jan Paul van Heckeyellow card
- Full-time · 2:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Brighton & Hove Albion
Manchester City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Brighton & Hove Albion
- 23 Jason Steele GK —
- 8 Brajan Gruda MID on
- 10 Julio Enciso MID —
- 15 Jakub Moder MID on
- 20 Carlos Baleba MID on
- 27 Mats Wieffer MID —
- 33 Matt O'Riley MID on
- 9 João Pedro ATT on
- 28 Evan Ferguson ATT —
Manchester City
- 18 Stefan Ortega GK —
- 6 Nathan Aké DEF —
- 25 Manuel Akanji DEF —
- 97 Josh Wilson-Esbrand DEF —
- 17 Kevin De Bruyne MID on
- 20 Bernardo Silva MID on
- 56 Jacob Wright MID —
- 75 Nico O'Reilly MID —
- 87 James McAtee MID —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Brighton & Hove Albion João Pedro
- 2. place · Manchester City Mateo Kovacic
- 3. place · Brighton & Hove Albion Bart Verbruggen
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