Manchester City v Brighton
EFL Cup · 2026 · fourth round
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EFL Cup · 2026 · fourth round
Etihad Stadium, ManchesterCapacity 55,097
Timeline
- Kick-off
- 11'Yellow card. Michael SvobodaYellow Card · FoulTeam: Brighton
- 30'0-1Goal. Malick Yalcouyé (Georginio Rutter)Normal GoalTeam: Brighton
- 32'Yellow card. Ayyoub BouaddiYellow Card · HandballTeam: Manchester City
- 40'1-1Goal. Mateo Kovačić (Phil Foden)Normal GoalTeam: Manchester City
- 45'Substitution. Ayyoub Bouaddi replaced by R. Aït-NouriSubstitution 1Team: Manchester City
- 45'Substitution. F. Samba replaced by Ryan McAidooSubstitution 2Team: Manchester City
- 1-1Half time
- Second half
- 47'1-2Goal. Georginio Rutter (Jaouen Hadjam)Normal GoalTeam: Brighton
- 61'Substitution. Allan replaced by Jérémy DokuSubstitution 3Team: Manchester City
- 72'2-2Goal. Vitor Nunes (Rayan Cherki)Normal GoalTeam: Manchester City
- 76'Substitution. Rico Lewis replaced by Abdukodir KhusanovSubstitution 4Team: Manchester City
- 76'Substitution. Diego Gómez replaced by Yankuba MintehSubstitution 1Team: Brighton
- 76'Substitution. Jack Hinshelwood replaced by Maxim De CuyperSubstitution 2Team: Brighton
- 81'Substitution. Georginio Rutter replaced by Matt O'RileySubstitution 3Team: Brighton
- 81'Substitution. Malick Yalcouyé replaced by Mats WiefferSubstitution 4Team: Brighton
- 85'Substitution. Michael Svoboda replaced by Lewis DunkSubstitution 5Team: Brighton
- 87'Substitution. Nico O'Reilly replaced by Enzo FernándezSubstitution 5Team: Manchester City
- 90+1'Yellow card. Mats WiefferYellow Card · Time WastingTeam: Brighton
- 90+2'Yellow card. Lewis DunkYellow Card · FoulTeam: Brighton
- 2-2Full time
- Penalty shootout
- 1-0Phil FodenscoredTeam: Manchester City
- 1-1Pascal GroßscoredTeam: Brighton
- 2-1Enzo FernándezscoredTeam: Manchester City
- 2-2Matt O'RileyscoredTeam: Brighton
- 3-2Jérémy DokuscoredTeam: Manchester City
- 3-3Maxim De CuyperscoredTeam: Brighton
- 3-3Mateo Kovačićdid not scoreTeam: Manchester City
- 3-3Yasin Ayaridid not scoreTeam: Brighton
- 4-3Rayan CherkiscoredTeam: Manchester City
- 4-3Lewis Dunkdid not scoreTeam: Brighton
Line-ups
Manchester City
Formation 4-2-3-1
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
Manchester City
4-2-3-1
Substitutes
Coach: E. Maresca
Brighton
4-2-3-1
Substitutes
Coach: F. Hürzeler
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Match statistics
- 57%
- Possession
- 43%
- 13
- Shots
- 17
- 3
- Shots on target
- 6
- 4
- Shots off target
- 9
- 6
- Shots blocked
- 2
- 7
- Shots inside the box
- 9
- 6
- Shots outside the box
- 8
- 4
- Saves
- 1
- 3
- Corners
- 7
- 4
- Offsides
- 3
- 3
- Fouls
- 20
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 3
- 527
- Passes
- 391
- 448
- Accurate passes
- 320
Manchester CityBrighton
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Manchester City
- 4
- Drawn
- 3
- Brighton
- 3
The record over the 10 meetings listed below.
- Manchester CityBrightonFTPremier League
- Manchester CityBrightonFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester CityFTPremier League
- Manchester CityBrightonFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester CityFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester CityFTPremier League
- Manchester CityBrightonFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester CityFTPremier League
- Manchester CityBrightonFTPremier League
- Manchester CityBrightonFTPremier League
Manchester City and Brighton drew 2-2 in the EFL Cup on Wednesday 28 October. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
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