Manchester City vs Brighton

Premier League England Regular Season - 21 Jan 7 2026 19:30 Etihad Stadium
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Manchester City Team Manchester City Home team
finished 1-1 Match Finished Kickoff · January 7 2026 at 19:30
Brighton Team Brighton Away team
Fixture events

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18
29'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Brighton · L. Dunk · Foul
39'
VAR
Var · Penalty confirmed Manchester City · J. Doku
41'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Brighton · P. Gross · Argument
41'
G
Goal · Penalty Manchester City · E. Haaland
53'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Brighton · J. P. van Hecke · Foul
60'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Manchester City · G. Donnarumma · Argument
60'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Brighton · M. De Cuyper · Argument
60'
G
Goal · Normal Goal Brighton · K. Mitoma · Assists: Y. Ayari
64'
SUB
subst · Substitution 1 Manchester City · Nico · Assists: Rodri
69'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Brighton · K. Mitoma · Foul
73'
SUB
subst · Substitution 2 Manchester City · M. Nunes · Assists: R. Lewis
73'
SUB
subst · Substitution 3 Manchester City · N. Ake · Assists: N. O'Reilly
73'
SUB
subst · Substitution 4 Manchester City · P. Foden · Assists: R. Cherki
77'
SUB
subst · Substitution 1 Brighton · G. Rutter · Assists: D. Welbeck
77'
SUB
subst · Substitution 2 Brighton · D. Gómez · Assists: B. Gruda
83'
SUB
subst · Substitution 3 Brighton · Y. Ayari · Assists: J. Milner
83'
SUB
subst · Substitution 4 Brighton · K. Mitoma · Assists: T. Watson
89'
YC
Card · Yellow Card Brighton · T. Watson · Foul
Head to head
8
Manchester City vs Brighton
API team snapshot
API comparison
73%
last five form
33%
69%
Attack
38%
85%
Defense
54%
20
Played
20
13/3/4
W/D/L
7/7/6
2.2
Goals for avg
1.5
0.9
Goals against avg
1.4
9
Clean sheets
5
4-1-4-1
Common formation
4-2-3-1

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Home 45%
Draw 45%
Away 10%
API adviceWinner : Manchester City
Model edgeManchester City

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Manchester City vs Brighton in Premier League already has enough context for a first read: recent form is 4-2-0 vs 1-3-2, H2H sample contains 8 matches, and 1 fixture-linked injuries are visible. The full AI analysis weighs home/away context, goal trends, squads, transfers, provider signals, API prediction signals and missing-data risk before assigning informational probabilities.

Recent form6/6
Head to head8
Squads24/24
Injuries1
Predictions1
Provider signals0
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Match preview

Manchester City face Brighton in Premier League (England) on January 7 2026 at 19:30. The match is part of Regular Season - 21 and is listed at Etihad Stadium in Manchester. Current match status is Match Finished. This page brings together team links, recent form, H2H, squads, injuries, data coverage and AI analysis signals for pre-match research.

Competition Premier League · England
Kickoff Jan 7 2026 19:30
Venue Etihad Stadium, Manchester

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Manchester City · 24 vs Brighton · 24

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Comparison percentages from API-Football predictions; use them as input signals, not guaranteed outcomes.

Manchester City vs Brighton
64%
Attack vs
36%
75%
Defense vs
25%
50%
Head to head vs
50%
69%
Form vs
31%
59%
Goals vs
41%
66.0%
Total vs
34.0%
79%
Poisson vs
21%

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