Manchester City vs Brighton — League Cup

League Cup Wed, 28 Oct 2026 Finished
Manchester City Manchester City
2 2
Finished
Brighton Brighton

Match facts

Kick-off
Wed 28 Oct, 21:30 UTC
Competition
League Cup · England
Round
Round of 16
Stadium
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee
Andrew Madley

Key events

Manchester City Timeline Brighton
  1. 11'

    Michael Svoboda

    Yellow card

  2. 30'

    Malick Yalcouyé

    Georginio Rutter

  3. Ayyoub Bouaddi

    Yellow card

    32'

  4. Mateo Kovačić

    Phil Foden

    40'

  5. Ayyoub Bouaddi

    Rayan Aït-Nouri

    45'

  6. Floyd Samba

    Ryan McAidoo

    45'
  7. 47'

    Georginio Rutter

    Jaouen Hadjam

  8. Allan Andrade Elias

    Jeremy Doku

    61'

  9. Vitor de Oliveira Nunes dos Reis

    Rayan Cherki

    72'

  10. Rico Lewis

    Abdukodir Khusanov

    76'
  11. 76'

    Diego Gomez

    Yankuba Minteh

  12. 76'

    Jack Hinshelwood

    Maxim De Cuyper

  13. 81'

    Georginio Rutter

    Matt O'Riley

  14. 81'

    Malick Yalcouyé

    Mats Wieffer

  15. 85'

    Michael Svoboda

    Lewis Dunk

  16. Nico O'Reilly

    Enzo Fernández

    87'
  17. 90+1'

    Mats Wieffer

    Yellow card

  18. 90+2'

    Lewis Dunk

    Yellow card

Lineups

Manchester City 4-2-3-1

Starting lineup

  • 28 G. Rulli G
  • 82 R. Lewis D
  • 22 Vitor Nunes D
  • 6 M. Guéhi D
  • 33 N. O'Reilly D
  • 32 A. Bouaddi M
  • 8 M. Kovačić M
  • 47 P. Foden M
  • 10 R. Cherki M
  • 37 Allan M
  • 75 F. Samba F

Substitute players

  • 21 R. Aït-Nouri D
  • 13 M. Bettinelli G
  • 61 K. Braithwaite D
  • 11 J. Doku F
  • 17 E. Fernández M
  • 45 A. Khusanov D
  • 56 R. McAidoo F
  • 7 I. Ndiaye F
  • 76 Dexter Oliver M
Brighton 4-2-3-1

Starting lineup

  • 23 J. Steele G
  • 20 Costinha D
  • 30 M. Svoboda D
  • 21 O. Boscagli D
  • 3 J. Hadjam D
  • 13 P. Groß M
  • 26 Y. Ayari M
  • 25 D. Gómez M
  • 8 J. Hinshelwood M
  • 35 M. Yalcouyé M
  • 10 G. Rutter F

Substitute players

  • 12 P. David F
  • 29 M. De Cuyper D
  • 5 L. Dunk D
  • 11 Y. Minteh F
  • 33 M. O'Riley M
  • 15 I. Osman F
  • 1 B. Verbruggen G
  • 44 L. Vušković D
  • 27 M. Wieffer M

Match statistics

Manchester City Brighton
0.88 expected_goals 2.02
449 Passes accurate 320
7 Shots insidebox 8
6 Shots outsidebox 8
6 Blocked Shots 2
20 Free Kicks 2
3 Shots on Goal 6
4 Goalkeeper Saves 1
4 Shots off Goal 8
4 Offsides 3
527 Total passes 389
13 Total Shots 16
1 Yellow Cards 3
3 Corner Kicks 7
3 Fouls 20
0 Red Cards 0
57% Ball Possession 43%

Player ratings

Manchester City

  1. 8.1 M. Kovačić 1 goal · 90'
  2. 7.7 R. Cherki 1 assist · 90'
  3. 7.3 Vitor Nunes 1 goal · 90'
  4. 7.2 J. Doku 29'
  5. 6.9 A. Bouaddi 46'

Brighton

  1. 8.5 G. Rutter 1 goal · 1 assist · 81'
  2. 7.7 M. Yalcouyé 1 goal · 81'
  3. 7.2 O. Boscagli 90'
  4. 6.7 Y. Ayari 90'
  5. 6.5 J. Hadjam 1 assist · 90'

Prediction

Manchester CityDrawBrighton

Combo Winner : Manchester City and +2.5 goals

Head to head

Manchester City
1–1 FT
Brighton
Brighton
2–1 FT
Manchester City
Manchester City
2–2 FT
Brighton
Brighton
2–1 FT
Manchester City
Brighton
0–4 FT
Manchester City
Manchester City
2–1 FT
Brighton