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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City head to head

Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City have met 26 times in the English top flight since 1979/80. Brighton & Hove Albion have won 5, Manchester City 16, and 5 were drawn. 18 of those were in the Premier League: Brighton 3 wins, Man City 12, 3 draws. Brighton & Hove Albion are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings. The last meeting was Man City 1–1 Brighton on January 7, 2026, and the first Man City 3–2 Brighton on August 25, 1979.

Brighton v Man City

All top-flight meetings · since 1979/80

Brighton & Hove Albion crest

Brighton

5

Brighton wins

5

Draws

16

Man City wins

Manchester City crest

Man City

26 meetings · goals Brighton 29–59 Man City

The scoreline grid

Every top-flight meeting from Brighton & Hove Albion's side: Brighton goals along the bottom, Man City goals up the side. Select a square to see those meetings.

Man City goals
5
1
4
32
3
121
2
2211
1
242
2
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
Brighton goals

Times it's happened

Never

Once

2

3+

Home and away

VenuePBrighton W–D–LGoals
At Brighton135–1–719–29
At Man City130–4–910–30

Every meeting

January 7, 2026Man City 1–1 BrightonHT 1–02025/26
August 31, 2025Brighton 2–1 Man CityHT 0–12025/26
March 15, 2025Man City 2–2 BrightonHT 2–12024/25
November 9, 2024Brighton 2–1 Man CityHT 0–12024/25
April 25, 2024Brighton 0–4 Man CityHT 0–32023/24
October 21, 2023Man City 2–1 BrightonHT 2–02023/24
May 24, 2023Brighton 1–1 Man CityHT 1–12022/23
October 22, 2022Man City 3–1 BrightonHT 2–02022/23
April 20, 2022Man City 3–0 BrightonHT 0–02021/22
October 23, 2021Brighton 1–4 Man CityHT 0–32021/22
May 18, 2021Brighton 3–2 Man CityHT 0–12020/21
January 13, 2021Man City 1–0 BrightonHT 1–02020/21
July 11, 2020Brighton 0–5 Man CityHT 0–22019/20
August 31, 2019Man City 4–0 BrightonHT 2–02019/20
May 12, 2019Brighton 1–4 Man CityHT 1–22018/19
September 29, 2018Man City 2–0 BrightonHT 1–02018/19
May 9, 2018Man City 3–1 BrightonHT 2–12017/18
August 12, 2017Brighton 0–2 Man CityHT 0–02017/18
May 7, 1983Brighton 0–1 Man City1982/83
December 18, 1982Man City 1–1 Brighton1982/83

Biggest wins

Brighton & Hove Albion

October 3, 1981Brighton 4–1 Man City3-goal win
December 29, 1979Brighton 4–1 Man City3-goal win
May 18, 2021Brighton 3–2 Man CityHT 0–11-goal win

Manchester City

July 11, 2020Brighton 0–5 Man CityHT 0–25-goal win
April 25, 2024Brighton 0–4 Man CityHT 0–34-goal win
August 31, 2019Man City 4–0 BrightonHT 2–04-goal win

Highest-scoring meetings

October 23, 2021Brighton 1–4 Man CityHT 0–35 goals
May 18, 2021Brighton 3–2 Man CityHT 0–15 goals
July 11, 2020Brighton 0–5 Man CityHT 0–25 goals

Most common results

#11–1 draw4 times
#2Man City 4–0 win3 times
#3Man City 1–0 win2 times
#4Man City 2–0 win2 times
#5Man City 2–1 win2 times

Runs

Brighton & Hove Albion's longest winning run in this fixture is 1 and Manchester City's is 8. The longest unbeaten runs are 4 for Brighton & Hove Albion and 10 for Manchester City.

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