Brighton 2–1 Manchester City

James Trafford was voted man of the match in Brighton — Manchester City, Premier League, on August 31, 2025. He finished 120 points ahead of Omar Marmoush. Ten players were rated in this match. Season computed from the aggregate of 7 expert sources.

Full match ranking

1

James Trafford

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

400pts

#3488

463

2

Omar Marmoush

MANCHESTER CITY

72'

280pts

#1278

1,457

3

Brajan Gruda

BRIGHTON

29'

220pts

#1087

1,667

4

Erling Haaland

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

160pts

#8

11,716

5

Rodri

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

120pts

#20

9,418

6

Yankuba Minteh

BRIGHTON

89'

100pts

#423

2,944

7

Maxim De Cuyper

BRIGHTON

90'

80pts

#726

2,156

8

James Milner

BRIGHTON

30'

60pts

#3477

467

9

Oscar Bobb

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

48pts

#2198

883

10

Georginio Rutter

BRIGHTON

29'

40pts

#2387

797

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Bart Verbruggen

BRIGHTON

90'

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#207

3,946

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Jan Paul van Hecke

BRIGHTON

90'

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#112

4,959

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Joël Veltman

BRIGHTON

90'

—

#2186

888

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John Stones

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

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#3669

430

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Kaoru Mitoma

BRIGHTON

90'

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#1328

1,409

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Lewis Dunk

BRIGHTON

90'

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#613

2,394

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Rayan Aït-Nouri

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

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#809

2,000

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Tijjani Reijnders

MANCHESTER CITY

90'

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#581

2,458

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Abdukodir Khusanov

MANCHESTER CITY

85'

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#1331

1,406

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Matheus Nunes

MANCHESTER CITY

85'

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#354

3,182

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Bernardo Silva

MANCHESTER CITY

72'

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#395

3,025

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Danny Welbeck

BRIGHTON

61'

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#700

2,216

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Diego Gómez

BRIGHTON

61'

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#810

1,997

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Jack Hinshelwood

BRIGHTON

61'

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#2378

802

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Carlos Baleba

BRIGHTON

60'

—

#4064

355

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Yasin Ayari

BRIGHTON

29'

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#725

2,158

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Jérémy Doku

MANCHESTER CITY

18'

—

#35

7,423

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Nico O'Reilly

MANCHESTER CITY

18'

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#346

3,224

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Rico Lewis

MANCHESTER CITY

14'

—

#6043

105

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Rúben Dias

MANCHESTER CITY

14'

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#208

3,937

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Diego Coppola

BRIGHTON

1'

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#2252

861

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Ederson

MANCHESTER CITY

—

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#953

1,832

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Ferdi Kadıoğlu

BRIGHTON

—

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#762

2,092

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İlkay Gündoğan

MANCHESTER CITY

—

—

#1630

1,173

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Jason Steele

BRIGHTON

—

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#7319

0

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Manuel Akanji

MANCHESTER CITY

—

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#156

4,355

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Matt O'Riley

BRIGHTON

—

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#2432

778

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Nathan Aké

MANCHESTER CITY

—

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#1830

1,044

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Nico González

MANCHESTER CITY

—

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#1646

1,156

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Olivier Boscagli

BRIGHTON

—

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#2527

745

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