Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City, 12 August 2017

Score2-0 to Manchester City
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAMEX Stadium
Attendance30,415

View Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm The AMEX Stadium became the 56th different stadium to host a Premier League game. This was Manchester City's first visit to the AMEX Stadium.

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

2 Manchester City

Goals:

Goals:

Sergio Agüero 70 G
Lewis Dunk own goal 75 OG

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mat Ryan
Defender Bruno Saltor
Defender Shane Duffy
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Markus Suttner
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder Davy Pröpper
Midfielder Dale Stephens
Midfielder/Forward Izzy Brown
Forward Tomer Hemed

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper
Danilo Defender
Vincent Kompany Defender
Nicolás Otamendi Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
David Silva Midfielder
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward
Sergio Agüero Forward
Gabriel Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Jamie Murphy for Izzy Brown 24
Glenn Murray for Tomer Hemed 60
Anthony Knockaert for Solly March 77

Substitutions:

Leroy Sané for Danilo 68
Raheem Sterling for Gabriel Jesus 77
Bernardo Silva for Sergio Agüero 83

Cards:

Cards:

Gabriel Jesus 29 Y
Raheem Sterling 82 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Niki Mäenpää
Defender Uwe Hünemeier
Defender/Midfielder Liam Rosenior
Midfielder Steve Sidwell
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Knockaert
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Murphy
Forward Glenn Murray

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo
Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielder Yaya Touré
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

This was Brighton and Hove Albion's first-ever game in the Premier League. Their last home game in the top division was a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City on 7 May 1983 at the Goldstone Ground. Kevin Reeves' goal confirmed Albion's relegation and City followed them down to League Division Two a week later with Luton Town's famous win at Maine Road. The Seagulls had now won one of their last six opening league games (lost four). Lewis Dunk became the seventh player to concede an own goal on his Premier League debut. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton: "It is disappointing but that is the quality Manchester City have got and we know that. We can take a lot of positives from the game. When you are playing Champions League-quality teams, you know that they can hurt you. It was always going to be difficult for us to score. We have to make sure that come the end of the transfer window, we have a squad that can do well enough in this division. We have to win the games that we can do."

Comments:

Manchester City had now won their opening game in each of the last seven Premier League seasons with Sergio Agüero scoring a total of six goals in those seven games. Sergio Agüero had now scored against 30 of the 31 Premier League opponents he had faced with Bolton Wanderers being the only exception. Captain Vincent Kompany made his sixth appearance for City in the last meeting with Brighton and Hove Albion in the the 2nd Round of the League Cup on 24 September 2008 at the Withdean Stadium. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: "We had chances in the first minutes. We have controlled the counter-attacks and we didn't concede one chance. We are going to improve the way we attack. I was very happy with the new players. I want to say thank you to the club. We have huge players with lots of talent. Big congratulations to all the people in Manchester City. We are a strong club."

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mat Ryan
Defender Bruno Saltor
Defender Shane Duffy
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Markus Suttner
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder Davy Pröpper
Midfielder Dale Stephens
Midfielder/Forward Izzy Brown
Forward Tomer Hemed

Substitutions:

Jamie Murphy for Izzy Brown 24
Glenn Murray for Tomer Hemed 60
Anthony Knockaert for Solly March 77

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Niki Mäenpää
Defender Uwe Hünemeier
Defender/Midfielder Liam Rosenior
Midfielder Steve Sidwell
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Knockaert
Midfielder/Forward Jamie Murphy
Forward Glenn Murray

Comments:

This was Brighton and Hove Albion's first-ever game in the Premier League. Their last home game in the top division was a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City on 7 May 1983 at the Goldstone Ground. Kevin Reeves' goal confirmed Albion's relegation and City followed them down to League Division Two a week later with Luton Town's famous win at Maine Road. The Seagulls had now won one of their last six opening league games (lost four). Lewis Dunk became the seventh player to concede an own goal on his Premier League debut. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton: "It is disappointing but that is the quality Manchester City have got and we know that. We can take a lot of positives from the game. When you are playing Champions League-quality teams, you know that they can hurt you. It was always going to be difficult for us to score. We have to make sure that come the end of the transfer window, we have a squad that can do well enough in this division. We have to win the games that we can do."

2 Manchester City

Goals:

Sergio Agüero 70 G
Lewis Dunk own goal 75 OG

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper
Danilo Defender
Vincent Kompany Defender
Nicolás Otamendi Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
David Silva Midfielder
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward
Sergio Agüero Forward
Gabriel Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Leroy Sané for Danilo 68
Raheem Sterling for Gabriel Jesus 77
Bernardo Silva for Sergio Agüero 83

Cards:

Gabriel Jesus 29 Y
Raheem Sterling 82 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo
Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielder Yaya Touré
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

Manchester City had now won their opening game in each of the last seven Premier League seasons with Sergio Agüero scoring a total of six goals in those seven games. Sergio Agüero had now scored against 30 of the 31 Premier League opponents he had faced with Bolton Wanderers being the only exception. Captain Vincent Kompany made his sixth appearance for City in the last meeting with Brighton and Hove Albion in the the 2nd Round of the League Cup on 24 September 2008 at the Withdean Stadium. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: "We had chances in the first minutes. We have controlled the counter-attacks and we didn't concede one chance. We are going to improve the way we attack. I was very happy with the new players. I want to say thank you to the club. We have huge players with lots of talent. Big congratulations to all the people in Manchester City. We are a strong club."