Match Details.

Manchester City have lost two of their first three Premier League matches in a season for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign. Only one team has ever lost two of their first three games and recovered to win the title – Man Utd in 1992-93.

Pep Guardiola is winless in all of his Premier League meetings with Brighton boss Fabian Hürzeler, who was only 15 years of age when Guardiola managed his first match with Barcelona in 2008. In Guardiola’s entire top-flight managerial league career, the only manager he’s faced three times without beating is Ronald Koeman (P3 D2 L1).

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Highlights.

Before today, Brighton and Hove Albion had been winless in their opening two Premier League games this season (D1 L1). In only one of the last 15 league seasons have they failed to win their opening three games, doing so in 2017-18, their first Premier League campaign (D1 L2).

This match is Erling Haaland’s 100th Premier League appearance – the Manchester City frontman has already scored more goals than any other player in his first 100 games (88), while he’s also scored more than West Bromwich Albion managed in their first 100 games as a team (86).

Three of the last five Premier League matches Manchester City have lost when scoring first have come at the Amex against Brighton (May 2021, November 2024, August 2025).

Brajan Gruda’s 89th minute winning goal was only the seventh Premier League winning goal against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City scored in the 89th minute or later, and was the latest (88:33) since Amad Diallo’s winner for Man Utd in December 2024 (89:06).