Brighton won 1–0 at Manchester City through Yasin Ayari’s 11th-minute goal. The scoring record did not change again, leaving the visitors to protect an advantage established near the beginning of the match for the remainder of the contest.

That timing gives the result its particular shape. This was not a late strike that left almost no opportunity to respond: City spent most of the game needing an equaliser. Brighton, meanwhile, had to preserve a narrow lead rather than rely on a second goal to widen the gap.

Manchester City 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Match date: 2026-10-31 17:00 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.

  • Yasin Ayari — 11' — Brighton & Hove Albion

Archival cover photograph: Yasin Ayari and Michael Olise in an earlier Sweden versus France match; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: YantsImages. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2026-06-30 17:21:05.