Gameweek 9 report · Sat 31 Oct, 15:00 · Not on UK TV
Man City 0–1 Brighton
Brighton won at Man City 1–0, a clean sheet for the winners. Goals: BHA — Ayari. Assists: De Cuyper.
Man City came into it 1st with form WWWWL; Brighton were 3rd (WWWWL). The game rated it a 4 for MCI and a 5 for BHA on its five-point difficulty scale.
Verbruggen made 7 saves.
Bonus points: Verbruggen 3, Ayari 2 and De Cuyper 1.
What it meant for FPL managers
For Man City the FPL returns were led by Khusanov (4 points, owned by 1.2%) and Anderson (4 points, owned by 3.7%). For Brighton the FPL returns were led by Verbruggen (11 points, owned by 23.2%) and Ayari (10 points, owned by 1.5%).
A clean sheet for Brighton: 6 defenders and keepers collected the clean-sheet points, Verbruggen, De Cuyper, Costinha and Dunk among them. Ayari (1.5%) scored for almost nobody.
FPL points
| Player | Club | Pos | Pts | Mins | Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbruggen | BHA | GKP | 11 | 90 | 23.2% |
| Ayari | BHA | MID | 10 | 90 | 1.5% |
| De Cuyper | BHA | DEF | 9 | 71 | 45.2% |
| Costinha | BHA | DEF | 8 | 90 | 0% |
| Dunk | BHA | DEF | 6 | 90 | 1.4% |
| Vuskovic | BHA | DEF | 6 | 90 | 7.4% |
| Boscagli | BHA | DEF | 6 | 63 | 0.6% |
| Khusanov | MCI | DEF | 4 | 90 | 1.2% |
Haaland carried the most armbands in the game this week and returned 2 points here — 4 doubled. The differentials of the match: Ayari (10 points, owned by 1.5%) and Costinha (8 points, owned by 0%).
The table
Man City move from 1st to 2nd; Brighton stay 3rd. Man City next face Nott'm Forest (A) on Sat 7 Nov; Brighton next face Brentford (H) on Sun 8 Nov.