England FA WSL

Manchester City W 3–2 Brighton W

Final score · Half-time 3–2 · All of yesterday's results

At kick-off Pinnacle, with its margin removed, made Manchester City W the most likely outcome at 73%: fair odds of 1.37.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 5' Khadija Shaw · goal · assist Lauren Hemp · Manchester City W
  2. 16' Khadija Shaw · goal · assist Lauren Hemp · Manchester City W
  3. 17' Niamh Charles · goal · Manchester City W
  4. 31' O. Garcia · goal · Brighton W
  5. 37' C. Hayes · goal · assist Francesca Kirby · Brighton W
  6. 90+4' Manuela Vanegas · yellow card · Brighton W

Match stats

Match statsManchester City WBrighton W
Possession %5941
Expected goals (xG)2.371.03
Shots179
Shots on target83
Corners81
Yellow cards01
Red cards00
Fouls87
Offsides30
Goalkeeper saves15

What the market said before kick-off

  • Manchester City W win 73% happened
  • Draw 15% did not happen
  • Brighton W win 12% did not happen

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Leigh Doughty · Venue: Manchester Regional Arena, Manchester

Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Fair price at kick-off (Pinnacle's closing price, margin removed)

1X2
Chance73%15%12%
Fair odds1.376.708.18
Pinnacle odds1.345.806.97

For this competition we show the market's fair price only. These matches are not part of our track record, value flags or experiments, and we do not run our own model on them or compare bookmakers here.

Match context

The last 2 head-to-head meetings we tracked split 1–0–1 (Manchester City W wins – draws – Brighton W wins).

Manchester City W scored 3.2 and conceded 1.2 across their last 5 matches in our results database; Brighton W scored 1.6 and conceded 1.4 in 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Why this price?

Manchester City W
W W W W W
avg 3.2 scored · 1.2 conceded (last 5)
Brighton W
W L D D L
avg 1.6 scored · 1.4 conceded (last 5)
Recent head-to-head
25 Apr 2026 Brighton W 3–2 Manchester City W
12 Sep 2025 Manchester City W 2–1 Brighton W

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Why only a fair price here

We price this competition from Pinnacle's odds alone, read from our data provider several times a day: the margin is removed and nothing is added. Our track record, value flags and experiments cover only the leagues where we also log our own predictions and compare bookmakers. Methodology

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