# Man City 0-1 Brighton: Ayari goal sinks City; Bournemouth win sixth in a row, Coventry climb out of the drop zone

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Type: News article
Author: Searchable Editorial
Published: 31 Oct 2026
Updated: 31 Oct 2026
Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026

> Saturday's Premier League results in Pakistan time: City beaten at home, Manchester United lose at Chelsea, Sunderland left bottom. Spurs host Palace in the late game.

**Manchester City lost 0-1 at home to Brighton on Saturday 31 October**, with Yasin Ayari scoring in the 11th minute, three days after City knocked Brighton out of the Carabao Cup on penalties. It made Halloween a bad day for both Manchester clubs: earlier, **Chelsea beat 10-man Manchester United 2-0**. Results are from [The Guardian's live clockwatch](https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/31/manchester-city-v-brighton-bournemouth-v-leeds-and-more-clockwatch-live) and [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckvg64xp1e1eo).

## Saturday's Premier League results

| Match | Score | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Chelsea v Man United | 2-0 | Morgan Rogers, Cole Palmer (pen) |
| Man City v Brighton | 0-1 | Ayari 11 |
| Bournemouth v Leeds | 2-0 | Evanilson 31 and one more |
| Coventry v Sunderland | 3-1 | Sakamoto 17, Awoniyi 37, Rudoni 52; Le Fee pen 67 |
| Brentford v Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | Milenkovic own goal 30, Igor Thiago 76 |
| Hull v Ipswich | 2-2 | Iroegbunam 58, McBurnie 68; Florentino Luis 22, Enciso 74 |

**Tottenham v Crystal Palace** was the late kick-off at 10:30pm PKT.

## The talking points

- **Brighton's revenge:** captain Lewis Dunk, who missed the decisive penalty in midweek, kept a clean sheet and praised manager Fabian Hurzeler as a future coach "at the very top", The Guardian reported.
- **Lisandro Martinez's 83 seconds:** already booked, the United defender fouled Wesley Fofana at a corner, conceded a penalty and was sent off after a VAR review, with 27 minutes of normal time left. He will miss next Sunday's home game against Aston Villa. BBC Sport called it a meltdown; Michael Carrick said he had not seen it back. Our [full Chelsea 2-0 Man United report](/news/sports/chelsea-vs-man-united-saturday-530pm-pkt-at-stamford-bridge-palmer-back-united) has the details.
- **Bournemouth's run:** a sixth successive win, set up when Leeds goalkeeper James Trafford gave the ball away for Justin Kluivert to create Evanilson's fifth goal in six matches.
- **Relegation fight:** Frank Lampard's Coventry, with Tatsuhiro Sakamoto scoring his first Premier League goal, climbed out of the bottom three and left Sunderland bottom. Sunderland's Alderete was sent off in stoppage time.
- **Hull** kept their unbeaten home record but are still waiting for a win after Julio Enciso's equaliser.

## Watching from Pakistan

Saturday 3pm UK games now start at **8pm PKT**, since UK clocks went back on 25 October and Pakistan is five hours ahead. Sunday's games follow the same gap. Our [Man United 0-3 Bournemouth report](/news/sports/man-united-0-3-bournemouth-carricks-side-16th-one-place-above-the-drop-as) covers how United reached this run.

## Frequently asked questions

**What was the Man City vs Brighton score?**

Brighton won 1-0 at the Etihad on 31 October 2026, with Yasin Ayari scoring in the 11th minute.

## Sources

- Manchester City 0-1 Brighton, Coventry 3-1 Sunderland and more: clockwatch (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/31/manchester-city-v-brighton-bournemouth-v-leeds-and-more-clockwatch-live
- Martinez's 'inexplicable' 83 seconds cost Man Utd and Carrick (BBC Sport): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckvg64xp1e1eo

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