Manchester United FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2024-25

Manchester United FC

1 – 3

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Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Sun 19 Jan 2025 · 14:00 UTC Old Trafford 73,758 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 5' Yankubah Minteh

Bruno Fernandes pen 23' 1–1

1–2 60' Kaoru Mitoma

1–3 76' Georginio Rutter

Y 21' Carlos Baleba

Y 43' Yankubah Minteh

Manuel Ugarte 61' Y

Matthijs de Ligt 90' Y

Leny Yoro 90' Y

Y 90' Solly March

Overview

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Manchester United FC vs Brighton & Hove Albion FC — Premier League at Old Trafford.

Manchester United FC 10 games · 8 pts (2026/27)
Brighton & Hove Albion FC 10 games · 22 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Peter Bankes
Assistant 1 Edward Smart (England)
Assistant 2 Nicholas Greenhalgh (England)

6 games this season 🟨 5.2/game ⚽ 15.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	27
2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	10	22
3	Manchester City FC	10	21
4	Liverpool FC	10	18
5	Chelsea FC	10	16
6	Everton FC	10	16
7	AFC Bournemouth	10	15
8	Brentford FC	10	14
9	Leeds United FC	10	14
10	Aston Villa FC	10	13
11	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10	12
12	Newcastle United FC	10	12
13	Hull City AFC	10	11
14	Ipswich Town FC	10	11
15	Fulham FC	10	10
16	Nottingham Forest FC	10	9
17	Coventry City FC	10	9
18	Manchester United FC	10	8
19	Sunderland AFC	10	8
20	Crystal Palace FC	10	7

Head-to-Head

Manchester United FC 18 games · Avg 3.9 goals Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-19 Manchester United FC 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2024-08-24 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Manchester United FC 2024-05-19 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–2 Manchester United FC 2023-09-16 Manchester United FC 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2023-05-04 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–0 Manchester United FC

Recent Form

Manchester United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Jan	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	H	1–3	L
16 Jan	Southampton FC	H	3–1	W
12 Jan	Arsenal FC	A	5–3	W
05 Jan	Liverpool FC	A	2–2	D
30 Dec	Newcastle United FC	H	0–2	L
26 Dec	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	A	0–2	L

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Jan	Manchester United FC	A	3–1	W
16 Jan	Ipswich Town FC	A	2–0	W
11 Jan	Norwich City FC	A	4–0	W
04 Jan	Arsenal FC	H	1–1	D
30 Dec	Aston Villa FC	A	2–2	D
27 Dec	Brentford FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Manchester United FC		Brighton & Hove Albion FC
#18	Position	#2
8	Points	22
10	Played	10
1 / 5 / 4	W / D / L	7 / 1 / 2
14	Scored	26
19	Conceded	7
-5	GD	+19
0.80	PPG	2.20
10%	Win %	70%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Manchester United FC this season

70% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this season

Manchester United FC are 18th (8 pts). Brighton & Hove Albion FC are 2nd (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Manchester United FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

1/5

61-75

3/2

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

6/1

46-60

4/–

61-75

2/1

76+

5/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Manchester United FC

Bruno Fernandes	4 G	2 A
Bryan Mbeumo	4 G

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Pascal Gross	4 G	4 A
Charalampos Kostoulas	3 G	2 A
Yasin Ayari	3 G	1 A
Jack Hinshelwood	3 G
Maxim De Cuyper	2 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Old Trafford that hosts another battle between Manchester United FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
5' What composure from Yankubah Minteh! The Gambia international strokes it home. 0-1.
10' It looks surprising Brighton & Hove Albion FC does not make any changes. Jan Paul van Hecke has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Ruben Amorim will be considering his options from the bench.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
21' The referee shows Brighton & Hove Albion FC player a card on 21.
23' GOAL! Bruno Fernandes scores on 23.
28' A quiet spell here at Old Trafford. Manchester United FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
33' Brighton & Hove Albion FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
38' Manchester United FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
43' That is a card for Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Yankubah Minteh will be fuming at that decision.
48' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
53' The travelling Brighton & Hove Albion FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
58' Brighton & Hove Albion FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
60' The deadlock is broken! Kaoru Mitoma gets on the scoresheet on 60 minutes.
61' The referee shows Manchester United FC player a card on 61.
65' A tactical swap from Manchester United FC — Alejandro Garnacho on, Kobbie Mainoo off on 65 minutes.
69' The supporters are chanting for Solly March. He replaces Yankubah Minteh on 69 minute.
74' Netherlands international Matthijs de Ligt has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
76' Against the run of play, Georginio Rutter has scored! This game has turned on its head.
81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joao Pedro, as he is very good at scoring at Old Trafford with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
84' Antony is ready to make an impact after coming on for Noussair Mazraoui at the 84 minute mark.
89' It’s high time Fabian Hürzeler made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Matthijs de Ligt on 90 minutes.
90' Time for substitution for Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Carlos Baleba is replaced by Diego Gomez.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Brighton & Hove Albion FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Manchester United FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

5
Harry Maguire
20
Diogo Dalot
24
Andre Onana
4
Matthijs de Ligt
3
Noussair Mazraoui ↓ Antony 84'
8
Bruno Fernandes
11
Joshua Zirkzee ↓ Rasmus Hojlund 84'
16
Amad Diallo
25
Manuel Ugarte ↓ Toby Collyer 65'
15
Leny Yoro
37
Kobbie Mainoo ↓ Alejandro Garnacho 65'

Bench

Coach Ruben Amorim

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

4
Adam Webster
23
Jason Steele
14
Georginio Rutter ↑ 69'
2
Tariq Lamptey ↑ 84'
10
Julio Enciso ↑ 90'
7
Solly March ↑ 69'
11
Simon Adingra
25
Diego Gomez ↑ 90'
44
Ruairi McConville

Coach Fabian Hürzeler

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Pascal Gross	6
Bruno Fernandes	6
Marcus Rashford	4
Danny Welbeck	3
Joao Pedro	2
Paul Pogba	2
Lewis Dunk	2
Mason Greenwood	2

Head to Head

Manchester United FC Form

2025-01-19 Manchester United FC 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2025-01-16 Manchester United FC 3–1 Southampton FC W 2025-01-12 Arsenal FC 3–5 Manchester United FC W 2025-01-05 Liverpool FC 2–2 Manchester United FC D 2024-12-30 Manchester United FC 0–2 Newcastle United FC L 2024-12-26 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2–0 Manchester United FC L

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

2025-01-19 Manchester United FC 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-16 Ipswich Town FC 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-11 Norwich City FC 0–4 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2025-01-04 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–1 Arsenal FC D 2024-12-30 Aston Villa FC 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2024-12-27 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Brentford FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.96 Manchester United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.87 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Brighton & Hove Albion FC to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Manchester United FC16% Draw19% Brighton & Hove Albion FC65%

Actual: Brighton & Hove Albion FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.83

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Manchester United FC or Draw

35%

Draw or Brighton & Hove Albion FC

84%

Manchester United FC or Brighton & Hove Albion FC

81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Manchester United FC10% Draw33% Brighton & Hove Albion FC57%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

9.1%

0 – 3

8.4%

1 – 2

8.4%

1 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

6.7%

0 – 1

6.2%

0 – 4

1 – 4

5.7%

2 – 2

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 5

3.5%

1 – 5

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Manchester United FC

Handicap	Manchester United FC covers	Push	Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	2%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	6%	91%
-0.5	9%	—	91%
+0.5	25%	—	75%
+1	25%	19%	56%
+1.5	44%	—	56%
+2	44%	20%	35%
+2.5	65%	—	35%

Clean Sheet

Manchester United FC keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.