There's been five days and nights since Brighton & Hove Albion ran out versus Wolverhampton Wanderers and the scoreline was 6-0. Can they get the points against Manchester United?
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Manchester United have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.
Brighton's last game was hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 14th) and winning 6-0. As mentioned above, Brighton & Hove Albion "killed" Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The striker Welbeck outshone all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 9.32 out of 10. Welbeck scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nottingham Forest (1-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Brighton & Hove Albion have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 16 of the 21 latest league games with this club has had three or more goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Everton are coming to town in four days.
Brighton & Hove Albion can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 31 times. Brighton have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manchester United form and stats
The visitors are W7-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Manchester United won their last game, 1-0 versus Aston Villa played at home. Midfield player Casemiro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.9/10. Casemiro hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Tottenham Hotspur.Stats flash: 9 of the last 10 league matches featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to West Ham United.
Manchester United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 21 goals have been scored. United have conceded 31 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived scoreline between these contenders is the Manchester United - Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 played not long ago this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Brighton & Hove Albion won two games, one match ended with a tie and Manchester United have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rashford 16 goals |   A. Mac Allister 8 goals |  P. Groß 8 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 61 | 31 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 49 |
| 40 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 31 | 39 |
| 94% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 77% | 53% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 75% |
| 65% | 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 53% |
| 45% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 38% | 25% |
| 26% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 9% |
| 58% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 50% | 44% |
| 32% | 53% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 47% |
| 16% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| 6.3 | 7.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.9 | 17.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.1 | 14.8 |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 32% | 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | 28% |
| 9.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 13.9 | 12.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Manchester United have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League
- Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 54 | 76 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 40 | 75 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 33 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 61 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 34 | 65 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 63 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 56 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 57 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 6 | 54 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 54 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 52 |
| 9 | Brentford | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 52 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 50 |
| 10 | Fulham | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 64 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 40 | -28 | 39 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -21 | 37 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 34 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 67 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 36 | -24 | 30 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 62 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 41 | -32 | 30 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -13 | 29 |
| 19 | Everton | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -25 | 28 |
| 20 | Southampton | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 60 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 29 | -32 | 24 |
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- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)
