Manchester United greet Brighton & Hove Albion for another appealing Premier League game here at Old Trafford.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most scored goals (12) in Premier League
Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Manchester United form and stats
As mentioned below, Manchester United are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League games.
Manchester United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Arsenal (1-3). Midfielder Rashford was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.11 (out of ten) in that game. Rashford scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Nottingham Forest in a game that was won 3-2.There will be little rest for Manchester United after this match as they are travelling to FC Bayern München for a Champions League game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manchester United at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Brighton & Hove Albion and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 4 draws and 7 losses from 19 travels.
Ferguson scored in Brighton's previous match, the home game against Newcastle United that ended 3-1. Ferguson certainly enjoyed Brighton & Hove Albion's last game versus Newcastle United, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory. Attacker Ferguson got a player rating of 9.52 in the game. "Man of the match" Ferguson scored three goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A loss against West Ham United was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Brighton & Hove Albion in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Brighton, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Brighton & Hove Albion have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Brighton & Hove Albion have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Manchester United.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ferguson 4 goals |  S. March 3 goals |   M. Rashford 1 goals |
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| Manchester United | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 7.8 |
| 6.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 6 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.2 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 20.8 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 16.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 11.5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.2 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most scored goals (12) in Premier League
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
| Manchester United | Last season | Brighton & Hove Albion | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 58 | 36 | Scored | S | 35 | 72 | ||
| 43 | 10 | Conceded | C | 32 | 53 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | ||
| 50% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 66% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 45% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 26% | ||
| 42% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 61% | ||
| 45% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 5% | 13% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.6 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 16.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12.8 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Brentford | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Manchester United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Fulham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Everton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 61 | 89 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 43 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 45 | 84 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 43 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 75 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 35 | 71 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 47 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 67 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 19 | 62 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 61 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 70 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 60 |
| 9 | Brentford | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 58 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 59 |
| 10 | Fulham | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 52 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 49 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | -9 | 45 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 28 | -9 | 44 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 58 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 38 | -27 | 41 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 31 | -13 | 40 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 71 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 43 | -34 | 39 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 68 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 44 | -30 | 38 |
| 17 | Everton | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -23 | 36 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 68 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 41 | -17 | 34 |
| 19 | Leeds United | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 78 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -30 | 31 |
| 20 | Southampton | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 73 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 36 | -37 | 25 |
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