Possible nail-biting contest in Brighton & Hove Albion - Manchester United game

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

Top-notch Manchester United visit Brighton & Hove Albion after their 3-0-result against Brentford. Get out our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Brighton & Hove Albion have scored home.

Manchester United are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

Brighton & Hove Albion's struggle is real here at The American Express Community Stadium with only 16 points collected from 17 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-7-7. Brighton & Hove Albion are slowly digging their own grave here at The American Express Community Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Brentford match.

A good away victory last time out for Brighton, who won 3-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 8th). The striker Welbeck bested all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Welbeck hit three key passes.

Before that, Brighton & Hove Albion drew at home versus Southampton.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Brighton & Hove Albion here at The American Express Community Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 17 games). Brighton have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Manchester United form and stats

Playing away, Manchester United have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premier League this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Manchester United, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Manchester United won their last game, 3-0 versus Brentford played at home. Ronaldo has found the net for this team three matches in a row. The ability! Varane, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.02. Varane scored one goal and won 1 of 3 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Chelsea.

Manchester United find the net regularly in their away games. 25 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head game ended Manchester United - Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Brighton & Hove Albion victories, zero draws and eight Manchester United wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedC. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
18 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
10 goals
BrightonN. Maupay
N. Maupay
8 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Manchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 36
10 3 0 Won W 2 6 16
14 7 2 Drew D 2 5 10
11 7 3 Lost L 1 6 10
34 12 2 Scored S 8 25 57
42 22 9 Conceded C 8 30 52
89% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
80% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 78%
31% 24% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 50%
11% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 42%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 28%
46% 35% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 61%
29% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 22%
37% 53% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
5.3 6.2 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.1
5.5 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.8 5.5
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.3 14.4 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12 13.5
3.7 3.1 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.6 5
27% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 32% 32%
 
12.6 12.3 16.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.5 13.5
4.1 4.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.4 5.9 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 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 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 34 19 9 6 68 29 16 8 5 3 32 18 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 66
4 Arsenal 34 20 3 11 54 41 17 11 2 4 28 15 17 9 1 7 26 26 13 63
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 19 4 11 59 39 17 11 1 5 34 19 17 8 3 6 25 20 20 61
6 Manchester United 36 16 10 10 57 52 19 10 5 4 32 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 5 58
7 West Ham United 35 15 7 13 53 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 17 6 3 8 22 22 7 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 33 11 9 13 48 54 16 8 4 4 26 20 17 3 5 9 22 34 -6 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 35 11 7 17 41 52 17 6 3 8 18 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -11 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 33 9 5 19 35 55 17 8 2 7 22 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -20 32
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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Table
  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 34 26 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 34 19 9 6 68 29 16 8 5 3 32 18 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 66
4 Arsenal 34 20 3 11 54 41 17 11 2 4 28 15 17 9 1 7 26 26 13 63
5 Tottenham Hotspur 34 19 4 11 59 39 17 11 1 5 34 19 17 8 3 6 25 20 20 61
6 Manchester United 36 16 10 10 57 52 19 10 5 4 32 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 5 58
7 West Ham United 35 15 7 13 53 46 18 9 4 5 31 24 17 6 3 8 22 22 7 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 33 11 9 13 48 54 16 8 4 4 26 20 17 3 5 9 22 34 -6 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 35 11 7 17 41 52 17 6 3 8 18 19 18 5 4 9 23 33 -11 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 33 9 5 19 35 55 17 8 2 7 22 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -20 32
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.