Struggling Brighton & Hove Albion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Manchester United in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United 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.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.
Brighton & Hove Albion shared the glory with Leicester City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that, Brighton had a home game versus Arsenal which ended with a victory 2-1.
Neal Maupay felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Leicester City as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 14th minute.
Brighton & Hove Albion are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Norwich City awaits in four days.
Brighton has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Brighton have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Manchester United form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Manchester United have produced an overall stat of 4-5-6 so far. Manchester United has drawn their two previous away games.
Manchester had fun at their own home (The American Express Community Stadium) last time out, beating Sheffield United 3-0. Anthony Martial (3) scored. Before that, Manchester travelled to Tottenham Hotspur and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
It's hard not to mention Anthony Martial's lethal finishing against Sheffield United. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
The visiting Manchester have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. Manchester have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Manchester United - Brighton 3-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Brighton & Hove Albion two wins, zero draws and Manchester United four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Martial 14 goals |  M. Rashford 14 goals |   N. Maupay 9 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 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 48 |
| 41 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 81% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 87% |
| 42% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 20% | 39% |
| 19% | 13% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | 23% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 55% | 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 48% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 29% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 40% | 26% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 394 | 208 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 77 | 189 | 447 |
| 124 | 63 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 74 | 166 |
| 27% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 22% | 29% |
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Liverpool | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 49 | 86 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 45 | 63 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 30 | 55 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 49 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 42 |
| 10 | Everton | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -8 | 41 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | Burnley | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -13 | 39 |
| 14 | Southampton | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | -14 | 37 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 33 |
| 16 | Watford | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 28 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -19 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -23 | 27 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -31 | 21 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- The Argus - (local newspaper)
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)