Football betting preview: Manchester United favourites when Brighton & Hove Albion visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Manchester United leading Brighton & Hove Albion by 25 points.

Insights:
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (22) in Premier League
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Manchester United form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Manchester United have to build on here at Old Trafford in the Premier League. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Manchester after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 414 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

Manchester United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Leicester City. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Milan.

Manchester United are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at Granada awaits in four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), Manchester United's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Manchester United have conceded 19 goals.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brighton & Hove Albion in their Premier League matches away.

Brighton had fun at their own home (Old Trafford) last time out, beating Newcastle United 3-0. Neal Maupay, Danny Welbeck and Leandro Trossard scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Southampton.

Brighton & Hove Albion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 17 goals have been conceded by Brighton in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Brighton & Hove Albion - Manchester 2-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: seven - zero - two (Manchester wins - draws - Brighton & Hove Albion wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ManchesterB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
16 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
9 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionN. Maupay
N. Maupay
8 goals

Manchester United missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Manchester United Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
16 7 3 Won W 0 5 7
9 3 0 Drew D 1 4 11
4 4 1 Lost L 3 5 11
56 29 14 Scored S 3 16 32
32 19 3 Conceded C 8 17 36
79% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
62% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 66%
55% 57% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 48%
45% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 17%
28% 29% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
41% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 31%
24% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
13.7 15 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.8 13.8
5.7 5.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.9
34% 36% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (22) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Premier League

  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 30 22 5 3 64 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 14 10 3 1 28 8 43 71
2 Manchester United 29 16 9 4 56 32 14 7 3 4 29 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 24 57
3 Leicester City 29 17 5 7 53 32 14 7 1 6 25 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 21 56
4 Chelsea 29 14 9 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 19 51
5 West Ham United 29 14 7 8 45 35 15 8 4 3 26 18 14 6 3 5 19 17 10 49
6 Tottenham Hotspur 29 14 6 9 49 30 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 7 3 5 24 16 19 48
7 Liverpool 29 13 7 9 48 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 14 6 5 3 26 18 12 46
8 Everton 28 14 4 10 40 37 14 5 2 7 19 22 14 9 2 3 21 15 3 46
9 Arsenal 29 12 6 11 40 32 14 6 3 5 18 15 15 6 3 6 22 17 8 42
10 Aston Villa 28 12 5 11 39 30 13 5 2 6 20 18 15 7 3 5 19 12 9 41
11 Leeds United 29 12 3 14 45 47 14 5 3 6 19 17 15 7 0 8 26 30 -2 39
12 Crystal Palace 29 10 7 12 31 47 15 5 5 5 15 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -16 37
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 9 8 12 28 38 14 5 4 5 15 15 15 4 4 7 13 23 -10 35
14 Southampton 29 9 6 14 36 51 14 5 2 7 18 18 15 4 4 7 18 33 -15 33
15 Burnley 29 8 9 12 22 37 15 4 6 5 12 16 14 4 3 7 10 21 -15 33
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 7 11 11 32 36 15 2 7 6 16 19 14 5 4 5 16 17 -4 32
17 Newcastle United 29 7 7 15 28 48 14 4 4 6 17 23 15 3 3 9 11 25 -20 28
18 Fulham 30 5 11 14 23 38 16 2 4 10 9 23 14 3 7 4 14 15 -15 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 29 3 9 17 20 57 15 2 5 8 9 33 14 1 4 9 11 24 -37 18
20 Sheffield United 29 4 2 23 16 50 15 3 1 11 10 22 14 1 1 12 6 28 -34 14

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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.