There is optimism in Manchester United so far, with their 5th spot in the Premier League table and looking forward to facing Brighton & Hove Albion (who are sitting at 9th).
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United have played 12 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Manchester United drew their last game, also a home match. Southampton (placed 10th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Shaw, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Shaw hit four key passes and won 2 of 7 duels.
Before that, Manchester United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Burnley.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier United matches with similar probabilities have ended with six wins, one draw and zero defeats (from seven games).
The Manchester United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
4 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Brighton & Hove Albion playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Two trips in a row for Brighton & Hove Albion, whose coach Potter could celebrate last time after the win against Watford. Webster, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Webster scored one goal and won 9 of 9 duels.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Brighton playing away, we found six games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and four home wins.
A new game in only four days for Brighton & Hove Albion, the Premier League home match versus Burnley. Busy days.
Brighton & Hove Albion have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 15 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Manchester United eight wins, zero draws and Brighton & Hove Albion two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 8 goals |   N. Maupay 8 goals |  B. Borges Fernandes 7 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Manchester United | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 87% |
| 75% | 67% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 78% |
| 46% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 38% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 13% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 62% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 21% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 26% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.1 | 15.2 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.2 | 12.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 31% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 29% |
| 13.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.2 | 12 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 47 | 63 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 41 | 51 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 47 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Southampton | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 29 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Brentford | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 29 | -19 | 23 |
| 16 | Everton | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 18 |
| 18 | Norwich City | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -36 | 17 |
| 19 | Watford | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -20 | 15 |
| 20 | Burnley | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 14 |
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- The Argus - (local newspaper)
