Brighton vs Man United

7 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Moisés Caicedo 15’
Marc Cucurella 49’
Pascal Groß 57’
Leandro Trossard 60’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Man United. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Moisés Caicedo put Brighton ahead in the 15th minute. In the second half, Marc Cucurella made it 2-0 in the 49th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard, Pascal Groß made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard, and Leandro Trossard made it 4-0 in the 60th minute.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 3.23 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Man United's 0.93 from 15.

Match stats

17 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.83 xG 0.93

2.83 Non-penalty xG 0.93

18 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Brighton Man United

Kick-off

Moisés Caicedo

1-0

15’

Half-time1-0

Marc Cucurella
Assist: Leandro Trossard

2-0

49’

Pascal Groß
Assist: Leandro Trossard

3-0

57’

Leandro Trossard

4-0

60’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Diogo Dalot
Cristiano Ronaldo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Brighton 3.23 xGMan United 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Brighton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Marc Cucurella	DEF	90	1		2	0.13	0.11	1
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Solly March	MID	78			0	0.00	0.07	1
Leandro Trossard	MID	85	1	2	3	1.16	0.77	4
Yves Bissouma	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90	1		2	0.04	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	MID	90	1		3	0.63	1.08	4
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	69			1	0.59	0.00	0
Danny Welbeck	FWD	90			5	0.59	0.00	0
Adam Webster	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Neal Maupay	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90	1	0.02	0.02	1
Raphael Varane	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	MID	48	1	0.05	0.04	1
Anthony Elanga	MID	48	0	0.00	0.07	1
Juan Mata	MID	72	2	0.09	0.34	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	3	0.06	0.18	3
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	5	0.32	0.00	0
Fred	Sub	42	0	0.00	0.00	0
Edinson Cavani	Sub	42	1	0.32	0.01	1
Harry Maguire	Sub	18	2	0.08	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 32% Avg odds 3.02

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.34

Man United win 39% Avg odds 2.46

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton W W L D W

Man United W L L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 2-0 Brighton, 15 Feb 22 Next meeting: Man United 1-2 Brighton, 07 Aug 22 All Brighton vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.