Brighton vs Man United

26 September 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

  • Neal Maupay 40’ (pen)
  • Solly March 90+5’
  • Lewis Dunk 43’ (og)
  • Marcus Rashford 55’
  • Bruno Fernandes 90+10’ (pen)

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 3-2 away at Brighton, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Neal Maupay put Brighton ahead from the penalty spot in the 40th minute and Dunk's own goal equalised in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Marcus Rashford put Man United in front in the 55th minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes, Solly March equalised with a header in stoppage time, set up by Alireza Jahanbakhsh, and Bruno Fernandes won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

Brighton can feel hard done by, creating 2.98 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Man United's 1.58 from 7.

Match stats

Brighton Man United
18 Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 1
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.98 xG 1.58
2.22 Non-penalty xG 0.81
10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brighton Man United
Kick-off
Neal Maupay
Penalty1-0 (Brighton)
40’
43’
Lewis Dunk
Own goal1-1 (Man United)
Half-time1-1
55’
Marcus Rashford
Assist: Bruno Fernandes1-2 (Man United)
Solly March
Assist: Alireza Jahanbakhsh2-2 (Brighton)
90+5’
90+10’
Bruno Fernandes
Penalty2-3 (Man United)
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk
  • Ben White
  • Leandro Trossard
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Man United
  • Nemanja Matic
  • Bruno Fernandes

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.98 1.58 40’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 1-0 40’ 43’ Lewis Dunk (Man United) own goal, 1-1 43’ 55’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), 1-2 55’ 90+5’ Solly March (Brighton), 2-2 90+5’ 90+10’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), 2-3 90+10’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.98 1.58 40’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 1-0 Maupay 40’ 43’ Lewis Dunk (Man United) own goal, 1-1 Dunk 43’ 55’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), 1-2 Rashford 55’ 90+5’ Solly March (Brighton), 2-2 March 90+5’ 90+10’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), 2-3 Fernandes 90+10’
Brighton 2.98 xGMan United 1.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man United attacking Brighton attacking 
40’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+10’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 90+3’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), from a corner, 0.54 xG, saved 90+5’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 60’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.27 xG, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Steven Alzate (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 75’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 17’ Mason Greenwood (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 85’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 75’ Anthony Martial (Man United), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Adam Webster (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 79’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+7’ Harry Maguire (Man United), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 25’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Nemanja Matic (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), own goal 40’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+10’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 90+3’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), from a corner, 0.54 xG, saved 90+5’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 60’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 76’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.27 xG, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Steven Alzate (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 75’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 17’ Mason Greenwood (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 85’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 75’ Anthony Martial (Man United), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 80’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Adam Webster (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 79’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+7’ Harry Maguire (Man United), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 9’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 25’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Nemanja Matic (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Adam Webster DEF901 0.040.000
Ben White DEF900 0.000.061
Tariq Lamptey MID900 0.000.000
Solly March MID9015 0.970.021
Steven Alzate MID901 0.080.623
Adam Lallana MID770 0.000.000
Leandro Trossard FWD904 0.890.153
Aaron Connolly FWD771 0.030.041
Neal Maupay FWD9014 0.890.403
Pascal Groß Sub131 0.040.000
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Sub1311 0.020.772

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 18% Avg odds 5.37
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15
Man United win 59% Avg odds 1.62

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 0-3 Man United, 30 Jun 20 Next meeting: Man United 2-1 Brighton, 04 Apr 21  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.