Brighton vs Man United

19 August 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Glenn Murray 25’
Shane Duffy 27’
Pascal Groß 44’ (pen)

Romelu Lukaku 34’
Paul Pogba 90+5’ (pen)

Match summary

Brighton saw off Man United 3-2. Brighton led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Glenn Murray put Brighton ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Solly March, Shane Duffy made it 2-0 from a corner in the 27th minute, set up by Anthony Knockaert, Romelu Lukaku pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 34th minute, and Pascal Groß made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 44th minute. In the second half, Paul Pogba made it 3-2 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots, Man United 1.58 from 9.

Match stats

6 Shots 9

3 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.64 xG 1.57

0.88 Non-penalty xG 0.80

2 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Brighton Man United

Kick-off

Glenn Murray
Assist: Solly March

1-0

25’

Shane Duffy
Assist: Anthony Knockaert

2-0

27’

34’

Romelu Lukaku

2-1

Pascal Groß
Penalty

3-1

44’

Half-time3-1

90+5’

Paul Pogba
Penalty

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Brighton

Glenn Murray

Man United

Anthony Martial

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 1.64 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

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mat Ryan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Montoya	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shane Duffy	DEF	90	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gaëtan Bong	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Knockaert	MID	90		1	3	0.18	0.10	1
Davy Pröpper	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dale Stephens	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Solly March	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.61	1
Pascal Groß	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.06	1
Glenn Murray	FWD	90	1		1	0.61	0.00	0
Leon Balogun	Sub	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Beram Kayal	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jürgen Locadia	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.12	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90		2	0.04	0.00	0
Fred	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90	1	3	0.90	0.16	2
Andreas Pereira	MID	50		0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Mata	FWD	50		0	0.00	0.00	0
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	1	2	0.58	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	FWD	64		1	0.05	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	Sub	40		0	0.00	0.01	1
Marcus Rashford	Sub	40		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marouane Fellaini	Sub	26		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 18% Bet365 odds 5.50

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

Man United win 55% Bet365 odds 1.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton L

Man United W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Man United 2-1 Brighton, 19 Jan 19 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.