Man United vs Brighton

7 August 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Alexis Mac Allister 68’ (og)
  • Pascal Groß 30’, 39’

Match summary

Brighton beat Man United 2-1 on the road. Brighton led 2-0 at half-time.

Pascal Groß put Brighton ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Danny Welbeck, Groß made it 0-2 in the 39th minute, and Mac Allister's own goal pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in the 68th minute.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.76 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Man United's 1.43 from 17.

Match stats

Man United Brighton
17 Shots 15
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.42 xG 1.73
1.42 Non-penalty xG 1.73
7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Brighton
Kick-off
30’
Pascal Groß
Assist: Danny Welbeck
0-1 (Brighton)
39’
Pascal Groß0-2 (Brighton)
Half-time0-2
Alexis Mac Allister
Own goal
1-2 (Man United)
68’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Man United
  • Lisandro Martínez
  • Harry Maguire
  • Luke Shaw
  • Scott McTominay
Brighton
  • Leandro Trossard

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 1.76 30’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 0-1 30’ 39’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 0-2 39’ 68’ Alexis Mac Allister (Man United) own goal, 1-2 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 1.76 30’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 0-1 Groß 30’ 39’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 0-2 Groß 39’ 68’ Alexis Mac Allister (Man United) own goal, 1-2 Mac Allister 68’
Man United 1.43 xGBrighton 1.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Man United attacking 
39’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 30’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 68’ Diogo Dalot (Man United), from a corner, 0.42 xG, saved 65’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 48’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 37’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 87’ Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 52’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 72’ Harry Maguire (Man United), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ Scott McTominay (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 1’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Luke Shaw (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 87’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Diogo Dalot (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 24’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 29’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Fred (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 76’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), own goal 39’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 30’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 68’ Diogo Dalot (Man United), from a corner, 0.42 xG, saved 65’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 48’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 37’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 87’ Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 52’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 72’ Harry Maguire (Man United), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ Scott McTominay (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 45’ Luke Shaw (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 1’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 39’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 87’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Diogo Dalot (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 24’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Adam Webster (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 29’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Fred (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 28’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 76’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 18’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David de Gea GK900 0.000.000
Diogo Dalot DEF902 0.470.052
Lisandro Martínez DEF903 0.080.000
Harry Maguire DEF901 0.080.000
Luke Shaw DEF901 0.060.092
Bruno Fernandes MID901 0.080.332
Scott McTominay MID801 0.070.000
Fred MID551 0.020.000
Jadon Sancho FWD900 0.000.162
Christian Eriksen FWD903 0.090.143
Marcus Rashford FWD903 0.400.021
Cristiano Ronaldo Sub351 0.090.021
Donny van de Beek Sub100 0.000.000
Alejandro Garnacho Sub10 0.000.000
Tyrell Malacia Sub10 0.000.000
Anthony Elanga Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 54% Avg odds 1.78
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.77
Brighton win 20% Avg odds 4.73

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

Form going into the game

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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.