Man United vs Brighton

16 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Hannibal Mejbri 73’

Danny Welbeck 20’
Pascal Groß 53’
João Pedro 71’

Match summary

Brighton won 3-1 away at Man United. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Danny Welbeck put Brighton ahead in the 20th minute, set up by Simon Adingra. In the second half, Pascal Groß made it 0-2 in the 53rd minute, set up by Tariq Lamptey, João Pedro made it 0-3 in the 71st minute, set up by Tariq Lamptey, and Hannibal Mejbri pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 73rd minute, set up by Lisandro Martínez.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.94 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Man United's 0.72 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

4 Shots on Target 8

8 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.72 xG 1.94

0.72 Non-penalty xG 1.94

5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man United Brighton

Kick-off

20’

Danny Welbeck
Assist: Simon Adingra

0-1

Half-time0-1

53’

Pascal Groß
Assist: Tariq Lamptey

0-2

71’

João Pedro
Assist: Tariq Lamptey

0-3

Hannibal Mejbri
Assist: Lisandro Martínez

1-3

73’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Man United

Bruno Fernandes
Hannibal Mejbri

Brighton

Jan Paul van Hecke
Tariq Lamptey

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.

Man United 0.72 xGBrighton 1.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Man United 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
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.07	2
Lisandro Martínez	DEF	88		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Sergio Reguilón	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.19	2
Casemiro	MID	67			0	0.00	0.03	1
Christian Eriksen	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	MID	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			2	0.04	0.10	2
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90			9	0.56	0.00	1
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	67			1	0.04	0.14	2
Anthony Martial	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hannibal Mejbri	Sub	23	1		1	0.02	0.00	0
Alejandro Garnacho	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Pellistri	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jason Steele	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	DEF	80		2	1	0.02	0.22	2
Pascal Groß	MID	90	1		2	0.15	0.00	0
Mahmoud Dahoud	MID	80			0	0.00	0.03	1
Simon Adingra	MID	88		1	0	0.00	0.37	1
Adam Lallana	MID	67			0	0.00	0.02	1
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	90			1	0.55	0.00	0
Danny Welbeck	FWD	67	1		2	0.40	0.04	1
João Pedro	Sub	23	1		1	0.11	0.75	3
Anssumane Fati	Sub	23			2	0.62	0.00	0
James Milner	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.51	1
Evan Ferguson	Sub	2			1	0.09	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 48% Avg odds 2.00

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.99

Brighton win 28% Avg odds 3.44

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

Form going into the game

Man United W W L W L

Brighton L W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 1-0 Man United, 04 May 23 Next meeting: Brighton 0-2 Man United, 19 May 24 All Man United vs Brighton 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.