Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2018
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 19 August 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Manchester United 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 August 2018. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Glenn Murray opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Glenn Murray (25'), Shane Duffy (27') and Pascal Groß (44', penalty). Manchester United scored through Romelu Lukaku (34') and Paul Pogba (90+5', penalty).
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Manchester United 6th with 66.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pascal Groß of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.0), ahead of Romelu Lukaku (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Glenn Murray
- 27'Goal · Shane Duffy
- 34'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
- 44'Penalty goal · Pascal Groß
- 45+2'Yellow card · Anthony Martial
- 67'Yellow card · Glenn Murray
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Paul Pogba
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)
Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, S. March, Pascal Groß, Glenn Murray
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Fred, Andreas Pereira, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial