Manchester United 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2019

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 January 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Paul Pogba opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Pogba (27', penalty) and Marcus Rashford (42'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Pascal Groß (72').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 41 points from 22 and Brighton & Hove Albion 13th on 26 points from 22. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Rashford of Manchester United (7.8), ahead of Paul Pogba (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 2 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Penalty goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Marcus RashfordManchester United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 2.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

David de Gea, Ashley Young, Victor Lindelöf, Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-5-1)

David Button, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, S. March, Pascal Groß, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, Jürgen Locadia, Glenn Murray