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.
Key events
- 27'Penalty goal · Paul Pogba
- 42'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 72'Goal · Pascal Groß
- 90+3'Yellow card · Marcus Rashford
Head-to-head
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