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

Premier League · Sunday 7 August 2022

Result

Manchester United 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 7 August 2022, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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

Manchester United lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 August 2022. The half-time score was 0-2.

Pascal Groß opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester United's goal came from an own goal by Alexis Mac Allister (68'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Pascal Groß (30') and Pascal Groß (39').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 6th with 62.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-3-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pascal Groß of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.0), ahead of Danny Welbeck (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Scott McTominayManchester United
  • 30'Goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-2
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Lisandro MartínezManchester United
  • 53'Yellow card · Harry MaguireManchester United
  • 53'Yellow card · Leandro TrossardBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 68'Own goal · Alexis Mac AllisterManchester United · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 3.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho, Christian Eriksen, Marcus Rashford

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (3-3-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster, Pascal Groß, Alexis Mac Allister, M. Caicedo, S. March, Adam Lallana, Leandro Trossard, Danny Welbeck