Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Manchester United — Premier League 2024/25 Match Stats

Premier League · 2024Sat, 24 Aug 2024, 11:30 UTC

Brighton & Hove Albion

2–1Historical match

Manchester United

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Brighton & Hove Albion won 2–1.

Shots: 1411
Shots on target: 54
Expected goals: 2.091.43
Possession: 48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Manchester United 2–1. Recorded in this match (Brighton & Hove Albion – Manchester United): shots 14–11, shots on target 5–4, expected goals 2.09–1.43, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots14 shots11 shotsBrighton & Hove Albion 14 shots, Manchester United 11 shots
Shots on target5 shots4 shotsBrighton & Hove Albion 5 shots, Manchester United 4 shots
Expected goals2.09 xG1.43 xGBrighton & Hove Albion 2.09 xG, Manchester United 1.43 xG
Possession48%52%Brighton & Hove Albion 48%, Manchester United 52%
Corners4 corners4 cornersBrighton & Hove Albion 4 corners, Manchester United 4 corners
Fouls9 fouls13 foulsBrighton & Hove Albion 9 fouls, Manchester United 13 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Brighton & Hove Albion: 14 shots, 5 on target, 2.03 xG. Manchester United: 11 shots, 4 on target, 1.43 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Brighton & Hove Albion 2.03 xG · Manchester United 1.43 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Brighton & Hove Albion

0Draws

1Manchester United

19 May 2024Brighton & Hove Albion — Manchester United · Premier League0–2

16 Sept 2023Manchester United — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League1–3

4 May 2023Brighton & Hove Albion — Manchester United · Premier League1–0

7 Aug 2022Manchester United — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League1–2

7 May 2022Brighton & Hove Albion — Manchester United · Premier League4–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.69 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 24 Aug 2024, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4