📏 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United will be looking for another win after a 3-1 Premier League triumph versus Southampton.

In that game, Manchester United managed 59% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Manchester United, the goalscorers were Manuel Ugarte (42' Own goal) and Amad Diallo (82', 90', 94'). At the other end, Southampton had 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

It’s not been often in recent times where Manchester United have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Manchester United have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals in the process. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton will come into the clash following on from a 0-2 Premier League win against Ipswich Town in their last fixture.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 53% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, goals were scored by Kaoru Mitoma (59') and Georginio Rutter (82'). For their opponents, Ipswich Town got 5 shots at goal with 3 on target.

A succession of outstanding performances from the Brighton & Hove Albion defenders has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 clashes in total. Over that same period, their own attack force has managed to score 10.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 07/08/2022 tells us that Manchester United have won 1 of these and Brighton 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined total of 13 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from The Red Devils and 8 belonging to The Seagulls. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league contest between these sides was Premier League match day 2 on 24/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester United.

That time, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 48% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Danny Welbeck (32') and João Pedro (95').

At the other end, Manchester United got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Amad Diallo (60') scored.

The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.

📰 Team News: Manchester United

Daniel Gore (Shoulder injury), Mason Mount (Thigh problems), Victor Lindelöf (unknown injury), Luke Shaw (unknown injury) and Jonny Evans (Muscle injury) will not be able to play for Manchester United manager Rúben Amorim.

We are thinking that The Red Devils may well make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation in the match featuring Andre Onana, Matthijs de Ligt, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Noussair Mazraoui, Diogo Dalot, Kobbie Mainoo, Christian Eriksen, Amad Diallo, Bruno Fernandes and Joshua Zirkzee.

📰 Team News: Brighton

Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler has not got a full squad to pick from. Jack Hinshelwood (unknown injury), Mats Wieffer (Leg injury), James Milner (Thigh problems), Evan Ferguson (Ankle problems), Brajan Gruda (unknown injury), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Toe joint capsular tear) and Igor (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Seagulls will likely make use of a 4-4-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Bart Verbruggen, Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupinan, Georginio Rutter, Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari, Kaoru Mitoma, Joao Pedro and Danny Welbeck.

💭 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Brighton & Hove Albion will do well to score goals against this Manchester United side who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a good tussle with a 1-0 win for Manchester United at the end of the match.

Let’s see what happens.

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Andre Moura, 13:01 19/01/2025