Brighton vs Manchester United Prediction & Betting Tips

We’re counting down to EFL Cup action taking place on Wednesday when Brighton meet Manchester United.

Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Brighton v Manchester United match are shown here - as well as the best betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-3 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Manchester United.

In that match, Brighton & Hove Albion had 53% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, goals were scored by Neal Maupay (40'), Lewis Dunk (43' Own goal) and Solly March (95'). For their opponents, Manchester United had 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Marcus Rashford (55') and Bruno Fernandes (100') scored for Manchester United.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Brighton & Hove Albion have taken part. Their opponents scored 7 of them in this period whereas The Seagulls amassed a tally of 14.

Manchester United

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Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Manchester United have bagged a tally of 11 goals. The Red Devils have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, their defenders have seen 8 goals go against them. That sort of pattern might not follow through here, of course.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 04/05/2018 shows us that Brighton have won 2 of these and Manchester United 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

A sum of 21 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for The Seagulls and 13 for The Red Devils. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

📋 Team News: Brighton

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Brighton gaffer Graham Potter to contend with due to a largely intact group. Florin Andone (Ruptured cruciate ligament) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Manchester United

From a largely available group, there’s just the sole fitness problem for the Manchester United boss Ole Solskjær to contend with. Paul Pogba (Corona virus) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Brighton must be fancied to find the net against this Manchester United outfit, but a single goal isn’t likely to be good enough.

We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Manchester United at full-time. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Victor Martins, 10:24 30/09/2020