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Manchester United

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Manchester United head into this match after a 2-2 Premier League draw against Burnley.

In that match, Manchester United managed 65% possession and 30 attempts at goal with 10 on target. For Manchester United, the goalscorers were Ayden Heaven (13' Own goal) and Benjamin Šeško (50', 60'). On the other side, Burnley had 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Jaidon Anthony (66') scored for Burnley.

It has been seldom in recent games where Manchester United have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Manchester United have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals on the way.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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In their previous game, Brighton drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Manchester City.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 40% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Brighton & Hove Albion was Kaoru Mitoma (60'). On the other side, Manchester City had 22 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Erling Haaland (41') was the scorer for Manchester City.

During their 6 latest matches, Fabian Hürzeler's Brighton & Hove Albion have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 6 times - earning them the goals per game average of 1.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 04/05/2023 tells us that Manchester United have won 2 of these & Brighton 4, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

A sum of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 for The Red Devils and 11 belonging to The Seagulls. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Premier League match day 9 on 25/10/2025 when the final score was Manchester United 4-2 Brighton & Hove Albion.

On that occasion, Manchester United had 43% possession and 13 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Cunha (24'), Casemiro (34') and Bryan Mbeumo (61', 96').

At the other end, Brighton & Hove Albion got 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Danny Welbeck (74') and Charalampos Kostoulas (92') scored.

The referee was Anthony Taylor.

🗞️ Team News: Manchester United

Harry Maguire (Thigh problems) and Matthijs de Ligt (Back problems) won’t be playing for Manchester United gaffer Darren Fletcher.

📋 Team News: Brighton

Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler has some current player fitness concerns. Mats Wieffer (Toe injury), Solly March (Fitness), Adam Webster (Cruciate ligament injury) and Stefanos Tzimas (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

⚡ Prediction

Brighton & Hove Albion will do well to be putting goals past a Manchester United outfit who appear set to do really well if they play to their full potential.

We think that it’s going to be a 3-0 victory for Manchester United at the end of the 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 16:01 11/01/2026