Premiership · Matchday 30

Manchester United v Brighton

2–1

HT 0–1

Sunday 4th April 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Brighton 2–1 at Old Trafford on Sunday 4th April 2021 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (63') and Mason Greenwood (83') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Mike Dean.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
13' Danny Welbeck 0–1
42' Pascal Gross
42' Pascal Groß
Half Time 0–1
63' Marcus Rashford Assist: Bruno Fernandes 1–1
63' Edinson Cavani
66' Ben White
72' Daniel James for Rashford
82' Donny van de Beek for Cavani
83' Mason Greenwood Assist: Paul Pogba 2–1
84' Scott McTominay for Pogba
89' Mason Greenwood
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

57%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Mike Dean

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

10 Marcus Rashford 63'

11 Mason Greenwood 83'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

72' for Rashford

82' for Cavani

84' for Pogba

Brighton Lineup

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

3 Ben White CD-R

5 Lewis Dunk CD

8 Yves Bissouma CM-L

9 Neal Maupay CF-R

11 Leandro Trossard AM

13 Pascal Groß RM

14 Adam Lallana CM-R

15 Jakub Moder LM

18 Danny Welbeck CF-L ⚽

26 Robert Sánchez G

34 Joël Veltman CD-L

Substitutes

6 Michal Karbownik

10 Alexis Mac Allister on

16 Alireza Jahanbakhsh on

17 Steven Alzate

19 José Izquierdo

23 Jason Steele

24 Davy Propper

25 Moisés Caicedo

29 Andi Zeqiri on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Graham Potter

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brighton

3-4-1-2

Man Utd Brighton

57%

Possession

43%

1.5

Expected Goals (xG)

1.2

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.50

Avg Player Rating

6.60

26.2

Avg Age

26.9

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 26 of 39

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 16th January 1909. After this match United had played Brighton 26 times: 18W 5D 3L.

30 Jun 2020 W 3–0 PL 26 Sep 2020 W 3–2 PL 30 Sep 2020 W 3–0 LC

4 Apr 2021 W 2–1 This match

15 Feb 2022 W 2–0 PL 7 May 2022 L 0–4 PL 7 Aug 2022 L 1–2 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	20	13	2	5	34	22	65.0
Away	16	8	2	6	25	16	50.0
Neutral	3	1	2	0	6	2	33.3

All 39 meetings with Brighton →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →