Premiership · Matchday 37

Brighton v Manchester United

4–0

HT 1–0

Saturday 7th May 2022 · Amex Stadium · Att: 31,637

Manchester United lost 0–4 to Brighton at Amex Stadium on Saturday 7th May 2022 in the Premiership. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Andy Madley.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
15' Moises Caicedo 1–0
45' Cristiano Ronaldo
45' Edinson Cavani for Matic
45' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Elanga
Half Time 1–0
47' Diogo Dalot
49' Marc Cucurella Assist: Leandro Trossard 2–0
57' Pascal Gross Assist: Leandro Trossard 3–0
60' Leandro Trossard 4–0
70' Harry Maguire for Mata
Full Time 4–0

Match Facts

United's heaviest defeat to Brighton at the time, in their 28th meeting.

58%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Andy Madley

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

Substitutes

45' for Matic

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

45' for Elanga

Harry Maguire

70' for Mata

Brighton Lineup

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

1 Robert Sánchez G

3 Marc Cucurella CD-L ⚽

5 Lewis Dunk CD

8 Yves Bissouma CM-R

10 Alexis Mac Allister CF-L

11 Leandro Trossard LM ⚽

13 Pascal Groß CF-R ⚽

18 Danny Welbeck F

20 Solly March RM

25 Moisés Caicedo CM-L ⚽

34 Joël Veltman CD-R

Substitutes

2 Tariq Lamptey on

4 Adam Webster on

9 Neal Maupay on

14 Adam Lallana

17 Steven Alzate

23 Jason Steele

24 Shane Duffy

57 Odeluga Offiah

58 Evan Ferguson

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

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Graham Potter

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brighton

3-4-2-1

Man Utd Brighton

58%

Possession

42%

0.8

Expected Goals (xG)

2.4

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.18

Avg Player Rating

7.49

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 28 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 28 times: 19W 5D 4L.

30 Sep 2020 W 3–0 LC 4 Apr 2021 W 2–1 PL 15 Feb 2022 W 2–0 PL

7 May 2022 L 0–4 This match

7 Aug 2022 L 1–2 PL 23 Apr 2023 D 0–0 FAC 4 May 2023 L 0–1 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 →