Premiership · Matchday 01

Manchester United v Brighton

1–2

HT 0–2

Sunday 7th August 2022 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,711

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Brighton at Old Trafford on Sunday 7th August 2022 in the Premiership. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Paul Tierney.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
25' Scott McTominay
30' Pascal Gross Assist: Danny Welbeck 0–1
39' Pascal Gross 0–2
45' Lisandro Martinez
Half Time 0–2
53' Leandro Trossard
53' Harry Maguire
53' Cristiano Ronaldo for Fred
68' Alexis Mac Allister OG 1–2
74' Luke Shaw
78' Donny van de Beek for McTominay
90' Tyrell Malacia for Shaw
90' Alejandro Garnacho for Fernandes
90' Anthony Elanga for Sancho
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

62%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Paul Tierney

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

53' for Fred

78' for McTominay

90' for Shaw

90' for Fernandes

90' for Sancho

Brighton Lineup

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

1 Robert Sánchez G

4 Adam Webster CD-L

5 Lewis Dunk CD

7 Solly March RM

10 Alexis Mac Allister RCM

11 Leandro Trossard LM

13 Pascal Groß CM-R ⚽⚽

14 Adam Lallana AM

18 Danny Welbeck F

25 Moisés Caicedo CM-L

34 Joël Veltman CD-R

Substitutes

2 Tariq Lamptey on

6 Levi Colwill on

8 Enock Mwepu on

9 Neal Maupay

19 Jeremy Sarmiento

21 Deniz Undav on

22 Kaoru Mitoma

23 Jason Steele

29 Jan Paul van Hecke

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

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Graham Potter

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brighton

3-4-2-1

Man Utd Brighton

62%

Possession

38%

1.4

Expected Goals (xG)

1.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.68

Avg Player Rating

7.13

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 29 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 29 times: 19W 5D 5L.

4 Apr 2021 W 2–1 PL 15 Feb 2022 W 2–0 PL 7 May 2022 L 0–4 PL

7 Aug 2022 L 1–2 This match

23 Apr 2023 D 0–0 FAC 4 May 2023 L 0–1 PL 16 Sep 2023 L 1–3 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 →