Premiership · Matchday 25

Manchester United v Brighton

2–0

HT 0–0

Tuesday 15th February 2022 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,012

Manchester United beat Brighton 2–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 15th February 2022 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (51') and Bruno Fernandes (90'+7') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Peter Bankes.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
51' Cristiano Ronaldo Assist: Scott McTominay 1–0
53' Bruno Fernandes
54' Lewis Dunk
72' Luke Shaw
73' Paul Pogba for Fred
79' Marcus Rashford for Elanga
80' Alex Telles for Sancho
85' Alexis Mac Allister
90' Scott McTominay
90+7' Bruno Fernandes Assist: Paul Pogba 2–0
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

50%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Peter Bankes

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

5 Harry Maguire

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 51'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 90'+7

Substitutes

73' for Fred

79' for Elanga

80' for Sancho

Brighton Lineup

4-1-2-1-2

Starting XI

1 Robert Sánchez G

3 Marc Cucurella LB

4 Adam Webster CD-R

5 Lewis Dunk CD-L

8 Yves Bissouma DM

9 Neal Maupay CF-R

10 Alexis Mac Allister LM

11 Leandro Trossard CF-L

13 Pascal Groß RM

15 Jakub Moder AM

34 Joël Veltman RB

Substitutes

2 Tariq Lamptey on

14 Adam Lallana

17 Steven Alzate on

18 Danny Welbeck on

20 Solly March

23 Jason Steele

24 Shane Duffy

25 Moisés Caicedo

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

4-1-2-1-2

Man Utd Brighton

50%

Possession

50%

1.7

Expected Goals (xG)

0.7

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.60

Avg Player Rating

6.40

27.1

Avg Age

26.4

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 27 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 27 times: 19W 5D 3L.

26 Sep 2020 W 3–2 PL 30 Sep 2020 W 3–0 LC 4 Apr 2021 W 2–1 PL

15 Feb 2022 W 2–0 This match

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

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 →