Premiership · Matchday 02

Brighton v Manchester United

2–3

HT 1–1

Saturday 26th September 2020 · Amex Stadium · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Brighton 3–2 at Amex Stadium on Saturday 26th September 2020 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (55') and Bruno Fernandes (90'+10') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Chris Kavanagh.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
22' Bruno Fernandes
40' Neal Maupay pen 1–0
41' Nemanja Matic
42' Leandro Trossard
43' Lewis Dunk OG 1–1
Half Time 1–1
55' Marcus Rashford Assist: Bruno Fernandes 1–2
65' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Pogba
74' Ben White
83' Lewis Dunk
83' Eric Bailly for Greenwood
90' Alireza Jahanbakhsh
90' Donny van de Beek for Martial
90+5' Solly March Assist: Alireza Jahanbakhsh 2–2
90+10' Bruno Fernandes pen 2–3
Full Time 2–3

Match Facts

47%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Chris Kavanagh

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

10 Marcus Rashford 55'

11 Mason Greenwood

18 Bruno Fernandes 90'+10

23 Luke Shaw

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka

31 Nemanja Matic

Substitutes

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

65' for Pogba

Eric Bailly

83' for Greenwood

Donny van de Beek

90' for Martial

Brighton Lineup

3-4-3

Starting XI

1 Mathew Ryan G

2 Tariq Lamptey RM

3 Ben White CD-R

4 Adam Webster CD-L

5 Lewis Dunk CD

7 Aaron Connolly F

9 Neal Maupay CF-L ⚽

11 Leandro Trossard CF-R

14 Adam Lallana CM-R

17 Steven Alzate CM-L

20 Solly March LM ⚽

Substitutes

13 Pascal Groß on

16 Alireza Jahanbakhsh on

23 Jason Steele

30 Bernardo

33 Dan Burn

34 Joël Veltman

49 Jayson Molumby

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

3-4-3

Man Utd Brighton

47%

Possession

53%

1.6

Expected Goals (xG)

2.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.10

Avg Player Rating

6.70

25.8

Avg Age

25.2

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 24 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 24 times: 16W 5D 3L.

19 Jan 2019 W 2–1 PL 10 Nov 2019 W 3–1 PL 30 Jun 2020 W 3–0 PL

26 Sep 2020 W 3–2 This match

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