English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 19, 2019
Brighton & Hove Albion DWDWL 1
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Manchester United WWWWW 2
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BHA011
MAN202
Old Trafford · 74,532 att.

Match Report

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Manchester United extend winning run, close gap on top four

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer extended his winning start at Manchester United to eight games in all competitions as Brighton were beaten 2-1 at Old Trafford.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
44
Possession
56
7
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
310
Accurate Passes
431
391
Passes
507
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.2
71
Long Balls
39
41
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
13
Interceptions
5
18
Effective Clearances
17
18
Clearances
17

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

MAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 2Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 20Diogo DalotLB
  5. 18Ashley YoungRB
  6. 31Nemanja MaticCM
  7. 6Paul PogbaLM
  8. 21Ander HerreraRM
  9. 10Marcus RashfordF
  10. 11Anthony MartialLF
  11. 14Jesse LingardRF

BHA · 4-5-1

  1. 27David ButtonG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 22Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 13Pascal GrossCM-R
  8. 6Dale StephensAM
  9. 9Jürgen LocadiaLM
  10. 20Solly MarchRM
  11. 17Glenn MurrayF

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Manchester United 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 42' Goal! Manchester United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  3. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Florin Andone replaces Glenn Murray.
  4. 61' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces Solly March.
  5. 72' Goal! Manchester United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Davy Pröpper with a cross.
  6. 75' Substitution, Manchester United. Juan Mata replaces Jesse Lingard.
  7. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Beram Kayal replaces Pascal Groß.
  8. 83' Substitution, Manchester United. Romelu Lukaku replaces Anthony Martial.
  9. 90'+3' Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+4' Substitution, Manchester United. Matteo Darmian replaces Marcus Rashford.

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