Brighton 0-2 Manchester United
Key numbers
- Possession 55% – 45%
- Shots 17 (3 on target) – 11 (4)
- Decisive moment: 73' Diogo Dalot, FN xPts +1.4
HT 0:0
Diogo Dalot 73'
Rasmus Højlund 88'
Rasmus Højlund 88'
Brighton 10th · 48 pts|Manchester United 8th → 7th · 60 pts
Brighton edged xG (1.88–1.29) but Manchester United took the win.
Player of the matchDiogo DalotDecisive moment73' Diogo Dalot+1.4
Player of the match
Diogo Dalot Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Brighton ahead 0 min · level 73 min · Manchester United ahead 17 min
- Rasmus Højlund — off the bench 30 min · 1G 0A
- Christian Eriksen — off the bench 15 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
73'
Diogo Dalot
Goal
+1.4
88'
Rasmus Højlund
Goal · assist Christian Eriksen
+0.2
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.7→ League points won 0
Manchester United
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments +1.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BrightonManchester United
55%Possession45%
1.88Expected goals (xG)1.29
0.11xG per shot0.12
17Shots11
3Shots on target4
18%Shots on target %36%
13Shots in box8
548Passes462
90%Pass accuracy86%
7Corners5
2Saves2
10Fouls9
1Yellow cards3
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
Brighton
49 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 1.88 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.29 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 17 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 11.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 55% | 60.7% | |
| Passes | 548 | 617.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 88.5% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 10.8 |
Manchester United
50 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 1.29 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.88 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 11 | 15.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.4 | |
| Shots faced | 17 | 16.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 45% | 51.6% | |
| Passes | 462 | 490.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 82.4% | |
| Corners | 5 | 5.9 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.7 |
Timeline
- 22' Yellow Sofyan Amrabat
- 45+1' Yellow Bruno Fernandes
- 56' Sub Adam Lallana → Julio Enciso
- 59' Sub Lisandro Martínez → Jonny Evans
- 60' Sub Bruno Fernandes → Rasmus Højlund
- 69' Sub Sofyan Amrabat → Raphaël Varane
- 73' Goal Diogo Dalot league goal #2
- 75' Sub Amad Diallo → Marcus Rashford
- 75' Sub Kobbie Mainoo → Christian Eriksen
- 81' Sub Simon Adingra → Ansu Fati
- 81' Sub Valentín Barco → Tariq Lamptey
- 81' Sub Carlos Baleba → Billy Gilmour
- 87' Yellow Billy Gilmour
- 88' Goal Rasmus Højlund league goal #10 assist Christian Eriksen
- 90+4' Yellow Casemiro
Category leaders
- Key passesPascal Groß4
- Duels wonCasemiro7/13
- DribblesRasmus Højlund4/4
- Defensive actionsCasemiro12
- ShotsJoão Pedro3 (on target 1)
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.