Manchester United 1-3 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 52% – 48%
- Shots 10 (1 on target) – 6 (3)
- Decisive moment: 60' Kaoru Mitoma, FN xPts +1.1
Bruno Fernandes 23' (pen)
HT 1:1
Yankuba Minteh 5'
Kaoru Mitoma 60'
Georginio Rutter 76'
Kaoru Mitoma 60'
Georginio Rutter 76'
Manchester United 13th · 26 pts|Brighton 10th → 9th · 34 pts
Brighton won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.48–1.93).
Player of the matchKaoru MitomaDecisive moment60' Kaoru Mitoma+1.1
Player of the match
Kaoru Mitoma Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester United ahead 0 min · level 42 min · Brighton ahead 48 min
- Georginio Rutter — off the bench 21 min · 1G 0A
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.
5'
Yankuba Minteh
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Kaoru Mitoma +0.2
+0.7
23'
Bruno Fernandes
Pen goal
+0.7
60'
Kaoru Mitoma
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Yankuba Minteh +0.3
+1.1
76'
Georginio Rutter
Goal
+0.5
Manchester United
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments +0.7Opponent moments −1.9Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +2.3Opponent moments −0.8Time effect +0.3→ 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
Manchester UnitedBrighton
52%Possession48%
1.48Expected goals (xG)1.93
0.15xG per shot0.32
10Shots6
1Shots on target3
10%Shots on target %50%
9Shots in box4
463Passes437
83%Pass accuracy81%
4Corners2
0Saves0
13Fouls12
3Yellow cards3
3Offsides3
Compared with usual
Manchester United
31 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.48 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.93 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 10 | 15.4 | |
| On target | 1 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 11.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 52% | 54.4% | |
| Passes | 463 | 522.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84.5% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 11.3 |
Brighton
25 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.93 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.48 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 6 | 15 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.4 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 11.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.32 | 0.09 | high |
| Possession | 48% | 52.2% | |
| Passes | 437 | 463.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 85.2% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.1 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 11.8 |
Timeline
- 5' Goal Yankuba Minteh league goal #3 assist Kaoru Mitoma
- 21' Yellow Carlos Baleba
- 23' Goal Bruno Fernandes (pen) league goal #5
- 43' Yellow Yankuba Minteh
- 55' VAR João Pedro
- 60' Goal Kaoru Mitoma league goal #5 assist Yankuba Minteh
- 62' Yellow Manuel Ugarte
- 64' Sub Manuel Ugarte → Toby Collyer
- 64' Sub Kobbie Mainoo → Alejandro Garnacho
- 69' Sub Danny Welbeck → Georginio Rutter
- 69' Sub Yankuba Minteh → Solly March
- 76' Goal Georginio Rutter league goal #4
- 84' Sub Joshua Zirkzee → Rasmus Højlund
- 84' Sub Noussair Mazraoui → Antony
- 84' Sub Pervis Estupiñán → Tariq Lamptey
- 90+5' Yellow Harry Maguire
- 90+5' Sub João Pedro → Julio Enciso
- 90+5' Sub Carlos Baleba → Diego Gómez
- 90+8' Yellow Leny Yoro
- 90+8' Yellow Solly March
Category leaders
- Key passesAmad Diallo4
- Duels wonAmad Diallo8/12
- DribblesDiogo Dalot2/4
- Defensive actionsAmad Diallo4
- Fouls wonAmad Diallo3
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.