Manchester United 1-2 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 19 (8 on target) – 13 (4)
- Decisive moment: 12' Brajan Gruda, FN xPts +0.8
Benjamin Šeško 85'
HT 0:1
Brajan Gruda 12'
Danny Welbeck 64'
Danny Welbeck 64'
Manchester United edged xG (1.73–1.59) but Brighton took the win.
Player of the matchBrajan GrudaDecisive moment12' Brajan Gruda+0.8
Player of the match
Brajan Gruda Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester United ahead 0 min · level 12 min · Brighton ahead 78 min
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.
12'
Brajan Gruda
Goal
+0.8
64'
Danny Welbeck
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Brajan Gruda +0.2
+0.5
85'
Benjamin Šeško
Goal · assist Bruno Fernandes
+0.2
89'
Shea Lacey
Red card
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester UnitedBrighton
60%Possession40%
1.73Expected goals (xG)1.59
0.09xG per shot0.12
19Shots13
8Shots on target4
42%Shots on target %31%
13Shots in box9
524Passes361
85%Pass accuracy81%
6Corners1
1Saves7
11Fouls15
4Yellow cards1
5Offsides4
Compared with usual
Manchester United
22 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 1.73 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.59 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 19 | 17.2 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.8 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 11.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 60% | 54.7% | |
| Passes | 524 | 468.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 81.8% | |
| Corners | 6 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 9.4 |
Brighton
24 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.59 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.73 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 13 | 13.8 | |
| On target | 4 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 19 | 12.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 40% | 52.6% | |
| Passes | 361 | 467.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 84.3% | |
| Corners | 1 | 4.6 | low |
| Fouls | 15 | 12.6 |
Timeline
- 12' Goal Brajan Gruda competition goal #1
- 60' Yellow Kobbie Mainoo
- 62' Sub Mason Mount → Shea Lacey
- 62' Sub Kobbie Mainoo → Joshua Zirkzee
- 64' Goal Danny Welbeck competition goal #1 assist Brajan Gruda
- 77' Sub Diego Gómez → Jan Paul van Hecke
- 77' Sub Joël Veltman → Yasin Ayari
- 78' Sub Danny Welbeck → Kaoru Mitoma
- 79' Sub Lisandro Martínez → Harry Maguire
- 79' Sub Manuel Ugarte → Casemiro
- 83' Sub Georginio Rutter → Charalampos Kostoulas
- 85' Goal Benjamin Šeško competition goal #1 assist Bruno Fernandes
- 87' Yellow Shea Lacey
- 89' Second yellow Shea Lacey
- 90+2' Sub Brajan Gruda → Tom Watson
- 90+3' Yellow Harry Maguire
- 90+3' Yellow Charalampos Kostoulas
Category leaders
- Key passesBruno Fernandes5
- Duels wonBrajan Gruda10/20
- DribblesMatheus Cunha3/6
- Defensive actionsPascal Groß7
- ShotsBenjamin Šeško4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonMatheus Cunha4
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.