Premiership · Matchday 23
Manchester United v Brighton
2–1
HT 2–0
Manchester United beat Brighton 2–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 19th January 2019 in the Premiership. Paul Pogba (27') and Marcus Rashford (42') scored for United. United were captained by Ashley Young, and the referee was Paul Tierney.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 27' Paul Pogba pen 1–0
- 42' Marcus Rashford Assist: Diogo Dalot 2–0
- Half Time 2–0
- 72' Pascal Gross Assist: Davy Pröpper 2–1
- 75' Juan Mata for Lingard
- 83' Romelu Lukaku for Martial
- 90' Marcus Rashford
- 90' Matteo Darmian for Rashford
- Full Time 2–1
Match Facts
56%
Possession
4-3-3
Formation
Paul Tierney
Referee
Ashley Young
Captain
Starting XI
Player
6 Paul Pogba 27'
Brighton Lineup
4-1-4-1
Starting XI
3 Gaëtan Bong LB
4 Shane Duffy CD-R
5 Lewis Dunk CD-L
6 Dale Stephens AM
9 Jürgen Locadia LM
13 Pascal Groß CM-R ⚽
17 Glenn Murray F
20 Solly March RM
22 Martín Montoya RB
24 Davy Propper CM-L
27 David Button G
Substitutes
2 Bruno
7 Biram Kiyal on
10 Florin Andone on
11 Anthony Knockaert on
14 Leon Balogun
23 Jason Steele
42 Viktor Gyökeres
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United
OPP
Chris Hughton
Brighton
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Brighton
4-1-4-1
United vs Brighton History
Meeting 21 of 39
39
Played
22
Won
6
Drawn
11
Lost
65
Goals For
40
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 16th January 1909. After this match United had played Brighton 21 times: 13W 5D 3L.
17 Mar 2018 W 2–0 FAC 4 May 2018 L 0–1 PL 19 Aug 2018 L 2–3 PL
19 Jan 2019 W 2–1 This match
10 Nov 2019 W 3–1 PL 30 Jun 2020 W 3–0 PL 26 Sep 2020 W 3–2 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 |
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 →