Premiership · Matchday 22

Manchester United v Brighton

1–3

HT 1–1

Sunday 19th January 2025 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,758

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Brighton at Old Trafford on Sunday 19th January 2025 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (23') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
5' Yankuba Minteh Assist: Kaoru Mitoma 0–1
21' Carlos Baleba
23' Bruno Fernandes pen 1–1
43' Yankuba Minteh
Half Time 1–1
60' Kaoru Mitoma Assist: Yankuba Minteh 1–2
61' Manuel Ugarte
64' Alejandro Garnacho for Mainoo
64' Toby Collyer for Ugarte
76' Georginio Rutter 1–3
84' Antony dos Santos for Mazraoui
84' Rasmus Hojlund for Zirkzee
90' Harry Maguire
90' Solly March
90' Leny Yoro
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

Bruno Fernandes' 8th goal of 2024-2025, and his 87th for United.

Starting XI

Player

3 Noussair Mazraoui

4 Matthijs de Ligt

5 Harry Maguire

8 Bruno Fernandes 23'

Substitutes

64' for Mainoo

64' for Ugarte

84' for Mazraoui

84' for Zirkzee

Brighton Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

1 Bart Verbruggen G

5 Lewis Dunk CD-L

9 João Pedro CF-R

17 Yankuba Minteh RM ⚽

18 Danny Welbeck CF-L

20 Carlos Baleba CM-R

22 Kaoru Mitoma LM ⚽

26 Yasin Ayari CM-L

29 Jan Paul van Hecke CD-R

30 Pervis Estupiñán LB

34 Joël Veltman RB

Substitutes

2 Tariq Lamptey on

4 Adam Webster

7 Solly March on

10 Julio Enciso on

11 Simon Adingra

14 Georginio Rutter on ⚽

23 Jason Steele

25 Diego Gómez on

44 Ruairi McConville

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ruben Amorim

Manchester United

OPP

Fabian Hurzeler

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Brighton

4-4-2

Man Utd Brighton

52%

Possession

48%

1.5

Expected Goals (xG)

1.9

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.20

Avg Player Rating

7.40

25.3

Avg Age

26.2

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 35 of 39

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 16th January 1909. After this match United had played Brighton 35 times: 20W 6D 9L.

16 Sep 2023 L 1–3 PL 19 May 2024 W 2–0 PL 24 Aug 2024 L 1–2 PL

19 Jan 2025 L 1–3 This match

25 Oct 2025 W 4–2 PL 11 Jan 2026 L 1–2 FAC 24 May 2026 W 3–0 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

All 39 meetings with Brighton →

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 →