Premiership · Matchday 02

Brighton v Manchester United

3–2

HT 3–1

Sunday 19th August 2018 · Amex Stadium · Att: 30,592

Manchester United lost 2–3 to Brighton at Amex Stadium on Sunday 19th August 2018 in the Premiership. Romelu Lukaku (34') and Paul Pogba (90+4') scored for United. United were captained by Paul Pogba, and the referee was Kevin Friend.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
25' Glenn Murray Assist: Solly March 1–0
27' Shane Duffy Assist: Anthony Knockaert 2–0
34' Romelu Lukaku 2–1
44' Pascal Gross pen 3–1
45' Anthony Martial
45' Jesse Lingard for Pereira
45' Marcus Rashford for Mata
Half Time 3–1
60' Marouane Fellaini for Martial
67' Glenn Murray
90+4' Paul Pogba pen 3–2
Full Time 3–2

Match Facts

67%

Possession

4-3-3

Formation

Kevin Friend

Referee

Paul Pogba

Captain

Starting XI

Player

6 Paul Pogba 90+4'

9 Romelu Lukaku 34'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

45' for Pereira

45' for Mata

60' for Martial

Brighton Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

1 Mathew Ryan G

3 Gaëtan Bong LB

4 Shane Duffy CD-R ⚽

5 Lewis Dunk CD-L

6 Dale Stephens CM-R

11 Anthony Knockaert RM

13 Pascal Groß RCF ⚽

17 Glenn Murray F ⚽

20 Solly March LM

22 Martín Montoya RB

24 Davy Propper CM-L

Substitutes

7 Biram Kiyal on

8 Yves Bissouma

9 Jürgen Locadia on

14 Leon Balogun on

16 Alireza Jahanbakhsh

27 David Button

30 Bernardo

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Chris Hughton

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Brighton

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Brighton

67%

Possession

33%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.03

Avg Player Rating

6.88

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 20 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 20 times: 12W 5D 3L.

25 Nov 2017 W 1–0 PL 17 Mar 2018 W 2–0 FAC 4 May 2018 L 0–1 PL

19 Aug 2018 L 2–3 This match

19 Jan 2019 W 2–1 PL 10 Nov 2019 W 3–1 PL 30 Jun 2020 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 →