Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 13

Manchester United v Brighton

1–0
HT 0–0
Saturday 25th November 2017 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,018

Manchester United beat Brighton 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 25th November 2017 in the Premiership. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Niel Swarbrick.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. Half Time 0–0
  3. 59' Glenn Murray
  4. 62' Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Mata
  5. 66' Lewis Dunk OG 1–0
  6. 71' Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Martial
  7. 80' Marouane Fellaini for Rashford
  8. 87' Shane Duffy
  9. Full Time 1–0
57%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Niel Swarbrick
Referee
Antonio Valencia
Captain

Starting XI

Brighton Lineup

4-4-1-1
Starting XI
1 Mathew Ryan G
2 Bruno RB
3 Gaëtan Bong LB
5 Lewis Dunk CD-L
6 Dale Stephens AM
11 Anthony Knockaert RM
13 Pascal Groß CM-R
17 Glenn Murray F
20 Solly March LM
22 Shane Duffy CD-R
24 Davy Propper CM-L
Substitutes
7 Biram Kiyal
10 Tomer Hemed on
18 Connor Goldson
19 José Izquierdo on
21 Ezequiel Schelotto
26 Tim Krul
37 Isaiah Brown on

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
4-2-3-1
Formation
Brighton
4-4-1-1
Man Utd Brighton
57%
Possession
43%
11
Shots
5
4
Shots on Target
2
7
Shots Inside Box
4
8
Shots Outside Box
4
0
Big Chances
0
5
Corners
0
9
Fouls
9
2
Offsides
1
2
Saves
4
7.04
Avg Player Rating
6.24

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 17 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 17 times: 11W 5D 1L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 201325 342265.0
Away 16826 251650.0
Neutral 3120 6233.3
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 →