FA Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion 3:2 Manchester United

Falmer Stadium

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Sun, 19 August 2018 @ 4:00pm BST
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    They're not that bad though. None of our centre-backs are world class but neither were the ones we targeted.

    The team needs better management and coaching, as well as transfers. Some of this stuff is down to how we play.

    All our defenders make individual errors that lead to goals. That is a problem of quality and concentration.

    We let teams come on to us, which obviously means that the margins are tighter so odd giveaways cost points and stay in the memory.
     
    Shaw is having a great game. Really hope we don't randomly drop him again.
     
    State of Young....
     
    Lads, it's only preseason! We are fecking terrible, second game of the season, and we "play" this static bullshit.
     
    The meltdown will be real when Fellaini comes on to change the game.
    You should've seen the huge Belgian crowd I was when we were 2-0 down against Japan at the World Cup with Fellaini and Chadli coming on to save the game. :lol: We were all dancing at the end though.
     
    Why the feck did we not buy a right winger? All summer chasing a centre back and yet our worst position neglected.
     
    I think other teams have figured out how to play our system (press) and rather than attempting something new we are just working on perfecting this system. Our players are still better than most teams in the league so we get a lot of wins yet the performance is rarely representative of the gap in quality.

    People may disagree but I think we played fairly good football in our first season and a half under Jose but now teams are playing against us correctly our lack of movement off the ball is a glaring fault that makes our players look like they are terrible passers and have awful first touches.

    Still might go on and win this game but we will make it a hell of a lot more difficult than needed.
     
    When young pass was intercepted, Mata struggled to run back.
    Off with him in the 2nd half.
     
    I'm going to have to have to uninstall this United app. It's ahead of my tv and spoilered all 3 goals so far.
     
    If you can’t be good, be lucky! That’s the first bit of masking tape over the broken mess that is the Manchester United team of 2018.
     
    We are so deep that we just invite teams to press up high on us. Makes it so hard to play out from the back.
     
    Mata needs to come off. Not good enough so far - poor passing, not sticking to his position, too slow in attack, too slow to track back. RW is not his position, never will be.
     
    35 minutes and we haven’t tested the goalie. It’s the same week in, week out.

    We should be in control. We should create the tempo. Why do we allow small teams to control the game?

    Brighton is hardly a difficult place to go.
     
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Player Ratings

3.7 Total Average Rating

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Score Predictions

663,43,46
  • Man Utd win
  • Brighton win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 36% Brighton 0:2 Man Utd
  • 14% Brighton 0:3 Man Utd
  • 12% Brighton 0:1 Man Utd
  • 11% Brighton 1:2 Man Utd
  • 10% Brighton 1:3 Man Utd
  • 4% Brighton 1:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Brighton 0:4 Man Utd
  • 3% Brighton 1:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Brighton 0:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Brighton 0:5 Man Utd
  • 1% Brighton 5:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Brighton 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Brighton 2:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Brighton 2:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Brighton 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Brighton 2:2 Man Utd
  • 0% Brighton 2:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Brighton 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Brighton 1:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Brighton 3:2 Man Utd
Compiled from 752 predictions.
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Match Stats

  1. Brighton
  2. Man Utd
Possession
33% 67%
Shots
6 9
Shots on Target
3 3
Corners
3 5
Fouls
16 13

Referee

Kevin Friend