Manchester United win 3-0 at Brighton

Premier League · Sun, 24 May 2026 · 15:00UTC

Brighton

Score 0 - 3

FTHT 0-2

Manchester United

Amex Stadium · Referee: S. Barrott

Brighton vs Manchester United head-to-head record

Match report

Manchester United win 3-0 at Brighton

Manchester United beat Brighton 3-0 in Premier League matchday 38 on Sunday, 24 May 2026 at Amex Stadium. P. Dorgu (33'), B. Mbeumo (44') and B. Fernandes (48') scored for Manchester United. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Brighton had 52% of the ball and 13 shots (2 on target) against Manchester United’s 11 (7 on target). Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) was the top-rated player with 8.3. The result leaves Brighton 3rd in the Premier League table on 10 points and Manchester United 12th on 5.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Brighton

3rd · 10 points · P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1

Form

Manchester United

12th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
2	Arsenal	5	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	+6	9
11	Ipswich	5	-4	6
12	Manchester United	5	0	5
13	Nottingham Forest	5	-1	5

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 2 Jan 2027, Brighton – Manchester United

Full Brighton vs Manchester United head-to-head

Match events

33'goalP. DorguAssist: B. Fernandes
44'goalB. MbeumoAssist: A. Diallo
45+3'yellow cardKobbie MainooYellow Card
46'substitutionM. De CuyperOff: Y. Minteh
48'goalB. FernandesAssist: P. Dorgu
50'VAR decisionBruno FernandesGoal confirmed
59'substitutionD. GomezOff: S. March
59'substitutionJ. MilnerOff: C. Baleba
59'substitutionD. WelbeckOff: C. Kostoulas
62'substitutionP. DorguOff: S. Lacey
74'substitutionJ. HinshelwoodOff: G. Rutter
74'substitutionB. MbeumoOff: J. Zirkzee
74'substitutionN. MazraouiOff: L. Yoro
74'substitutionM. MountOff: T. Fletcher
82'substitutionL. ShawOff: T. Malacia

Lineups

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Fabian Hurzeler

Starting XI

Substitutes

Manchester United

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Michael Carrick

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

52%Possession48%
0.79Expected goals (xG)1.66
13Total shots11
2Shots on target7
6Shots off target3
5Blocked shots1
9Shots inside the box7
4Shots outside the box4
0Corners3
1Offsides0
11Fouls8
0Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
5Goalkeeper saves2
484Passes450
415Accurate passes372
86%Pass accuracy83%
0.30Goals prevented0.30

Player statistics

Brighton

Brighton player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Bart VerbruggenG	90	6.2		37 · 86%
5Lewis DunkD	90	6.9		81 · 99%		2	4/7
6Jan Paul van HeckeD	90	7.0		71 · 89%		1	5/6
24Ferdi KadıoğluD	90	6.0	1 (0)	46 · 87%		1	2/3
27Mats WiefferD	90	6.5		37 · 73%		2	5/7
13Jack HinshelwoodM	74	6.2		14 · 71%	1	1	2/4
20James MilnerM	59	6.2		45 · 91%		1	1/6
25Diego GómezM	59	6.5	3 (0)	20 · 60%		1	6/9
29Maxim De CuyperM	45	6.6	1 (0)	13 · 85%	3	1	1/2
30Pascal GroßM	90	6.2	1 (1)	58 · 84%			0/4
18Danny WelbeckF	59	6.0		9 · 89%			0/5
23Jason SteeleG	–	–
21Olivier BoscagliD	–	–
34Joël VeltmanD	–	–
7Solly MarchM	31	6.9	1 (1)	10 · 80%		2	2/4
17Carlos BalebaM	31	7.2		19 · 79%	2	2	6/9
33Matt O'RileyM	–	–
10Georginio RutterF	16	6.5		5 · 80%			0/1
11Yankuba MintehF	45	6.3		10 · 80%	1	3	3/9
19Charalampos KostoulasF	31	7.2	1 (0)	9 · 78%	2		3/4

Manchester United

Manchester United player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
31Senne LammensG	90	6.9				29 · 45%
3Noussair MazraouiD	74	7.0				37 · 84%	1	1	3/5
5Harry MaguireD	90	7.2				52 · 87%	1	1	2/5
6Lisandro MartínezD	90	7.2				49 · 88%		1	1/3
23Luke ShawD	82	6.9			1 (0)	29 · 93%		2	3/8
7Mason MountM	74	7.5				44 · 86%	1	4	7/8
8Bruno FernandesMTop rated	90	8.3	1	1	1 (1)	54 · 87%	4	2	2/4
13Patrick DorguM	62	8.3	1	1	3 (3)	18 · 78%	2	1	5/10
16Amad DialloM	90	7.5		1	2 (2)	35 · 89%	1	1	2/5
37Kobbie MainooM	90	7.2			1 (0)	58 · 78%	1	2	9/15
19Bryan MbeumoF	74	6.6	1		1 (1)	13 · 77%	1		1/5
1Altay BayındırG	–	–
12Tyrell MalaciaD	8	6.9				6 · 100%		2	2/4
15Leny YoroD	16	6.9				2 · 100%		1	1/2
26Ayden HeavenD	–	–
25Manuel UgarteM	–	–
39Tyler FletcherM	16	6.7				12 · 92%
10Matheus CunhaF	–	–
11Joshua ZirkzeeF	16	6.5				4 · 75%			0/1
61Shea LaceyF	28	6.6			1 (0)	8 · 75%			2/5