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Brighton & Hove Albion prevails over Manchester United 2-1 with P. Gross scoring a double

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MANCHESTER. Brighton & Hove Albion prevailed over Manchester United to win 2-1. P. Gross was the key to score 2 goals.

MANCHESTER. Brighton & Hove Albion beat Manchester United to win 2-1. P. Gross was the key to score 2 goals. It was Brighton & Hove Albion to strike first with a goal of P. Gross at the 30′. Then P. Gross scored again for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 39′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Eventually, A. Mac Allister reduced the distance for Manchester United with an own goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Manchester United was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Paul Tierney with the help of Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 21.1 degrees Celsius or 70.03 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 51%.​

Match Statistics

Manchester United was in firm control of the ball 63% while Brighton & Hove Albion was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Manchester United was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Brighton & Hove Albion found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Manchester United shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Manchester United received 4 yellow cards (S. McTominay, L. Martinez, H. Maguire and L. Shaw). On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card (L. Trossard).

After playing this match, Manchester United stays with 0 points to occupy the 13th place in the standings. while Brighton & Hove Albion has 0 points (10th).

Match Events

  • 26'
    26'

    S. McTominay

  • 30'
    30'

    P. Gross

    D. Welbeck

  • 39'
    39'

    P. Gross

  • 45'
    45'

    L. Martinez

  • 53'
    53'

    Leandro Trossard

  • 53'
    53'

    Harry Maguire

  • 54'
    54'

    C. Ronaldo

    Fred

  • 68'
    68'

    A. Mac Allister (OG)

  • 69'
    69'

    Robert Sánchez (Goal Confirmed)

  • 74'
    74'

    Luke Shaw

  • 75'
    75'

    Tariq Lamptey

    Leandro Trossard

  • 76'
    76'

    Enock Mwepu

    Adam Lallana

  • 78'
    78'

    Donny van de Beek

    Scott McTominay

  • 90'
    90'

    Deniz Undav

    Danny Welbeck 

  • 90'
    90'

    A. Elanga

    Jadon Sancho

  • 90'
    90'

    A. Garnacho

    Bruno Fernandes

  • 90'
    90'

    L. Colwill

    S. March

  • 90'
    90'

    T. Malacia

    Luke Shaw

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Manchester United will play away against Brentford on the 13th of August with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Manchester United (0 draws).

Brighton & Hove Albion will host Newcastle United on the 13th of August with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Brighton & Hove Albion (5 draws).

Manchester United: Formation and Lineups

Manchester United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Erik ten Hag chose to play with the following team: David De Gea (6.3), Diogo Dalot (6.9), Harry Maguire (7.0), Lisandro Martínez (6.9), Luke Shaw (6.9), Scott McTominay (6.6), Fred (6.3), Bruno Fernandes (7.4), Jadon Sancho (7.1), Christian Eriksen (7.2) and Marcus Rashford (6.2).

Substitutes

Manchester United made 5 changes: Fred for C. Ronaldo (54′), S. McTominay for D. van de Beek (78′), J. Sancho for A. Elanga (90′), L. Shaw for T. Malacia (90′) and B. Fernandes for A. Garnacho (90′).

Top player: Bruno Fernandes

Probably the most impressive player in Manchester United was Bruno Fernandes.

His rating is (7.4) with 61 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Formation and Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the opposite side, Graham Potter played with: Robert Sánchez (7.2), Joël Veltman (7.4), Lewis Dunk (6.6), Adam Webster (7.0), Pascal Groß (8.2), Alexis Mac Allister (6.4), Moisés Caicedo (7.6), Leandro Trossard (7.4), Solly March (6.7), Adam Lallana (7.4) and Danny Welbeck (8.0).

Substitutes

Brighton & Hove Albion made 4 changes: L. Trossard for T. Lamptey (75′), A. Lallana for E. Mwepu (76′), S. March for L. Colwill (90′) and D. Welbeck for D. Undav (90′).

Top player: Pascal Groß

The player who no doubt impressed Brighton & Hove Albion the most was Pascal Groß.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 24 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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