Manchester United returned to winning ways after completing a 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Premier League. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for the home team, and Bruno Fernandes sealed all three points for his side.
We’ve broken down all the key stats for you to digest, including;
* shot maps
* xT (expected threat)
* pass networks
* xG timelines * defensive duels
* average positions and much more!
We also try to answer some questions for you with the visuals;
How many shots were attempted in the second half by Manchester United? What were the xT creation zones for Brighton?
To navigate the stats gallery, simply click on the numbers to move through the pages.
At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.
Ralf Rangnick made two changes to the starting XI from their previous league fixture. Fred and Anthony Elanga replaced Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford in the team.
The Red Devils played in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the line. Alex Telles was introduced by the manager towards the end of the match to provide additional defensive support to Luke Shaw.
Leandro Trossard returned to the starting XI as the away team played in a 4-3-1-2 formation. Jakub Moder played behind the two strikers.
By looking at the average position of the starting XI, we can observe that Brighton played in a 4-3-3 formation. Yves Bissouma played in front of the defenders, and Pascal Groß featured on the right side.
Brighton had more possession of the ball and dominated possession in the first half. The home team attempted more positional attacks and were awarded ten corners in the match. The Seagulls were reduced to ten men after Lewis Dunk was sent off in the 54th minute.
Cristiano Ronaldo attempted the most shots in the match. His teammate, Bruno Fernandes, attempted four shots and had the highest xG rate in the match. He even made six recoveries inside the opposition’s half. Marc Cucurella attempted seven dribbles, eight passes into the final third, and also made the most recoveries inside the opposition’s half.
Manchester United players attempted 19 shots and seven were on target. Seven of the 19 shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his goal from the edge of the box.
Brighton players attempted ten shots with a 30% shot accuracy rate. Half of the shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Brighton created more threats in the first half and attempted more shots than their opponents. Manchester United created momentum in the latter stages of the match and attempted more shots in the second half.
Diogo Dalot attempted 77 passes for the home team, and most of his passes were towards Victor Lindelof. Bruno Fernandes was on the receiving end of most passes.
Marc Cucurella attempted 77 passes for the Seagulls, and most of his passes were towards Lewis Dunk.
In the above visual, we can observe that Manchester United players were successful in delivering their crosses from the right side. Bruno Fernandes attempted four crosses, and his three passes landed inside the opposition’s 6-yard box.
Joel Veltman attempted the most crosses for Brighton. At least 28 passes were attempted by Jakub Moder, and six of them landed inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Manchester United players created a lot of threats from the middle. Bruno Fernandes created the highest threat rate with his passes.
Jadon Sancho attempted the most dribbles in the match. His nine dribbles created an xT of 0.205 from dribbles.
Brighton created a lot of threats from the wider sides. Pascal Groß attempted 41 crosses and created the highest threat rate from passes.
Neal Maupay created the highest threat from dribbles for the Seagulls. Marc Cucurella attempted the most dribbles for his side.
Scott McTominay contested the most defensive duels for the Red Devils. He won three and lost seven of his duels. The team won most of the duels in the defensive third.
Manchester United players won eight aerial duels in the middle. Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire won three duels each for their side.
Once again, the Red Devils won most of their duels in the middle. Luke Shaw contested six duels and only lost one.
The Seagulls won most of their defensive duels towards the right side. Yves Bissouma contested 17 duels and lost half of them.
Brighton players won five aerial duels in the middle third. Marc Cucurella won the highest number of duels for his side.
Jakub Moder contested 11 loose ball duels in the middle. He won six duels and lost five of them. His team won 15 duels in the middle third.
Bruno Fernandes was active on set-piece duties and created the biggest threats with corners. The Red Devils won most of their throw-ins on the left side.
Brighton were just awarded two corners in the match, both from the left side. They were awarded eight throw-ins inside the final third and from the right side of the play.
Manchester United players attempted more shots and created more threats towards the opposition goal. Brighton were playing with ten men in the last phase of the match and were unable to trouble David de Gea in the Manchester United goal.
If you want to download the stats report in PDF format you can do so here: Premier League Stats: Manchester United vs Brighton