Brighton versus Manchester United on Saturday in round 2 of Premier League 2024/2025. The match will take place at the Amex Stadium.
Brighton comprehensively beat Everton in their opening fixture, recording a 3-0 win at Goodison Park while United eked out a narrow 1-0 win over Fulham.
Brighton vs Manchester United kick-off
Kick off time: 11.30pm UTC on Saturday (August 24)
Venue: Amex Stadium
How to watch Brighton vs Manchester united?
TV channel:
- In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1.
- In the US, the game will be televised live on Peacock Premium.
Streaming: Fans can catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and Premier League on Peacock.
Brighton vs Manchester United team news
Brighton are set to be without the likes of Solly March, Bart Verbruggen, Evan Ferguson, Julio Enciso and Pervis Estupinan here. Yankuba Minteh is a doubt having come off at half-time of last weekend’s win over Everton.
Manchester United could head to the Amex with as many as six players absent. Noussair Mazraoui should keep his place following a solid debut, while Matthijs de Ligt will be pushing for a start. Joshua Zirkzee could come into the starting XI after scoring the winner against Fulham last weekend.
Brighton vs Manchester United Predicted Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion: Jason Steele, Jack Hinshelwood, Lewis Dunk, Joël Veltman, Mats Wieffer, James Milner, Kaoru Mitoma, João Pedro, Simon Adingra, Danny Welbeck.
Manchester United: André Onana, Diogo Dalot, Lisandro Martínez, Harry Maguire, Noussair Mazraoui, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Joshua Zirkzee.
Brighton vs Man United Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Manchester United have lost four of their last five Premier League matches against Brighton & Hove Albion. However, they won the most recent meeting at the AMEX 2-0 on the final day of the 2023-24 season.
- Manchester United have suffered losses in 43% of their Premier League meetings with the Seagulls, their worst record against a single opponent in the competition’s history.
- Manchester United and Brighton have clashed 14 times in the Premier League and none of those meetings have ended in a draw. United have won eight while Brighton have been victorious on six occasions.
- Brighton have suffered four losses in their last five Premier League matches played at home.
- If they win against Brighton on Saturday, it will mark the first time the Red Devils will have managed to win both of their first two games in a Premier League campaign since 2017-18.
Brighton vs Man Utd prediction
United did play some good football against Fulham but were on the backfoot for as just as long as they were in control. If the Cottagers had more quality in attack, they could have seriously hurt United.
Brighton head into their first home match of the new season in buoyant mood following their comfortable win at Everton, and their recent record against Man United should provide them with an additional psychological boost. This will be a tough game for Ten Hag’s side.
Prediction: Brighton 1-1 Man United
