Brighton
0 - 0
Man Utd

Roberto De Zerbi: 'Brighton deserved to beat Manchester United in FA Cup semis'

Brighton & Hove Albion's Solly March and manager Roberto De Zerbi look dejected after losing the penalty shootout on April 23, 2023

Roberto De Zerbi believes the best team lost Sunday's FA Cup semi-final as his Brighton & Hove Albion side suffered a 7-6 penalty shootout defeat to Manchester United at Wembley Stadium.

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Brighton & Hove Albion

All competitions

Last Game: Chelsea 1-2 Brighton
Saturday, April 15 at 3pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Manchester United

All competitions

Last Game: Sevilla 3-0 Man Utd
Thursday, April 20 at 8pm in Europa League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brighton & Hove Albion win with a probability of 40.63%. A win for Manchester United had a probability of 35.05% and a draw had a probability of 24.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brighton & Hove Albion win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.74%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.87%) and 2-0 (6.12%). The likeliest Manchester United win was 1-2 (8.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.24%).

Result
Brighton & Hove Albion	Draw	Manchester United
40.63% ( 0.08)	24.32% ( 0.05)	35.05% ( -0.13)

Both teams to score 59.99% (

-0.22)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.32% (

-0.27)

42.67% (

0.27)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.92% (

-0.27)

65.08% (

0.27)

Brighton & Hove Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.89% (

-0.08)

21.11% (

0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.05% (

-0.13)

53.94% (

0.12)

Manchester United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.04% (

-0.2)

23.96% (

0.2)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.81% (

-0.29)

58.19% (

0.29)

Score Analysis

Brighton & Hove Albion 40.63%

Manchester United 35.05%

Draw 24.32%

Brighton & Hove Albion	Draw	Manchester United
2-1 @ 8.74% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 7.87% ( 0.08) 2-0 @ 6.12% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 4.53% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.24% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 3.17% ( 0.02) 4-1 @ 1.76% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.26% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 1.23% ( 0) Other @ 2.7% Total : 40.63%	1-1 @ 11.24% ( 0.05) 2-2 @ 6.25% ( -0.03) 0-0 @ 5.06% ( 0.06) 3-3 @ 1.54% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.23% Total : 24.32%	1-2 @ 8.03% ( -0.02) 0-1 @ 7.23% ( 0.04) 0-2 @ 5.16% ( 0) 1-3 @ 3.83% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 2.97% ( -0.03) 0-3 @ 2.46% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 1.37% ( -0.02) 2-4 @ 1.06% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.94% Total : 35.05%

How you voted: Brighton vs Man Utd

Brighton & Hove Albion

47.8%

Draw

10.4%

Manchester United

41.8%

Head to Head

Aug 7, 2022 2pm

gameweek 1

1-2

Mac Allister (68' og.)
McTominay (25'), Martinez (45+2'), Maguire (53'), Shaw (74')

Gross (30', 39')
Trossard (53')

May 7, 2022 5.30pm

gameweek 36

4-0

Caicedo (15'), Cucurella (49'), Gross (57'), Trossard (60')

Ronaldo (45'), Dalot (47')

Feb 15, 2022 8.15pm

gameweek 18

2-0

Ronaldo (51'), Fernandes (90+7')
Fernandes (53'), Shaw (72'), McTominay (90+5')

Mac Allister (85')
Dunk (54')

Apr 4, 2021 7.30pm

gameweek 30

2-1

Rashford (62'), Greenwood (83')
Cavani (63'), Greenwood (89')

Welbeck (13')
Gross (42'), White (66')

Sep 30, 2020 7.45pm

Fourth Round

0-3

Brighton 5-0 Grimsby Town

Burn (43'), Veltman (79')

McTominay (44'), Mata (73'), Pogba (80')
Lindelof (86')

Form Guide

Chelsea 1-2 Brighton

Spurs 2-1 Brighton

Bournemouth 0-2 Brighton

Brighton 3-3 Brentford

Brighton 1-0 Crystal Palace

Sevilla 3-0 Man Utd

Nott'm Forest 0-2 Man Utd

Man Utd 2-2 Sevilla

Man Utd 2-0 Everton

Man Utd 1-0 Brentford

Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd

Build-up

Anthony Martial celebrates scoring for Manchester United on October 6, 2022

Anthony Martial pictured with Manchester United squad ahead of FA Cup semi-final

Anthony Martial is pictured with the Manchester United squad ahead of their FA Cup semi-final with Brighton & Hove Albion after limping off against Sevilla on Thursday.

Manchester United looking to equal FA Cup record versus Brighton & Hove Albion

Manchester United duo Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial celebrate a goal against Nottingham Forest on December 27, 2022

Manchester United have the opportunity to equal Arsenal's all-time FA Cup record if they can beat Brighton & Hove Albion in their semi-final on Sunday.

Roberto De Zerbi provides Brighton injury update for Manchester United FA Cup tie

Brighton & Hove Albion's Evan Ferguson reacts after sustaining an injury on April 15, 2023

Brighton & Hove Albion boss Roberto De Zerbi remains coy about the availability of Jason Steele, Evan Ferguson and Joel Veltman for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.

How Manchester United could line up against Brighton & Hove Albion

Harry Maguire in action for Manchester United on September 8, 2022

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Manchester United could line up for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Manchester United team news: Injury, suspension list vs. Brighton & Hove Albion

Manchester United's Harry Maguire reacts on January 3, 2023

Sports Mole rounds up all of Manchester United's latest injury and suspension news ahead of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brighton suffer Evan Ferguson, Joel Veltman injury blows ahead of Manchester United FA Cup tie

Brighton & Hove Albion boss Roberto De Zerbi reveals that Evan Ferguson and Joel Veltman will miss next weekend's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United due to injury.