Brighton vs. Manchester United: Preview and betting tips

Thursday’s programme will offer an interesting match between Brighton and Manchester United. Both teams want to qualify for the European Cup, but the home team definitely needs to score more points. What to expect from the confrontation and what to bet on?

Brighton are undoubtedly having the season of their lives, but they have won only one of their last three games and finished in the semi-finals of the FA Cup apart from dropping down the table. They are eighth in the league but four points behind the Top 5 with two games to spare.

Manchester United notched an important win over upstart Aston Villa at the weekend and continue to hold fourth place. Although fifth-placed Liverpool are on a roll, they are seven points behind the Red Devils, while their biggest ever rival still has a game to play.

Brighton’s key figures

The home side are being pulled by long-time mainstay from back in the Championship Solly March, the English winger has struck eight times and assisted eight times. German midfielder Pascal Gross is also filling in defensively, now on nine goals and eight assists.

Manchester’s key figures

The visitors rely on goals from Marcus Rashford, he boasts a 29+12 record this season and is a candidate for player of the season. Marcel Sabitzer is also making his way into the line-up, striking three times and assisting once since his winter arrival from RB Leipzig.

Prediction

Brighton may have given Wolves a six in the last round, but otherwise its offensive machine has stalled a bit. In the previous four games, he has struck only four times, losing to Tottenham and Nottingham in addition.

And it won’t be easy against United. Although their defensive performance is often the target of ridicule and criticism, with 39 goals conceded it is the fourth best in the Premier League. In the past five games, it has managed to keep three clean sheets.

Considering the difficulty of Brighton’s schedule, which the squad is not used to, and the good mood in the Manchester United team after reaching the FA Cup final, I expect the Red Devils not to lose on the south coast.