Fair win for Brighton against Manchester United

Brighton played well in the Premier League game away against Manchester United on Saturday. They steadily steered a 1-0 lead after the second period to a 3-1 win in the end.

Brighton started the match well and took the lead early when Danny Welbeck netted after 20 minutes, with an assist by Simon Adingra, making it 1-0.

Straight after the break, Pascal Groß found the net and increased the team's lead.

João Pedro increased the lead in the 71st minute with an assist by Tariq Lamptey.

Hannibal Mejbri reduced the score for Manchester United in the 73rd minute with an assist by Lisandro Martinez.

Manchester United have now won two and lost three of their last five games having scored 6 and conceded 10. Meanwhile Brighton have four wins with 15 goals for and 7 against.

For Manchester United, this means 13th place in the table, while Brighton are fourth in the league.

Manchester United have scored 6 goals in total in the Premier League: five at home and one away.

Brighton have scored 15: eight goals at home and seven goals away.

The previous meeting between the teams ended in a 1-0 home win for Brighton in May.

Manchester United next Premier League games are against Burnley (away) on 23 September, Crystal Palace (home) on 30 September and Brentford (home) on 7 October. Brighton play Bournemouth (home) on 24 September, Aston Villa (away) on 30 September and Liverpool (home) on 8 October.

Elsewhere in the Premier League Liverpool defeated 3-1 Wolverhampton, Aston Villa won 3-1 against Crystal Palace, Fulham picked up a narrow 1-0 victory against Luton, Tottenham won 2-1 against Sheffield United, Manchester City won 3-1 against West Ham and Newcastle won 1-0 against Brentford.