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Man United vs Brighton Predictions - United to take the win at Old Trafford

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 17 Jan 2025

Ralph Staniforth 17 Jan 2025

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Man United are improving under Ruben Amorim, showing a rise in form.
Brighton have struggled in the Premier League, with only one win in nine matches.
Prediction favors Man United with Diallo likely to score.

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Man United’s Amad Diallo has scored 4 goals in his last 2 EPL appearances (Getty)

Man United vs Brighton Predictions

Manchester United have been in good form of late with some impressive performances. They are backed at home agianst a Brighton team whom have struggled of late.

Man United vs Brighton Predictions
Stats
Head to Head
Man United Form
Man United Injuries & Team News
Brighton Form
Brighton Injuries & Team News

Stats

Man United have won 5 of their last 8 home games.
Man United’s Amad Diallo has scored 4 goals in his last 2 EPL appearances.
Man United have won 5 of their last 7 home EPL matches against Brighton.

Head to Head

Man United have a 21-8 advantage against Brighton in 37 meetings with five draws.

Man United Form

Man United are 12th in the Premier League and nine points off the European places. Ruben Amorim’s side were on a four-match losing streak before going unbeaten in their last three.

The Red Devils’ upturn in form began with a 2-2 draw at Liverpool, where Diallo levelled in the 80th minute. The Manchester club also held Arsenal 1-1 away in the FA Cup and eventually progressed via a 5-3 win on penalties.

Amorim’s side kept their good form going with a 3-1 comeback home win over Southampton. United conceded in the first half and Diallo netted a 12-minute hat-trick late on the complete the turnaround.

Man United Injuries & Team News

Defensive trio Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelöf and Jonny Evans remain sidelined with injuries.

Midfielder Mason Mount is also unavailable due to injury.

Amad Diallo has nine goals and seven assists in all competitions this season.

Brighton Form

Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton are mid-table in the Premier League. The Seagulls have struggled to break into the European spots after one win in nine.

Brighton were on an eight-match winless run in the Premier League, with 13 goals conceded. The South Coast side eventually ended their downturn in form with a 4-0 FA Cup win at Norwich.

The Seagulls won again on Thursday, beating relegation-threatened Ipswich 2-0 at Portman Road. Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter got on the scoresheet in the second half to seal the win.

Brighton Injuries & Team News

Midfielders James Milner and Mats Wieffer won’t feature here due to injury.

Defender Ferdi Kadioglu and Igor Julio are also likely to miss out with respective injury issues.

Georginio Rutter’s three goals this season have come in Brighton’s last two games.

Verdict

Man Utd v Brighton

United are gradually improving and finding some form under Ruben Amorim. Brighton’s Premier League form is patchy and a United home win with Diallo goals are expected on Sunday.

Man United Win

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Ralph is from South Africa and studied Sports Science post school at ETA (Education Teachers Academy) in Cape Town.

He has always had a great passion for sport and this led him into the world of sports journalism, while coaching on the side. Since 2012 Ralph has worked as a journalist and covered many topics from business to sport.

Over the last seven years he has interviewed numerous top rugby and cricket players and coaches in South Africa.

Ralph has been betting on sports for the last ten years. He’s knowledgeable on numerous topics including football, rugby, cricket, tennis and golf.

He supports Manchester United (football), Cheetahs (rugby), Knights (cricket) and has a newly found appreciation for Dominic Thiem on the tennis courts.