Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Manchester United; Statistical Analysis as United advance on Penalty shoot-out

Manchester United overcame the rigour of facing an improved Brighton and Hove Albion side as hostility ensues at the Wembley Arena.

Both sides attempted to win the game at some points in the game as the game wore on in the contest.

However, with United prevailing on Penalty-kicks, Isagoal.com evaluates the statistical Analysis as regards the match.

                                   Full Statistics

                                   Shots on Target

5 (Brighton & Hove Albion)                                                                           (Manchester United) 6

The match between both sides produced sterling attacking performance despite the no goal scored in the contest.

In the end, Brighton had 5 shots on target as compared with the 6 shots on target Manchester United had in the game.

                                   Shots off target

8 (Brighton & Hove Albion)                                                                  (Manchester United) 5

Manchester United missed a couple of chances with Antony, Bruno Fernandes and co being the culprit here.

However, Brighton missed even more chances than the Red Devils as is evident in the Statistics here.

                                    Blocked Shot

2 (Brighton & Hove Albion                                                                      (Manchester United) 4

Manchester United would be pleased to have defended more in this match, unlike the Brighton side in the contest.

Brighton had 2 blocked shots while Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United side had 4 shots blocked in the entire match.

                                      Possession

61 (Brighton & Hove Albion)                                                                 (Manchester United) 39

Brighton and Hove Albion had about 61% of the ball possession as compared to the 39% of the ball possession the Red Devils had in the match.

So we can see that Brighton had more control of the game than the Red Devils.

                                 Corner-Kicks

8 (Brighton & Hove Albion)                                                                      (Manchester United) 3

Manchester United have been tested really strong in this match as Brighton stood strong as a hard nut to crack in the entire match.

However, the Brighton team has more corner-kicks than United unlike what we really expected. Manchester United had 3 corner kicks as compared to Brighton’s 8 corner kicks in the game.