MU 1-0 Brighton: Cunha scores first goal for the 'Red Devils'

In the 23rd minute, the Brazilian player celebrated wildly after scoring the opening goal for MU in round 9 of the Premier League.

MU lost all 3 times hosting Brighton recently.

Score: Manchester United 1-0 Brighton

Goal scorer: Matheus Cunha (24').

Main events:

• In the 2nd minute, from a cross from the right wing, Bruno Fernandes jumped high and headed the ball wide of the post.
• In the 15th minute, Welbeck shot from an unmarked position but Lammens played focused to save the home team.
• In the 16th minute, MU responded with a shot from close to the 16.5 meter line by Cunha, forcing the away team's goalkeeper to struggle to block.
• In the 24th minute, Cunha received a pass from Casemiro, before finishing technically from outside the penalty area, defeating the goalkeeper.

Rankings: MU is 9th with 13 points, 2 points behind the top 4. Brighton is 10th with 1 point less than the "Red Devils".

Force information:

• MU will not have the services of Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez due to health reasons.
• Brighton is missing Solly March, Kaoru Mitoma, Joel Veltman, Adam Webster.

Notable statistics:

• Man United are unbeaten when scoring the opening goal this season (W4, D1).
• Six of United's last seven home defeats have seen them fail to score.
• Brighton have conceded first in all four of their away games this season.
• Brighton's last 6 away wins have all been by multiple goals.

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