§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 9

Manchester United 4–2 Brighton & Hove Albion

  • Cunha 24'
  • Casemiro 34'
  • Mbeumo 61'
  • Mbeumo 90+6'
  • Welbeck 74'
  • Kostoulas 90+2'

25 October 2025

The match in data

Manchester United got the better of Brighton & Hove Albion, 4–2, on 25 October 2025, on matchday 9 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Bryan Mbeumo (Manchester United), rated 81, thanks above all to 2 goals and 3 shots on target. Mbeumo produced 2.6 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was the highest rating of the matchday.

It was also their best match of the season.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Brighton & Hove Albion, the highest-rated player was James Milner, with 75.

Bryan Mbeumo scored twice.

81
Player of the match

Bryan Mbeumo

Manchester United · 90'

Produced 2.56× and cost 0.30× their position's average

Added
  • 2 goals 4.0×
  • 3 shots on target 3.9×
  • 4 completed dribbles 3.4×
Took away
  • 1 failed dribble 0.7×
  • 4 misplaced passes 0.7×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Manchester United
PlayerPositionMinRating
Bryan Mbeumo ★ Forward 90 81
Ayden Heaven Defender 25 73
Matheus Cunha Forward 81 70
Amad Diallo Forward 70 58
Casemiro Midfielder 70 56
Patrick Dorgu Forward 20 54
Bruno Fernandes Midfielder 90 52
Kobbie Mainoo Midfielder 20 52
Leny Yoro Defender 90 46
Benjamin Sesko Forward 82 43
Diogo Dalot Defender 90 40
Matthijs de Ligt Defender 90 39
Luke Shaw Defender 65 30
Senne Lammens Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Manuel Ugarte Midfielder 9 no rating
Joshua Zirkzee Forward 8 no rating
Brighton & Hove Albion
PlayerPositionMinRating
James Milner Midfielder 31 75
Danny Welbeck Forward 90 67
Tom Watson Forward 31 58
Georginio Rutter Forward 79 56
Jan Paul van Hecke Defender 90 49
Carlos Baleba Midfielder 59 48
Lewis Dunk Defender 90 47
Yankuba Minteh Forward 90 47
Mats Wieffer Defender 87 43
Maxim De Cuyper Defender 59 42
Ferdi Kadıoğlu Defender 90 41
Yasin Ayari Midfielder 60 41
Diego Gómez Midfielder 30 36
Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Charalampos Kostoulas Forward 11 no rating
Stefanos Tzimas Forward 3 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.