{"id":249627,"date":"2025-10-24T23:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249627\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:42:09","slug":"tough-man-utd-and-brighton-prediction-has-alan-shearer-seeing-only-one-outcome-playing-out-at-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249627\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tough&#8217; Man Utd and Brighton prediction has Alan Shearer seeing only one outcome playing out at Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Premier League legend Alan Shearer has now had his say on the forthcoming encounter between Manchester United and Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> are ninth in the Premier League table and the Red Devils are one point clear of 10th-place Brighton ahead of their clash at the Theatre of Dreams.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have won four of their opening eight Premier League matches under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> and United are currently riding a wave of momentum in form.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim\u2019s men are only two points adrift from the Premier League top four after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-beat-liverpool-2-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United defeated fierce rivals Liverpool 2-1<\/a> at Anfield last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-ratings-vs-liverpool-mbeumo-and-maguire-score-but-9-10-warrior-was-architect-of-amorims-plan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United\u2019s win against Liverpool<\/a> came in the aftermath of the October international break, with the Red Devils previously beating Sunderland 2-0 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/roy-keane-tells-gary-neville-surprise-over-man-utd-ace-who-is-doing-well-to-play-under-ruben-amorim-his-stats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Keane tells Gary Neville surprise over Man Utd ace who is \u2018doing well\u2019 to play under Ruben Amorim, \u2018his stats\u2026\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2199130780-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Premier League legend Alan Shearer during the Champions League match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at the Manchester City Stadium in 2025 in Manchester, England.\" class=\"wp-image-253955\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesAlan Shearer previews Man Utd and Brighton\u2019s Premier League clash at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils\u2019 back-to-back Premier League wins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-beat-sunderland-2-0\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including Manchester United\u2019s result vs Sunderland<\/a>, have provided a much-needed confidence boost for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton will arrive at Old Trafford with two wins in their last five Premier League matches, with the Seagulls beating Newcastle 2-1 at the Amex last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/10\/24\/alan-shearers-premier-league-predictions-arsenal-man-utd-liverpool-games-24510500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Metro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/alan-shearer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Shearer<\/a> admitted that Saturday\u2019s Premier League clash between United and Brighton has left him with a tricky prediction to make.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tough one to call,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast weekend, Man Utd had an amazing result at Liverpool, with Brighton deservedly beating Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrighton are a good team; they create chances and look very well organised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/fabrizio-romano-reacts-to-man-utd-rumours-around-player-asking-to-leave-old-trafford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabrizio Romano reacts to Man Utd \u2018rumours\u2019 around one player \u2018asking\u2019 to \u2018officially\u2019 leave in 2026 January window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alan Shearer drops a major Premier League prediction for Man Utd vs Brighton at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United manager<\/a> Ruben Amorim has ensured that the Red Devils have picked up back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time under his reign at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Despite United\u2019s result against Liverpool, Shearer has remained cautious with his prediction and has backed the Red Devils and Brighton to share the points in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to go for a draw on this one,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might not be a bad result for both clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United and Brighton\u2019s Premier League clash is slated for a 5:30pm kick-off time in the UK on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Premier League legend Alan Shearer has now had his say on the forthcoming encounter between Manchester United and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[48011,1084,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-249627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-alan-shearer","9":"tag-premier-league","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}