League CupEngland

Manchester United vs Brighton

Manchester United
2–3 Full time
Brighton

Round of 32Wednesday, 16 September 2026Old Trafford, Manchester

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Manchester United 2–3 Brighton — League Cup, Wednesday, 16 September 2026. Full-time result, kick-off time and match details on FutToday.

Match statistics

4 Shots on goal 5
12 Total shots 18
42% Possession 58%
527 Total passes 535
4 Corner kicks 3
5 Fouls 14
0 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0

Timeline

  1. 8' Shea Lacey Assist Youri Tielemans Manchester United
  2. 9' Mason Mount Manchester United
  3. 43' Chema Andrés Yellow Card Brighton
  4. 45+1' Charalampos Kostoulas Assist Jaouen Hadjam Brighton
  5. 59' Jaouen Hadjam Yellow Card Brighton
  6. 65' Pascal Groß Assist Luka Vuskovic Brighton
  7. 66' Joshua Zirkzee off Benjamin Šeško Manchester United
  8. 66' Kobbie Mainoo off Andrey Santos Manchester United
  9. 66' Bryan Mbeumo off Shea Lacey Manchester United
  10. 66' Maxim De Cuyper off Malick Yalcouyé Brighton
  11. 66' Diego Gomez off Matt O'Riley Brighton
  12. 69' Maxim De Cuyper Brighton
  13. 73' Bruno Fernandes off Mason Mount Manchester United
  14. 74' Ferdi Kadıoğlu off Jaouen Hadjam Brighton
  15. 74' Yasin Ayari off Olivier Boscagli Brighton
  16. 80' Matheus Cunha off Marcus Rashford Manchester United
  17. 82' Georginio Rutter off Charalampos Kostoulas Brighton
  18. 85' Yasin Ayari Yellow Card Brighton
  19. 90+1' Maxim De Cuyper Yellow Card Brighton

Line-ups

Manchester United

4-2-3-1 M. Carrick

Starting XI

  1. 12 K. Darlow G
  2. 2 Diogo Dalot D
  3. 15 L. Yoro D
  4. 26 A. Heaven D
  5. 3 N. Mazraoui D
  6. 18 Y. Tielemans M
  7. 17 Andrey Santos M
  8. 31 S. Lacey M
  9. 7 M. Mount M
  10. 9 M. Rashford M
  11. 30 B. Šeško F

Substitutes

  1. 39 T. Fletcher M
  2. 8 Bruno Fernandes M
  3. 41 H. Amass D
  4. 1 S. Lammens G
  5. 5 H. Maguire D
  6. 37 K. Mainoo M
  7. 19 B. Mbeumo F
  8. 10 Matheus Cunha F
  9. 11 J. Zirkzee F

Brighton

3-4-2-1 F. Hürzeler

Starting XI

  1. 23 J. Steele G
  2. 44 L. Vušković D
  3. 4 P. Struijk D
  4. 21 O. Boscagli D
  5. 20 Costinha M
  6. 14 José María Andrés Baixauli M
  7. 13 P. Groß M
  8. 3 J. Hadjam M
  9. 33 M. O'Riley M
  10. 35 M. Yalcouyé M
  11. 19 C. Kostoulas F

Substitutes

  1. 12 P. David F
  2. 29 M. De Cuyper D
  3. 5 L. Dunk D
  4. 25 D. Gómez M
  5. 24 F. Kadıoğlu D
  6. 15 I. Osman F
  7. 10 G. Rutter F
  8. 1 B. Verbruggen G
  9. 26 Y. Ayari M