Manchester United 2-3 Brighton | Result & Match Report
Manchester United
2 - 3 Brighton
League Cup · Round of 32 · Full Time
League Cup · Round of 32: Brighton beat Manchester United 3-2. The match was played on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at Old Trafford (Manchester); refereed by F. Hallam.
⚽ Goals
Shea Lacey 8' (Manchester United) · Mason Mount 9' (Manchester United) · Charalampos Kostoulas 45+1' (Brighton) · Pascal Groß 65' (Brighton) · Maxim De Cuyper 69' (Brighton)
Match Analysis
After a 2-1 first half, the game finished 2-3.
Manchester United held 42% of possession against 58%, attempting 12 shots to Brighton's 18.
Shots on target read 4-5 and corners 4-3.
⏱️ Match Events
8'⚽Shea Lacey (Youri Tielemans)
9'⚽Mason Mount
43'🟨Chema Andrés
45+1'⚽Charalampos Kostoulas (Jaouen Hadjam)
59'🟨Jaouen Hadjam
65'⚽Pascal Groß (Luka Vuskovic)
66'🔄▲ Joshua Zirkzee ▼ Benjamin Šeško
66'🔄▲ Kobbie Mainoo ▼ Andrey Santos
66'🔄▲ Bryan Mbeumo ▼ Shea Lacey
66'🔄▲ Maxim De Cuyper ▼ Malick Yalcouyé
66'🔄▲ Diego Gomez ▼ Matt O'Riley
69'⚽Maxim De Cuyper
73'🔄▲ Bruno Fernandes ▼ Mason Mount
74'🔄▲ Ferdi Kadıoğlu ▼ Jaouen Hadjam
74'🔄▲ Yasin Ayari ▼ Olivier Boscagli
80'🔄▲ Matheus Cunha ▼ Marcus Rashford
82'🔄▲ Georginio Rutter ▼ Charalampos Kostoulas
85'🟨Yasin Ayari
90+1'🟨Maxim De Cuyper
👕 Line-ups
Manchester United · 4-2-3-1 · ⌀ 6.33
Substitutes: T. Fletcher, Bruno Fernandes, H. Amass, S. Lammens, H. Maguire, K. Mainoo, B. Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, J. Zirkzee
Coach: M. Carrick
Brighton · 3-4-2-1 · ⌀ 6.73
Substitutes: P. David, M. De Cuyper, L. Dunk, D. Gómez, F. Kadıoğlu, I. Osman, G. Rutter, B. Verbruggen, Y. Ayari
Coach: F. Hürzeler
📊 Match Stats
⭐ Player of the Match
P. Groß (Brighton) — named player of the match with a 8.2 rating.
📝 Player Ratings
🎬 Match Highlights
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