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2 — 3 Sep 17, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Brighton & Hove Albion

EFL Cup · Round 3

Venue Old Trafford, Manchester

Referee Farai Hallam

Attendance 73,670

Player of the Match Pascal Groß 8.4 90' played

Match Events

8' Home ⚽ Shea Lacey — 1-0

10' Home ⚽ Mason Mount — 2-0

43' Away Chema Andrés

45 + 1' Away ⚽ Charalampos Kostoulas — 2-1

HT

59' Away Jaouen Hadjam

65' Away ⚽ Pascal Groß — 2-2

66' Home ↔ Joshua Zirkzee → Benjamin Šeško

66' Home ↔ Kobbie Mainoo → Andrey Santos

66' Home ↔ Bryan Mbeumo → Shea Lacey

66' Away ↔ Maxim De Cuyper → Malick Junior Yalcouyé

66' Away ↔ Diego Gómez → Matthew O'Riley

69' Away ⚽ Maxim De Cuyper — 2-3

73' Home ↔ Bruno Fernandes → Mason Mount

74' Away ↔ Ferdi Kadıoğlu → Jaouen Hadjam

74' Away ↔ Yasin Ayari → Olivier Boscagli

80' Home ↔ Matheus Cunha → Marcus Rashford

82' Away ↔ Georginio Rutter → Charalampos Kostoulas

85' Away Yasin Ayari

90 + 1' Away Maxim De Cuyper

FT

Match Stats

50 50

Ball possession

1.20 2.14

Expected goals (xG)

12 18

Total shots

4 5

Shots on target

17 40

Touches in opposition box

2 4

Big chances

2 1

Big chances missed

434 (82%) 442 (83%)

Accurate passes

0 4

Yellow cards

4 3

Corners

Lineups

Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Michael Carrick

Starting XI

12 Karl Darlow 5.3

2 Diogo Dalot 6.2

15 Leny Yoro 6.1

26 Ayden Heaven 6

3 Noussair Mazraoui 6.1

17 Andrey Santos 7.3

18 Youri Tielemans 7.9

31 Shea Lacey 7.9

7 Mason Mount 7.3

9 Marcus Rashford 7.3

30 Benjamin Šeško 6.2

Substitutes

37 Kobbie Mainoo 6.6

19 Bryan Mbeumo 6

11 Joshua Zirkzee 5.8

8 Bruno Fernandes 6.6

10 Matheus Cunha 6.8

1 Senne Lammens

5 Harry Maguire

41 Harry Amass

39 Tyler Fletcher

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-3-3)

Coach: Fabian Hürzeler

Starting XI

23 Jason Steele 6.8

20 Costinha 6

44 Luka Vušković 7.9

4 Pascal Struijk 7.1

3 Jaouen Hadjam 7.4

14 Chema Andrés 6.9

13 Pascal Groß 8.4

21 Olivier Boscagli 6.9

33 Matthew O'Riley 6.9

19 Charalampos Kostoulas 7.7

35 Malick Junior Yalcouyé 6.5

Substitutes

29 Maxim De Cuyper 7.6

25 Diego Gómez 6.4

24 Ferdi Kadıoğlu 6.4

26 Yasin Ayari 6.8

10 Georginio Rutter

1 Bart Verbruggen

5 Lewis Dunk

15 Ibrahim Osman

12 Promise David