Manchester United vs Brighton
EFL Cup · 2026 · Round of 32
EFL Cup · 2026 · Round of 32
Old Trafford, ManchesterCapacity 76,212
The Squad
Players with recorded minutes for each club in the most recent season we hold, most minutes first. It is who has played for them, not a prediction of this line-up.
Manchester United2025
Brighton2025
- Olivier Boscagli270'
- Jason Steele270'
- Diego Coppola258'
- Diego Gómez209'
- Ferdi Kadıoğlu201'
- J. Milner168'
- Stefanos Tzimas155'
- C. Baleba143'
- Joël Veltman142'
- Brajan Gruda90'
- Harry Howell90'
- Tom Watson90'
- Danny Welbeck90'
- Igor90'
- Jan Paul van Hecke90'
- Georginio Rutter67'
- Maxim De Cuyper67'
- Jack Hinshelwood66'
- C. Tasker57'
- Charalampos Kostoulas46'
- Mats Wieffer23'
- Y. Minteh23'
- Matt O'Riley0'
- Tariq Lamptey0'
- Freddie Simmonds0'
- Lewis Dunk0'
- K. Mitoma0'
- Joe Knight0'
The Squad
The eleven each club started in its most recent match we hold a team sheet for. It is what they last did, not a prediction of this line-up.
Manchester United
Formation 4-2-3-1
Brighton
Formation 4-3-3
Line-ups
Line-ups are collected about an hour before kickoff. We do not have them for this match yet.
From the archive
- Manchester United have taken 13 points from their last 6.
Recent form
Manchester United
- 22 Aug 2026
away to Hull City0-2L - 24 May 2026away to Brighton3-0W
- 17 May 2026
home to Nottingham Forest3-2W - 9 May 2026
away to Sunderland0-0D - 3 May 2026
home to Liverpool3-2W
Brighton
- 27 Aug 2026
home to Tromso4-0W - 23 Aug 2026
home to Aston Villa4-0W - 20 Aug 2026away to Tromso0-0D
- 24 May 2026home to Manchester United0-3L
- 17 May 2026
away to Leeds0-1L
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Manchester United
- 3
- Drawn
- 1
- Brighton
- 6
The record over the 10 meetings listed below.
- BrightonManchester UnitedFTPremier League
- Manchester UnitedBrightonFTFA Cup
- Manchester UnitedBrightonFTPremier League
- Manchester UnitedBrightonFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester UnitedFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester UnitedFTPremier League
- Manchester UnitedBrightonFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester UnitedFTPremier League
- BrightonManchester UnitedFTFA Cup
- Manchester UnitedBrightonFTPremier League
Manchester United play Brighton in the EFL Cup on Tuesday 8 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.