Manchester United — Brighton & Hove Albion 2:3, 16 September: match result

match finished EFL Cup Wednesday 16 September · 19:00 UTC

Manchester United L

2 : 3 1st half 2:1

Brighton & Hove Albion W

Old Trafford · referee F. Hallam

Match predictionSafe

Manchester United to stay within two goals

93%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Manchester United to stay within two goals”, and the match finished 2:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Manchester United 35% draw 24% Brighton & Hove Albion 41%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Brighton & Hove Albion win, and the match finished 2:3. Fans backed Brighton & Hove Albion win — they got it right.

fans 44 votes

Manchester United 34% draw 11% Brighton & Hove Albion 55%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

S. Lacey assist: Y. Tielemans 1-0 8'

M. Mount 2-0 10'

C. Andres 43'

C. Kostoulas assist: J. Hadjam 2-1 45+1'

J. Hadjam 59'

P. Gross assist: L. Vuskovic 2-2 65'

J. Zirkzee for B. Sesko 66'

K. Mainoo for Andrey Santos 66'

B. Mbeumo for S. Lacey 66'

M. De Cuyper for M. Yalcouye 66'

D. Gomez for M. O'Riley 66'

M. De Cuyper 2-3 69'

B. Fernandes for M. Mount 73'

Y. Ayari for O. Boscagli 74'

F. Kadioglu for J. Hadjam 74'

M. Cunha for M. Rashford 80'

G. Rutter for C. Kostoulas 82'

Y. Ayari 85'

M. De Cuyper 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Manchester United 4-2-3-1 · Michael Carrick 4-3-3 · Fabian Hurzeler Brighton & Hove Albion

Karl Darlow  
Diogo Dalot  15 Leny Yoro  26 Ayden Heaven  3 Noussair Mazraoui  
Youri Tielemans  17 Andrey Santos  
Shea Lacey  7 Mason Mount  9 Marcus Rashford  
Benjamin Šeško  

Matt O'Riley  19 Charalampos Kostoulas  35 Malick Yalcouyé  
Chema Andrés  21 Olivier Boscagli  13 Pascal Groß  
Costinha  44 Luka Vušković  4 Pascal Struijk  3 Jaouen Hadjam  
Jason Steele  

Manchester United bench

8Bruno Fernandes
19Bryan Mbeumo
41Harry Amass
5Harry Maguire
11Joshua Zirkzee
37Kobbie Mainoo
10Matheus Cunha
1Senne Lammens
39Tyler Fletcher

Brighton & Hove Albion bench

1Bart Verbruggen
25Diego Gómez
24Ferdi Kadıoğlu
10Georginio Rutter
15Ibrahim Osman
5Lewis Dunk
29Maxim De Cuyper
12Promise David
26Yasin Ayari

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

50%Possession50%

11Shots18

4Shots on target5

6Shots off target8

1Blocked shots5

5Shots inside box14

6Shots outside box4

102Attacks131

35Dangerous attacks50

4Corners3

0Offsides2

5Fouls14

0Yellow cards4

2Saves2

528Passes532

434Accurate passes440

16Free kicks5

25Throw-ins14

8Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Manchester United

Brighton & Hove AlbionThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

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Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion met in the EFL Cup on 16 September at Old Trafford. Final score — 2:3.

Manchester United have played 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss). Brighton & Hove Albion have played 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Manchester United won 2, Brighton & Hove Albion won 0. Aggregate score — 7:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Manchester United last five Brighton & Hove Albion

L form W

1 Matches 1

0 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 0 — 0

2 — 3 Scored — conceded 3 — 2

0 Points per game 3

2 Goals scored per game 3

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Manchester United at home: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 2—3, 0 points per match.

Brighton & Hove Albion away: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 3—2, 3 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

2 Manchester United wins 0 draws 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins goals 7:2 Manchester United — Brighton & Hove Albion

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