Manchester United vs Brighton match stats & report

1–2 Full time

FA Cup · England · Round of 64 · Old Trafford, Manchester · Ref S. Hooper

Manchester United stats & fixtures · Brighton stats & fixtures

Manchester United lost to Brighton 1–2 in the FA Cup (Round of 64) on 11 January 2026. Expected goals finished 1.73–1.59. Manchester United had 60% of the ball.

Manchester United vs Brighton match statistics

Manchester UnitedBrighton

60% Ball possession 40%
1.73 Expected goals (xG) 1.59
19 Total shots 13
8 Shots on target 4
8 Shots off target 5
3 Blocked shots 4
13 Shots inside the box 9
6 Corners 1
11 Fouls 15
5 Offsides 4
4 Yellow cards 1
1 Red cards 0
524 Passes 361
85% Pass accuracy 81%
1 Goalkeeper saves 7

Goals and cards

12' Goal B. Gruda Brighton
60' Yellow card K. Mainoo Manchester United
64' Goal D. Welbeck (assist B. Gruda) Brighton
85' Goal B. Sesko (assist Bruno Fernandes) Manchester United
87' Yellow card S. Lacey Manchester United
89' Yellow card S. Lacey Manchester United
89' Red card S. Lacey Manchester United
90+3' Yellow card H. Maguire Manchester United
90+3' Yellow card Charalampos Kostoulas Brighton

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Manchester United

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Michael Carrick

31 S. Lammens

13 P. Dorgu 6 Lisandro Martínez 15 L. Yoro 2 Diogo Dalot

37 K. Mainoo 25 M. Ugarte

10 Matheus Cunha 8 Bruno Fernandes 7 M. Mount

30 B. Sesko

Bench A. Bayındır , A. Heaven , H. Maguire , T. Malacia , Casemiro , J. Fletcher , T. Fletcher , S. Lacey , J. Zirkzee

Brighton

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Fabian Hurzeler

23 Jason Steele

24 Ferdi Kadıoğlu 21 Olivier Boscagli 42 D. Coppola 34 J. Veltman

30 Pascal Groß 13 J. Hinshelwood

25 D. Gómez 10 G. Rutter 8 B. Gruda

18 D. Welbeck

Bench Bart Verbruggen , Lewis Dunk , J. van Hecke , T. Watson , Charalampos Kostoulas , K. Mitoma , Yasin Ayari , C. Tasker , H. Howell

Form guide

Manchester United at home

6–1–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 6.9 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Brighton away

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.8 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 5.8 per game
Shots on target: 5.5 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Manchester United vs Brighton head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
25 Oct 25	Manchester United v Brighton	4–2
19 Jan 25	Manchester United v Brighton	1–3
24 Aug 24	Brighton v Manchester United	2–1
19 May 24	Brighton v Manchester United	0–2
16 Sep 23	Manchester United v Brighton	1–3
4 May 23	Brighton v Manchester United	1–0

The full Manchester United vs Brighton head-to-head record