League Cup League Cup
Round of 32• 16 Sept 2026

Manchester United 2–3 Brighton

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Match Recap

Brighton looked buried inside ten minutes, then produced one of the League Cup's great turnarounds this season. Manchester United raced into a 2-0 lead through Shea Lacey's eighth-minute opener and Mason Mount's quickfire follow-up two minutes later, and for a spell it looked like a rout in the making. Instead, Charalampos Kostoulas pulled one back right on the stroke of halftime, and Brighton kept coming: Pascal Groß leveled just past the hour before Maxim De Cuyper's 69th-minute strike completed the turnaround and sealed a 3-2 win. It's a result that flips recent history between these two sides, Manchester United had won both of their last meetings with Brighton, but this time it went the other way. None of the five scorers sit among the League Cup's top ten marksmen, a list still led by T. Barry's three goals, proof this comeback belonged to the underdogs. Rewind to the 69th minute and watch De Cuyper's winner spark the away end.

Match Statistics

Manchester United
VS
Brighton
42% Ball Possession 58%
12 Total Shots 18
4 Shots on target 5
7 Shots off target 8
1 Blocked Shots 5
6 Shots inside box 14
6 Shots outside box 4
4 Corner Kicks 3
0 Offsides 2
5 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 2
527 Total passes 532
435 Accurate passes 440
14 Free Kicks 5

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