Comeback Win
Brighton
Brighton went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–3
League Cup · Round of 32
Manchester United
Shea Lacey 8'
Mason Mount 9'
2 – 3
FT
HT 2–1
Brighton
Charalampos Kostoulas 45+1'
Pascal Groß 65'
Maxim De Cuyper 69'
League Cup
Round of 32Manchester United2–3Brighton
6
Shots in the box
14
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
8′9′46′65′69′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Manchester United 2-3 Brighton
Brighton edged out Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford in League Cup. Lacey opened the scoring for Manchester United on 8', Mount made it 2-0 to Manchester United on 9', Kostoulas pulled one back for Brighton on 46', Groß levelled for Brighton on 65' and Cuyper put Brighton back in front on 69'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Manchester United took 6 of their 12 attempts inside the box, Brighton 14 of 18. Brighton held 58.0% of the ball.
Brighton had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Brighton graded out for box occupation — 14 of 18 shots in the box.
P. Groß came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Brighton from 1 goal, 5 key passes and 3 shots.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
42%Possession58%
12Shots18
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
Brighton
Brighton kept getting bodies into the area — 78% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 18
- Share
- 78%
Timeline
Shea Lacey — assist: Youri Tielemans
⚽8'
Mason Mount
⚽9'
🟨43'
Chema Andrés
Foul
⚽45+1'
Charalampos Kostoulas — assist: Jaouen Hadjam
Half-time
🟨59'
Jaouen Hadjam
Foul
⚽65'
Pascal Groß — assist: Luka Vuskovic
Joshua Zirkzee ↑ Benjamin Šeško ↓
🔄66'
Kobbie Mainoo ↑ Andrey Santos ↓
🔄66'
Bryan Mbeumo ↑ Shea Lacey ↓
🔄66'
🔄66'
Maxim De Cuyper ↑ Malick Yalcouyé ↓
🔄66'
Diego Gomez ↑ Matt O'Riley ↓
⚽69'
Maxim De Cuyper
Bruno Fernandes ↑ Mason Mount ↓
🔄73'
🔄74'
Ferdi Kadıoğlu ↑ Jaouen Hadjam ↓
🔄74'
Yasin Ayari ↑ Olivier Boscagli ↓
Matheus Cunha ↑ Marcus Rashford ↓
🔄80'
🔄82'
Georginio Rutter ↑ Charalampos Kostoulas ↓
🟨85'
Yasin Ayari
Foul
🟨90+1'
Maxim De Cuyper
Time Wasting
Match info
Kickoff
VenueOld Trafford, Manchester
RefereeF. Hallam
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished