FA Cup · 3rd Round

Manchester United v Brighton

1–2

HT 0–1

Sunday 11th January 2026 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,888

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Brighton at Old Trafford on Sunday 11th January 2026 in the FA Cup. Benjamin Šeško (85') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
12' Brajan Gruda 0–1
Half Time 0–1
60' Kobbie Mainoo
62' Shea Lacey for Mount
62' Joshua Zirkzee for Mainoo
64' Danny Welbeck Assist: Brajan Gruda 0–2
79' Harry Maguire for Martinez
79' Carlos Casemiro for Ugarte
85' Benjamin Šeško Assist: Bruno Fernandes 1–2
87' Shea Lacey
89' Shea Lacey 2nd yellow
90' Charalampos Kostoulas
90' Harry Maguire
Minute not recorded
— Shea Lacey
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Benjamin Šeško's 5th goal of 2025-2026, and his 5th for United.

Starting XI

Player

30 Benjamin Sesko 85'

Substitutes

62' for Mount

62' for Mainoo

79' for Martinez

79' for Ugarte

Brighton Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

8 Brajan Gruda AM-R

10 Georginio Rutter AM

13 Jack Hinshelwood RM

18 Danny Welbeck F

21 Olivier Boscagli CD-L

23 Jason Steele G

24 Ferdi Kadioglu LB

25 Diego Gómez AM-L

30 Pascal Groß LM

34 Joël Veltman RB

42 Diego Coppola CD-R

Substitutes

1 Bart Verbruggen

5 Lewis Dunk

6 Jan Paul van Hecke on

14 Tom Watson on

19 Charalambos Kostoulas on

22 Kaoru Mitoma on

26 Yasin Ayari on

51 Charlie Tasker

53 Harry Howell

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Darren Fletcher

Manchester United

OPP

Fabian Hurzeler

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brighton

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Brighton

60%

Possession

40%

1.3

Expected Goals (xG)

1.2

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.60

Avg Player Rating

7.10

24.8

Avg Age

27.7

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 37 of 39

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 16th January 1909. After this match United had played Brighton 37 times: 21W 6D 10L.

24 Aug 2024 L 1–2 PL 19 Jan 2025 L 1–3 PL 25 Oct 2025 W 4–2 PL

11 Jan 2026 L 1–2 This match

24 May 2026 W 3–0 PL 16 Sep 2026 L 2–3 LC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	20	13	2	5	34	22	65.0
Away	16	8	2	6	25	16	50.0
Neutral	3	1	2	0	6	2	33.3

All 39 meetings with Brighton →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →