Premiership · Matchday 05

Manchester United v Brighton

1–3

HT 0–1

Saturday 16th September 2023 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,592

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday 16th September 2023 in the Premiership. Hannibal Mejbri (73') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Jarred Gillett.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
4' Tariq Lamptey
20' Danny Welbeck Assist: Simon Adingra 0–1
24' Jan Paul van Hecke
45' Bruno Fernandes
Half Time 0–1
53' Pascal Gross Assist: Tariq Lamptey 0–2
64' Hannibal Mejbri for Casemiro
64' Anthony Martial for Hojlund
71' Joao Pedro Assist: Tariq Lamptey 0–3
73' Hannibal Mejbri Assist: Lisandro Martinez 1–3
85' Aaron Wan-Bissaka for Martinez
85' Alejandro Garnacho for Reguilon
85' Facundo Pellistri for McTominay
90' Hannibal Mejbri
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

44%

Possession

4-1-2-1-2◆

Formation

Jarred Gillett

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

Substitutes

64' for Casemiro

73'

64' for Hojlund

85' for Martinez

85' for Reguilon

85' for McTominay

Brighton Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2 Tariq Lamptey LB

5 Lewis Dunk CD-L

8 Mahmoud Dahoud LM

13 Pascal Groß RM ⚽

14 Adam Lallana AM

18 Danny Welbeck F ⚽

22 Kaoru Mitoma AM-L

23 Jason Steele G

24 Simon Adingra AM-R

29 Jan Paul van Hecke CD-R

34 Joël Veltman RB

Substitutes

1 Bart Verbruggen

3 Igor Julio

4 Adam Webster

6 James Milner on

9 João Pedro on ⚽

11 Billy Gilmour on

20 Carlos Baleba

28 Evan Ferguson on

31 Ansu Fati on

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

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Roberto de Zerbi

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-1-2

Formation

Brighton

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Brighton

44%

Possession

56%

1.0

Expected Goals (xG)

1.7

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.60

Avg Player Rating

7.20

27.2

Avg Age

29.0

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 32 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 32 times: 19W 6D 7L.

7 Aug 2022 L 1–2 PL 23 Apr 2023 D 0–0 FAC 4 May 2023 L 0–1 PL

16 Sep 2023 L 1–3 This match

19 May 2024 W 2–0 PL 24 Aug 2024 L 1–2 PL 19 Jan 2025 L 1–3 PL

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 →