FA Cup · 6th Round

Manchester United v Brighton

2–0

HT 1–0

Saturday 17th March 2018 · Old Trafford · Att: 74,241

Manchester United beat Brighton 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 17th March 2018 in the FA Cup. Romelu Lukaku (37') and Nemanja Matic (83') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Andre Marriner.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
37' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Nemanja Matic 1–0
45' Ashley Young for Shaw
Half Time 1–0
75' Marcus Rashford for Mata
83' Nemanja Matic Assist: Ashley Young 2–0
89' Marouane Fellaini for Lingard
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

61%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Andre Marriner

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Romelu Lukaku 37'

31 Nemanja Matic 83'

Substitutes

45' for Shaw

75' for Mata

89' for Lingard

Brighton Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

5 Lewis Dunk CD-L

7 Biram Kiyal LM

13 Pascal Groß RM

16 Leonardo Ulloa F

20 Solly March RF

21 Ezequiel Schelotto RB

22 Shane Duffy CD-R

24 Davy Propper CM

25 Jürgen Locadia LF

26 Tim Krul G

29 Markus Suttner LB

Substitutes

2 Bruno

9 Sam Baldock

12 Niki Mäenpää

17 Glenn Murray on

18 Connor Goldson

19 José Izquierdo on

51 Max Sanders

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Chris Hughton

Brighton

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brighton

4-3-3

Man Utd Brighton

61%

Possession

39%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.31

Avg Player Rating

6.49

United vs Brighton History

Meeting 18 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 18 times: 12W 5D 1L.

7 Oct 1992 W 1–0 LC 23 Jan 1993 W 1–0 FAC 25 Nov 2017 W 1–0 PL

17 Mar 2018 W 2–0 This match

4 May 2018 L 0–1 PL 19 Aug 2018 L 2–3 PL 19 Jan 2019 W 2–1 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 →