Premiership · Matchday 09
Manchester United v Brighton
4–2
HT 2–0
Manchester United beat Brighton 4–2 at Old Trafford on Saturday 25th October 2025 in the Premiership. Matheus Cunha (24'), Casemiro (34') and Bryan Mbeumo (61', 90'+6') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 24' Matheus Cunha Assist: Casemiro 1–0
- 34' Casemiro Assist: Luke Shaw 2–0
- 41' Carlos Baleba
- Half Time 2–0
- 61' Bryan Mbeumo Assist: Benjamin Sesko 3–0
- 65' Ayden Heaven for Shaw
- 70' Kobbie Mainoo for Casemiro
- 70' Patrick Dorgu for Diallo
- 72' Patrick Dorgu
- 74' Danny Welbeck 3–1
- 81' Benjamin Sesko
- 81' Manuel Ugarte for Cunha
- 82' Joshua Zirkzee for Sesko
- 90' Ferdi Kadioglu
- 90+2' Charalampos Kostoulas Assist: James Milner 3–2
- 90+6' Bryan Mbeumo Assist: Ayden Heaven 4–2
- Full Time 4–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Ayden Heaven
65' for Shaw
Kobbie Mainoo
70' for Casemiro
Patrick Dorgu
70' for Diallo
Manuel Ugarte
81' for Cunha
Joshua Zirkzee
82' for Sesko
Brighton Lineup
4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Bart Verbruggen G
5 Lewis Dunk CD-L
6 Jan Paul van Hecke CD-R
10 Georginio Rutter AM
11 Yankuba Minteh AM-L
17 Carlos Baleba RM
18 Danny Welbeck F ⚽
24 Ferdi Kadioglu AM-R
26 Yasin Ayari LM
27 Mats Wieffer RB
29 Maxim De Cuyper LB
Substitutes
9 Stefanos Tzimas on
14 Tom Watson on
19 Charalambos Kostoulas on ⚽
20 James Milner on
21 Olivier Boscagli
23 Jason Steele
25 Diego Gómez on
42 Diego Coppola
58 Nehemiah Oriola
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Ruben Amorim
Manchester United
OPP
Fabian Hurzeler
Brighton
Match Information
Man Utd
3-4-2-1
Formation
Brighton
4-2-3-1
United vs Brighton History
Meeting 36 of 39
39
Played
22
Won
6
Drawn
11
Lost
65
Goals For
40
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 16th January 1909. After this match United had played Brighton 36 times: 21W 6D 9L.
19 May 2024 W 2–0 PL 24 Aug 2024 L 1–2 PL 19 Jan 2025 L 1–3 PL
25 Oct 2025 W 4–2 This match
11 Jan 2026 L 1–2 FAC 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 |
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 →