League Cup · 4th Round
Brighton v Manchester United
0–3
HT 0–1
Manchester United beat Brighton 3–0 at Amex Stadium on Wednesday 30th September 2020 in the League Cup. Scott McTominay (44'), Juan Mata (73') and Paul Pogba (80') scored for United. United were captained by Juan Mata, and the referee was Graham Scott.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 43' Dan Burn
- 43' Daniel Burn
- 44' Scott McTominay Assist: Juan Mata 0–1
- Half Time 0–1
- 69' Paul Pogba for James
- 69' Marcus Rashford for Ighalo
- 73' Juan Mata Assist: Donny van de Beek 0–2
- 79' Joel Veltman
- 79' Joël Veltman
- 80' Paul Pogba 0–3
- 81' Jesse Lingard for Fred
- 86' Victor Lindelof
- Full Time 0–3
Match Facts
49%
Possession
4-2-3-1
Formation
Graham Scott
Referee
Juan Mata
Captain
Starting XI
Player
8 Juan Mata 73'
Brighton Lineup
3-4-3
Starting XI
3 Ben White CD-R
5 Lewis Dunk CD
10 Alexis Mac Allister CF-L
13 Pascal Groß CM-L
16 Alireza Jahanbakhsh CF-R
23 Jason Steele G
30 Bernardo LM
33 Dan Burn CD-L
34 Joël Veltman RM
42 Viktor Gyökeres F
49 Jayson Molumby CM-R
Substitutes
9 Neal Maupay on
11 Leandro Trossard on
26 Robert Sánchez
41 Max Sanders on
50 Alex Cochrane
58 Hayden Roberts
72 Teddy Jenks
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United
OPP
Graham Potter
Brighton
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Brighton
3-4-3
United vs Brighton History
Meeting 25 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 25 times: 17W 5D 3L.
10 Nov 2019 W 3–1 PL 30 Jun 2020 W 3–0 PL 26 Sep 2020 W 3–2 PL
30 Sep 2020 W 3–0 This match
4 Apr 2021 W 2–1 PL 15 Feb 2022 W 2–0 PL 7 May 2022 L 0–4 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 |
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 →