Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion Preview

Manchester United host Brighton at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening in the Carabao Cup, with the visitors arriving in outrageous form and the hosts coming off the back of a derby defeat.

United have won 2 of their last 5, drawing one and losing two, and go into this one on the back of a derby setback. Most recently, they lost 0-1 at home to Manchester City despite having a man advantage for the majority of the match. Prior to that, they beat Sabah Baku 4-0 at home in the Champions League in a routine win against much weaker opposition. Before that, they were held 2-2 away at Everton. Four games back, they beat Ipswich 5-2 at home and furthest back, Hull beat them 2-0 in their first game of the Premier League.

Brighton have won 3 of their last 5, drawing one, and arrive as one of the in-form sides in the division. Most recently, they thrashed Coventry 5-0 away in an impressive display. Prior to that, they drew 1-1 at home with Leeds. Before that, Chelsea beat them 4-3 away. Earlier in this run, they beat Tromso 4-0 at home in the Europa Conference League, and their run began with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa at home.

The head-to-head record heavily favours Manchester United, who have won 4 of the last five meetings, with no draws and 1 win for Brighton. Most recently, United won 3-0 away at Brighton. In the previous encounter, Brighton won 2-1 away at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.

In Great Britain, the match is live on ITV1 and ITVX, with Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football also carrying coverage, and the same broadcasters extending to Ireland Republic. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on Paramount+. The game is also available in Canada via DAZN Canada and fuboTV Canada, and in Australia through beIN Sports 2 and beIN Sports Connect.

Possible Lineups

Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Dorgu, Tielemans, Mainoo, Fernandes, Cunha, Mbeumo, Rashford

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)
Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Dunk, Vuskovic, Boscagli, Gross, Ayari, De Cuy, Kostoulas, Yalcouye, Gomez

Manchester United Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Manchester Utd	0-1	Manchester City	PL	13.09.26
✅	Manchester Utd	4-0	Sabah Baku	CL	10.09.26
🤝	Everton	2-2	Manchester Utd	PL	06.09.26
✅	Manchester Utd	5-2	Ipswich	PL	30.08.26
❌	Hull	2-0	Manchester Utd	PL	22.08.26

Brighton & Hove Albion Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Coventry	0-5	Brighton	PL	13.09.26
🤝	Brighton	1-1	Leeds	PL	05.09.26
❌	Chelsea	4-3	Brighton	PL	30.08.26
✅	Brighton	4-0	Tromso	UECL	27.08.26
✅	Brighton	4-0	Aston Villa	PL	23.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Brighton	0-3	Manchester Utd	PL	24.05.26
Manchester Utd	1-2	Brighton	FAC	11.01.26
Manchester Utd	4-2	Brighton	PL	25.10.25
Manchester Utd	1-3	Brighton	PL	19.01.25
Brighton	2-1	Manchester Utd	PL	24.08.24

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	ITV 1 UK / ITVX / Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
Ireland Republic	ITV 1 UK / ITVX / Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
USA	Paramount+
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
Australia	beIN SPORTS 2 / beIN Sports Connect
France	beIN Sports 1 / beIN SPORTS CONNECT / myCANAL
Brazil	ESPN Brazil / Zapping / Claro TV+ / Disney+ Premium Brazil
Japan	DAZN Japan
Netherlands	Viaplay Netherlands
Argentina	Disney+ Premium Argentina

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