Man United vs Brighton Highlights: United 4-2 Brighton; Mbeumo's brace seals thrilling triumph for Red Devils

With a hat-trick of victories for the first time this season, United find themselves level on 16 points with cross-town rivals Manchester City, who occupy the higher spot on the table due to a superior Goal Difference. Whether Amorim’s men will stay in the top-four or not depends on Liverpool’s away game against Brentford.

Arne Slot’s defending champions currently have 15 points to their name and will leapfrog both City and United should they beat Brentford. They might even move past Sunderland to second depending on their margin of victory. The Reds had only recently snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt, and might still be under a bit of pressure heading into their next assignment.

Brighton had the lion’s share of the possession (58 per cent) and also had 15 shots compared to 13 for United. United, however, had 9 shots on target compared to 5 for their opponents, four of them beating keeper Bart Verbruggen.

90+8′: Manchester United survive an almighty scare against Brighton to complete a hat-trick of victories and move into the top-four of the Premier League table – a position that’s a lot more familiar for the 20-time English top-flight champions than the middle of the table!

They have also beaten the Seagulls at home after losing their previous three encounters.

IN: Milner, Gomez and Watson

OUT: Baleba, Ayari and De Cuyper

Here’s the Portuguese attacking midfielder, who has been United captain since 2023, receiving a special jersey ahead of the home game against Brighton:

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ✔️
2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ✔️
3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ⏳@B_Fernandes8 is set to make his 300th United appearance on Saturday ❤️ pic.twitter.com/YCMhEOPUya

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 24, 2025

Here’s how the ‘Seagulls’ have fared in their last five matches across competitions:

– Defeated Newcastle United 2-1 (Home, Premier League)

– Drew against Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 (Away, Premier League)

– Defeated Chelsea 3-1 (Away, Premier League)

– Defeated Barnsley 6-0 (Away, League Cup)

– Drew against Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 (Home, Premier League)

Here’s how the ‘Red Devils’ have fared in their last five matches in the Premier League:

– Defeated Liverpool 2-1 (Away)

– Defeated Sunderland 2-0 (Home)

– Lost to Brentford 1-3 (Away)

– Defeated Chelsea 2-1 (Home)

– Lost to Manchester City 0-3 (Away)

Manchester United: Lammens, Yoro, de Ligt, Shaw, Diallo, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo, Cunha, Sesko; Subs: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.

Brighton and Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Minteh, Rutter, De Cuyper, Welbeck; Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.