Watch the Manchester Utd v Brighton live stream from Old Trafford tonight, with this Carabao Cup third round tie kicking off at 20.00 BST. TV channel details, information and streaming news.
| Live Streaming | Date | Kick off Time | TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United v Brighton | 16 September 2026 | 20.00 BST | ITV1 |
Man Utd v Brighton Live Streaming Information
Man Utd v Brighton is free to air on ITV1, shown as STV in Scotland, and is also on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football, with the game carried in 4K on Sky Sports Ultra HDR. Kick off at Old Trafford is 20.00 BST on Wednesday 16 September 2026, with the fourth round draw taking place straight after the final whistle.
Sunday’s Manchester derby, the 199th, ended with United beaten 1-0 by a City side that had been down to 10 men since the 23rd minute.
Erling Haaland’s second-half goal was allowed to stand despite Enzo Fernandez being offside and involved in the move.
United have a reasonable grievance there and rather less of one about the hour they spent a man up without threatening, forcing Gianluigi Donnarumma into a single meaningful save deep in stoppage time.
One win from four league games has already left them eight points behind Arsenal and Manchester City, with seven conceded and no clean sheet yet. Fulham away comes next on Sunday, and this is the tie in between.
It is also their first in this competition since last season’s second round exit to fourth-tier Grimsby Town under Ruben Amorim. United have won the League Cup six times, most recently in 2022-23, and have not gone out before round four in consecutive seasons since the mid-nineties.
Matthijs de Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, Amad Diallo, Tom Heaton and Carlos Baleba are all injured, the last of those having arrived from Brighton in the summer. Luke Shaw is a doubt and will be checked before kick off after sitting out the derby, and Michael Carrick is expected to freshen things up with Andrey Santos pushing for a midfield recall and Benjamin Sesko in line to lead the line.
Brighton could hardly be in better shape. Fourth on seven points, they have scored 13 goals in four games, more than any other side in the division and more than at this stage of any of their 14 top-flight campaigns.
Sunday brought a 5-0 win at Coventry with five different scorers, the joint second biggest league victory in the club’s history, and Bart Verbruggen still found time for six saves and a fourth clean sheet in six.
The treatment room is crowded, with Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma, Jack Hinshelwood, Zadok Yohanna, Mats Wieffer, Stefanos Tzimas and Evan Ferguson all unavailable. Georginio Rutter, Femi Azeez and Michael Svoboda missed the Coventry game and face late fitness calls.
Pascal Gross has scored seven goals against United, more than against any other opponent in his career, and had a hand in three at Coventry. Brighton have won seven of the last 11 meetings between the clubs, four of them at Old Trafford, which sits oddly alongside a League Cup record that features one quarter-final appearance, in 1978-79, and fourth round exits in five of the last six seasons.
