Post Match report for the Man Utd game - Saturday, 25th October 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Man Utd V Brighton - 25/10/25 P9
* * * * * COMING APART AT THE SEAMS * * * * *
RESULT: 4-2 ~ Welbeck Kostoulas. (h-t 2-0)
VENUE: Old Trafford, Manchester - fifth away match of 9 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: going to Red Devils place of worship had been a whole lot of fun over the last three seasons for Brighton fans travelling support
Today would be further measure of where we are now compared to where they were.
WEATHER: ok . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: forced smiles with gritted teeth.
FABIAN HURZELER was keen to avoid defeat and thereby continue this campaign start as just being bang on average.
FH consulted medical assessments, training reports, visual & other senses to compile the team-sheet.
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 8 Gruda 13 Hinshelwood 22 Mitoma 34 Veltman . REHAB: 4 Webster 7 March
OOL: 3 Julio 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 33 ORiley 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 29 de Cuyper
. 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 26 Ayari 24 Kadioglu
. . . . . 10 Rutter . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 20 Milner (59), 14 Watson (59), 25 Gomez (59), 19 Kostoulas (79), 9 Tzimas (87)
BENCH: 23 Steele 21 Boscagli 42 Coppola 58 Oriola
GOALS:
1-0 - 24 . hosts net from a drive after visitors lose possession a little too easily.
2-0 - 34 . locals deflected effort wrong-foots Verbruggen as he commits to trajectory.
3-0 - 61 . it is all over bar shouting the odds when red-shirts grab a third while blue & white watch.
3-1 - 74 . WELBECK pumps in a quality f-k to spare away blushes & slightly reduce deficit.
3-2 - 92 . KOSTOULAS nets a first goal with neat header at the near post from a Milner centre.
4-2 - 96 . United score a fourth after regaining the ball from yet another mistake by hapless travellers
YELLOWS: Baleba 41, Kadioglu 94
CHANGES: 59 Milner, Watson & Gomez for Baleba, de Cuyper & Ayari
79 Kostoulas for Rutter . 87 Tzimas for Wieffer
FIRST HALF: visitors are at sixes & sevens across the pitch, at each end and all parts between.
Travellers cannot score for free when given realistic opportunities against 3 at the back.
SECOND HALF: hosts increase their lead immediately following away substitutions.
A very late Seagulls rally is boosted by attacking subs.
Locals score again in stoppage time.
IN THE END: not good enough from the starting eleven as first picks had a collective nightmare.
NUMBERS: poss 43%-57%, on target 9-5, off target 4-12, corners 1-6,
fouls 4-13, yellows 2-2, subs 5-5, shape 3421-4231 . . . . . gd-1 pt12 po12
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