Post Match report for the Man Utd game - Sunday, 24th May 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Man Utd - 24/5/26 P38
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RESULT: 0-3 . . . (h-t 0-2)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - nineteenth home match of 38 fixtures to date . Sun 4:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: this was our last game of the campaign and complex thoughts of hosting United provoked memories from the 17/18 climax when attaining elite inclusion for a second season.
WEATHER: hot . GATE: 31,729 . ATMOSPHERE: sea of blue at start followed by early doors by some sizable numbers.
FABIAN HURZELER had reached end of the line metaphorically speaking and subsequently would revisit Germany in summer hopefully as preparation for a nostalgic return to Europe with BHA.
FH was keeping all balls in the air and slightly went against seasonal lederhosen of traditional fashion for selection.
SQUAD: 3 Julio 26 Ayari 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 22 Mitoma . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas 28 Ferguson
OOL: 8 Gruda 14 Watson 16 Cashin 32 Sarmiento 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte 42 Coppola
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. . 25 Gomez 20 Milner 30 Gross 29 de Cuyper
. . . . . 13 Hinshelwood . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 11 Minteh (46), 7 March (59), 17 Baleba (59), 19 Kostoulas (59), 10 Rutter (75)
BENCH: 23 Steele 21 Boscagli 33 ORiley 34 Veltman
GOALS:
0-1 - 33 . visitors open scoring with a header at a corner routine.
0-2 - 45 . they double the lead with a tap-in after impressive forward play.
0-3 - 48 . simply red shirts win when their max-assists star-man finds the net too.
YELLOWS: none
CHANGES: 46 Minteh for Wieffer
59 March, Baleba & Kostoulas for Gomez, Milner & Welbeck . 75 Rutter for Hinshelwood
FIRST HALF: against momentum travellers lead just after the half hour with their first on target.
Then visitors score again just prior to halftime.
SECOND HALF: the away outfit quickly put the game to bed with hosts merely chasing the game.
IN THE END: a comprehensive defeat from much better and clinical opposition.
Third loss from the last four fixtures and second fail to score stat running with only one goal scored.
Other results meant Brighton, although missing the Europa ferry, qualified for the lesser Conference League.
NUMBERS: poss 51%-49%, on target 2-7, off target 11-4, corners 0-3,
fouls 11-8, yellows 0-1, subs 5-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd6 pt53 po8
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