[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester United *** Official Match Thread ***

[Dick Head]

Albion v Manchester United

EFL (CARABAO) CUP
Fourth Round
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Referee: Graham Scott
Assistants: Daniel Robathan, Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: Simon Hooper
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MATCH STATS

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  [*=left]This is just the second League Cup tie between Brighton and Manchester United, with the Red Devils winning 2-1 on aggregate over two legs in the second round in 1992-93.
  [*=left]Brighton have lost their last five League Cup meetings with Premier League opponents, since beating Sunderland 1-0 in August 2011.
  [*=left]Only once in their history have Brighton reached the League Cup quarter-final, doing so in 1978-79 before being eliminated by eventual winners Nottingham Forest.
  [*=left]Manchester United have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four League Cup games, as many as they had in their previous 12 in the competition. Meanwhile, they've not failed to score in any of their last 16 League Cup games.
  [*=left]Alireza Jahanbakhsh has been involved in 50% of Brighton's League Cup goals this season, scoring twice and assisting one of the Seagull's six goals.

 

[Icy Gull]

Very interested to see to what degree GP holds his nerve with players who have got us this far in the cup. Obviously trying to guess the line up is a futile waste of time

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Grudge match. Eyes peeled for handballs and the ref running his watch on Fergie Time.

 

[BadFish]

Question is: Do I get up at 4.30am to watch this??

 

[Steve in Japan]

Hoops is the VAR - we're doomed

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Hoops is the VAR - we're doomed

4th official

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Hoops is the VAR - we're doomed

No VAR in the league cup is there?

Hopefully not - just being 4th official is bad enough though.

Reffing our next game too

 

[Guinness Boy]

As much as I would like to stuff them, I do hope Potter picks mainly the players who did the business against Pompey and Preston. There will be a thirst for revenge among the players from Saturday and I worry that will lead them to run themselves into the ground or get injured for Saturday. The league is far more important and our EPL Cup squad has been more than good enough so far.

 

[Beach Hut]

So excited

 

[dwayne]

Proppz out. CM looking a bit weak/young unless we rope in lallana which is a pretty big risk.

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[jakarta]

Were loose in the 99th minute thanks to VAR (does that cover every base?)

 

[OSRGull]

Think the squad will be similar to the last 2 cup games however a much stronger bench.

I can’t see OGS playing a completely weaker side, this is or the FA Cup is the only realistic trophy they can achieve this season.


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[TomandJerry]

Wheel loose

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[Peter Grummit]

I predict we'll get done by a reffing error that VAR would have overturned.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Proppz out. CM looking a bit weak/young unless we rope in lallana which is a pretty big risk.

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Injured?

 

[Thompson720]

I'm hearing they've already started adding time on at the end

 

[pornomagboy]

with the 23s playing against charlton tonight will we see more forst team players that previous rounds


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[Steve in Japan]

4th official

No VAR in the league cup is there?

Hopefully not - just being 4th official is bad enough though.

Reffing our next game too

Will think before posting. For today, at least.

 

[Napper]

1/4 finals up for grabs.

Their fringe obviously better than our fringe but bit of luck and who knows.

Brighton on pens

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Will think before posting. For today, at least.

If people start doing that, this place would fold within weeks.