The Seagulls are heading into the match on the back of a 2-1 Premier League-win away to Chelsea last weekend, while United suffered a 3-0 defeat against Sevilla on Thursday night and got eliminated from the Europa League in the last eight stage.
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Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United will go head-to-head in the FA Cup semi-final fixture at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening. The winner of the encounter will take on Manchester City in the title-decider in June. The Red Devils have won the Cup competition 12 times, a record only bettered by Arsenal (13), while Brighton’s best performance came way back in 1983 when they lost the final against Sunday’s opponents. Meanwhile, the Seagulls are heading into the match on the back of an impressive 2-1 Premier League-win away to Chelsea last weekend, while United suffered a 3-0 defeat against Sevilla on Thursday night and got eliminated from the Europa League in the last eight stage.
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— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) April 22, 2023
Brighton thrashed Grimsby Town 5-0 in the quarter-final match last month thanks to Evan Ferguson’s brace and one goal each from Deniz Undav, Solly March and Kaoru Mitoma. Prior to that, the Seagulls overcame the likes of Liverpool, Stoke City and Middlesbrough, thus reaching their first FA Cup semi-finals since the 2018-19 campaign, where they were sent packing 1-0 by eventual winners Manchester City. Brighton are having a pretty good league campaign, as they are sitting at the eighth spot in the English top tier standings, having taken 49 points from 29 games, just four points adrift of fourth placed Tottenham Hptspur, who have played two games more. Meanwhile, Roberto de Zerbis’s side secured all three points against the Blues at Stamford Bridge last Saturday courtesy of Danny Welbeck’s 42nd-minute equaliser and Julio Enciso’s winner 20 minutes from time.
Manchester United, on the other hand, incredibly secured 3-1 wins against all four of their FA Cup fixtures against the likes of Everton, Reading, West Ham United and Fulham this season. But their most recent outing for a semi-final ended in a defeat to Chelsea in 2019-20. Erik ten Hag’s side are currently sitting at the third position in the Premier League standings, with 59 points to their name from 30 games. Nevertheless, the Red Devils lost out to Sevilla in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie on Thursday night courtesy of Youssef En Nesyri’s brace and one goal from Loic Balde. The defeat meant that United’s dreams of a continental crown is over, but the prospect of emulating Liverpool’s EFL Cup and FA Cup double from last year is very much still alive.
Brighton & Hove Albion probable starting lineup: Sanchez, Gross, Webster, Dunk, Estupinan, Caicedo, Mac Allister, March, Enciso, Mitoma, Welbeck
Manchester United probable starting lineup: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Shaw, Malacia, Casemiro, Eriksen, Antony, Fernandes, Rashford, Weghorst
Brighton & Hove Albion
| Opponents | Score |
| Chelsea | 1-2 (W) |
| Tottenham | 2-1 (L) |
| Bournemouth | 0-2 (W) |
| Brentford | 3-3 (D) |
| Grimsby | 5-0 (W) |
Manchester United
| Opponents | Score |
| Sevilla | 3-0 (L) |
| Nottingham | 0-2 (W) |
| Sevilla | 2-2 (D) |
| Everton | 2-0 (W) |
| Brentford | 1-0 (W) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Brighton beat Manchester United | 1-2 |
| Brighton beat Manchester United | 4-0 |
| Manchester United beat Brighton | 2-0 |
| Manchester United beat Brighton | 2-1 |
| Manchester United beat Brighton | 0-3 |
The FA Cup match between Brighton and Manchester United will take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday at 9:00 pm IST.
| Brighton vs Manchester United | Key Details |
| Date | April 23 |
| Venue | Wembley Stadium |
| Kickoff time in UK | 5:30 pm |
| Kickoff time in India | 9:00 pm |
The live telecast of the FA Cup matches in India will be available on Sony Sport network. Besides, football fans in India can also live stream through Jio TV and Sony LIV. Meanwhile, those in the UK can catch the live action via BBC network.
