{"id":406765,"date":"2026-01-11T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406765\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:58:09","slug":"man-united-vs-brighton-live-latest-updates-from-fa-cup-third-round-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406765\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United vs Brighton LIVE: Latest updates from FA Cup third round clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nathan Johns<\/p>\n

Jan 12, 2026, 02:38 AM\"Copy<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n

The FA Cup third round action continues on Sunday as Manchester United<\/a> welcome Brighton & Hove Albion<\/a> to Old Trafford and you can follow the updates live on ESPN.<\/p>\n

It’s a second match in control of United for Darren Fletcher as he takes interim charge following the dramatic sacking of Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n

Today’s hosts are on a run of three consecutive Premier League<\/a> draws to Wolves, Leeds and Burnley<\/a> respectively as they now turn their attention to the cup.<\/p>\n

Brighton, for their part, travel up to Manchester for the second time this week having held City to a draw in the league on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Follow along for live updates as we build up to the 4.30pm kick-off at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

– Transfer rumors, news: Bruno Fernandes linked with Man United exit<\/a>
– Man United hope for interim boss clarity early next week – sources<\/a>
– Darren Fletcher ‘prepared’ to lead Man United for rest of season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nathan Johns Jan 12, 2026, 02:38 AMEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions The FA Cup third round action continues on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-406765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}