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Manchester United entertain Brighton in an all-Premier League Carabao Cup third round tie on Wednesday, live on talkSPORT.

With both sides in Europe this season, this marks the start of their Carabao Cup campaign.

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick arrives at Old Trafford.
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Michael Carrick will hope he can lead Man United to Carabao Cup success this seasonCredit: Getty

And they've made contrasting starts to the Premier League season, with Man United only winning one of their opening four games and Brighton in the top four.

United suffered a controversial home Manchester derby defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, while Brighton thumped Coventry 5-0 on the road.

The visitors have an excellent recent record away to United, too, winning on four of their last five trips in all competitions.

Man United vs Brighton: Date and how to follow

This Carabao Cup third round game will be played on Wednesday, September 16.

Kick-off is set for 8pm at Old Trafford, with talkSPORT bringing you live coverage.

Adrian Durham is your presenter, while commentary comes from Jim Proudfoot and ex-England defender Micky Gray.

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The match is also being shown live on ITV1 and Sky Sports Main Event.

Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Fabian Hurzeler looks on from the dugout.
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Brighton have not gone beyond the fourth round of this competition since 1978 – can Fabian Hurzeler take them on a cup run this time around?Credit: Getty

Man United vs Brighton: Team news

Rotation is inevitable with this tie coming between Premier League fixtures for both teams.

United boss Michael Carrick could call upon the likes of Benjamin Sesko, who scored on his first start of the season in last week's Champions League win over Sabah

Andrey Santos hasn't started since the opening weekend of the campaign so will likely come in too.

Luke Shaw missed the Manchester derby and may not feature, while Wednesday likely comes too soon for Carlos Baleba to make his United debut after joining from Brighton last month.

As for the Seagulls, Fabian Hurzeler may use the game to give summer signings such as Promise David and Ibrahim Osman more minutes.

However, Hurzeler has less room for manoeuvre in terms of shaking things up – they have a lengthy injury list including the likes of Kaoru Mitoma and Mats Wieffer.

Promise David of Brighton & Hove Albion looks on.
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Canada World Cup star Promise David is on a season-long loan from Union Saint-GilloiseCredit: Getty

Man United vs Brighton: What's been said?

Speaking after Sunday's painful defeat, Carrick insisted there was no need for United to rip things up and start again.

"We don't need a break or a restart," he said. "We've just got to move on and start winning again."

Hurzeler, meanwhile, is staying grounded despite Brighton's emphatic victory last time out.

"We will always be the team who are very humble and don't take things for granted," he said.

The draw for the fourth round of the Carabao Cup will be made after Wednesday's game.

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