Man Utd against Brighton & Hove Albion – English top flight Updates
Preamble
The Red Devils, having just beaten Sunderland and Liverpool, are targeting three consecutive successes on the bounce tonight. They have momentum managed by Ruben Amorim for the very first time!
Only problem is, their visitors tonight are the Seagulls, having triumphed during three consecutive away games to Old Trafford, winning six from seven fixtures in this rivalry.
Forget the momentum; it’s been straightforward very comfortable. Nevertheless, the visitors are also famously erratic similar to their opponents, so this game is intriguing and possibly thrilling to watch.
Start time is 17:30 BST and we say this for the last time in a while with daylight saving ending, everyone. Game on!
Starting XIs
Man Utd: Lammens in goal, Yoro starts, de Ligt, Shaw at the back, Diallo included, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo attacking, Cunha, Sesko completes the XI.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari playing, Minteh, Rutter, De Cuyper included, Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.
Official: Taylor (Cheshire).
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland).
Selection Changes
Man Utd have made a couple of alterations after the Anfield triumph away to Liverpool. Benjamin Šeško comes in replacing Mount, relegated to the bench, plus the decisive scorer Maguire misses out completely, Yoro replaces him in defence.
He sustained a knock in midweek sessions. Malacia returns on the bench for the first time this season.
Brighton & Hove Albion make one alteration following victory at home over Newcastle. Likely a defensive move, bringing in Maxim De Cuyper instead of Gómez, who drops to the bench.
Welbeck, ex-United player champions in in 2012-13, visits his old club in fine form scoring four in three, an improvement on from 15 prior games.
Pre-Match Patter
Ruben Amorim doesn’t much care about the views of the Reds’ manager … yet Welbeck is mindful about the considerations from the German coach.
Various reports suggest the fixture may influence their respective fortunes during the league unfolds.
Ones to watch include Fernandes from the hosts and the Brighton forward for the visitors, both in fine form lately.
