Man Utd versus Brighton – Premier League Match Report
Preamble
The Red Devils, having just beaten Liverpool and Sunderland, aim for three consecutive successes straight tonight. The wind’s behind them managed by Ruben Amorim currently!
Only problem is, their visitors tonight come from the south coast, with victories in their previous three visits at the Theatre of Dreams, plus six out of seven fixtures head-to-head.
Despite United’s form; for the Seagulls relatively easy. Nevertheless, the visitors are also famously erratic similar to their opponents, therefore the fixture appears competing and maybe highly entertaining.
Start time is 17:30 BST and we say this for the last time in a while with daylight saving ending, kids. Let’s go!
The Teams
United: Lammens, Yoro starts, de Ligt features, Shaw, Diallo, Casemiro anchoring, Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo, Cunha up front, Sesko completes the XI.
Subs: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.
The Seagulls: Verbruggen between the posts, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu featured, Baleba in midfield, Ayari, Minteh, Rutter, De Cuyper, Welbeck leading the line.
Substitutes: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.
Referee: Taylor (from Cheshire).
VAR: Oliver (Northumberland).
Team News
Manchester United make a couple of alterations after their 2-1 win away to Liverpool. Šeško is selected instead of Mount, relegated to the bench, while last week’s win-securing hero Harry Maguire doesn’t feature entirely, Leny Yoro taking his place in defence.
An issue arose this week in practice. Malacia makes the squad among the substitutes this campaign.
The Seagulls opted for one alteration post-success against against the Magpies. Seemingly a tactical shift, bringing in Maxim De Cuyper instead of Gómez, who drops to the bench.
The striker, ex-United player that lifted the title back in 2013, comes back to Manchester on a hot streak of four goals in three games, one more than he’d managed over his last 15 matches.
Build-Up
Amorim is unfazed regarding comments from the Reds’ manager … while Welbeck is focused about the considerations by the former Chelsea manager.
It is widely discussed the fixture may influence their respective fortunes during the league campaign progresses.
Ones to watch feature Fernandes for United and the Brighton forward for the visitors, each performing well lately.
