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Preamble

Man Utd, having just beaten Sunderland and Liverpool, look to make it three Premier League wins on the bounce tonight. The wind’s behind them with Ruben Amorim in charge currently!

Yet, their visitors tonight come from the south coast, with victories in their previous three visits at the Theatre of Dreams, and six of the last seven fixtures head-to-head.

Despite United’s form; it’s been straightforward very comfortable. Nevertheless, Brighton are otherwise famously erratic like United, therefore the fixture appears competing and maybe rollickingly good entertainment.

Start time is 17:30 BST a final reminder for now with daylight saving ending, folks. It’s on!

Starting XIs

United: Lammens in goal, Yoro starts, de Ligt, Shaw, Diallo included, Casemiro anchoring, Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo, Cunha, Sesko.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen between the posts, Wieffer in defense, van Hecke starting, Dunk captain, Kadioglu featured, Baleba in midfield, Ayari playing, Minteh on the wing, Rutter, De Cuyper included, Welbeck.
Reserves: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (from Cheshire).
Video Assistant Referee: Oliver (from Northumberland).

Team News

United decided on two adjustments after last week’s victory at Anfield last weekend. Šeško is selected instead of Mount, relegated to the bench, plus the decisive scorer Harry Maguire doesn’t feature completely, Yoro replaces him in defense.

An issue arose this week in practice. Tyrell Malacia is named among the substitutes this campaign.

The Seagulls opted for one alteration post-success against versus Newcastle. It’s ostensibly a defensive one, swapping in Maxim De Cuyper instead of Gómez, now among the subs.

The striker, ex-United player to win the Premier League back in 2013, comes back to Manchester in fine form with four recent goals, one more than he’d managed in his previous 15.

Leading Stories

Amorim is unfazed regarding comments from the Reds’ manager … but Danny Welbeck is highly concerned with the thought processes of Thomas Tuchel.

It is widely discussed that this match might affect their respective fortunes as the Premier League campaign progresses.

Ones to watch are Bruno Fernandes for United and the Brighton forward in blue and white, both on song in recent weeks.