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Preamble

Manchester United, after defeating Sunderland and Liverpool, look to make it three consecutive successes in a row in this match. The wind’s behind them under Ruben Amorim now more than ever!

However, Brighton are Brighton & Hove Albion, who have won on each of their last three trips at Manchester United’s home, and six of the last seven encounters in this rivalry.

Forget the momentum; Brighton have found relatively easy. Having said all that, Brighton are otherwise consistently inconsistent like United, therefore the fixture appears both fascinating and potentially rollickingly good entertainment.

The match begins at 17:30 BST one last mention as the clocks go back this evening, kids. Let’s go!

The Teams

Manchester United: Lammens in goal, Yoro, de Ligt, Shaw at the back, Diallo, Casemiro, Fernandes leading, Dalot on the flank, Mbeumo attacking, Cunha up front, Sesko.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.

Brighton: Verbruggen, Wieffer in defense, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu featured, Baleba in midfield, Ayari playing, Minteh on the wing, Rutter attacking, De Cuyper included, Welbeck leading the line.
Reserves: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).
VAR: Oliver (Northumberland).

Squad Updates

Manchester United make a couple of alterations in the wake of last week’s victory away to Liverpool. Benjamin Šeško comes in instead of Mount, now on the substitutes, plus the decisive scorer Maguire misses out entirely, Yoro replaces him at the back.

Maguire picked up an injury this week in practice. Malacia makes the squad among the substitutes this campaign.

The Seagulls opted for a single switch after their 2-1 home win over Newcastle. It’s ostensibly a defensive one, swapping in De Cuyper instead of Gómez, on the bench.

Welbeck, formerly of United to win the Premier League in 2012-13, comes back to Manchester in fine form scoring four in three, one more than he’d managed from 15 prior games.

Build-Up

Ruben Amorim doesn’t much care for the opinions of Liverpool’s boss … yet Welbeck is mindful with the thought processes by the former Chelsea manager.

Various reports suggest that this match might affect for both teams’ seasons during the league continues.

Star performers feature Fernandes from the hosts plus Welbeck from the away side, each performing well in recent weeks.