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Preamble

The Red Devils, after defeating Sunderland and Liverpool, look to make it a trio of victories on the bounce tonight. Confidence is high under Ruben Amorim now more than ever!

Only problem is, the opposing team come from the south coast, with victories on each of their last three trips at the Theatre of Dreams, and six of the last seven League meetings in this rivalry.

Forget the momentum; for the Seagulls relatively easy. That said, the visitors are also consistently inconsistent as their hosts, making this match competing and maybe highly entertaining.

Start time is 5.30pm BST and we say this for the last time in a while because remember the clocks fall back tonight, folks. It’s on!

Starting XIs

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

Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke starting, Dunk, Kadioglu featured, Baleba, Ayari playing, Minteh on the wing, Rutter, De Cuyper included, Welbeck leading the line.
Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.

Official: Anthony Taylor (from Cheshire).
VAR: Michael Oliver (Northumberland).

Squad Updates

United decided on two adjustments after the Anfield triumph away to Liverpool. Šeško starts instead of Mount, now on the substitutes, while last week’s win-securing hero Harry Maguire doesn’t feature entirely, Leny Yoro taking his place at the back.

An issue arose this week in practice. Malacia returns on the bench for the first time this season.

Brighton have made one alteration after their 2-1 home win versus Newcastle. Likely a defensive move, bringing in De Cuyper replacing Gómez, who drops to the bench.

Welbeck, formerly of United champions in during the 2012-13 season, comes back to Manchester on a hot streak with four recent goals, exceeding his tally from 15 prior games.

Leading Stories

The manager pays little heed about the views of the Reds’ manager … but Danny Welbeck is highly concerned regarding the plans from the German coach.

It is widely discussed that this match might affect for both teams’ seasons as the Premier League continues.

Ones to watch feature Bruno Fernandes from the hosts and the Brighton forward in blue and white, both in fine form in recent weeks.