First away day for Te

Manchester United will look to make it two wins out of two in the Premier League this season when they face an effervescent Brighton side on Saturday.

Last Friday, United played in the league opener against Fulham and had to rely on a late goal from new signing Joshua Zirkzee to claim all three points.

Brighton, meanwhile, were impressive in a 3-0 defeat of Everton at Goodison Park.

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Brighton recent form

On paper, an away day against Sean Dyche’s defensively solid Everton side looked like a tough opening game for Brighton, but the Seagulls were superb and ended up winning 3-0 thanks to goals from Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra.

They looked particularly devastating on the counterattack which is something United will need to be extremely wary of here.

Brighton injury news

Bart Verbruggen, Solomon March and Julio Enciso are all definitely out for Brighton, but the club are hopeful that Evan Ferguson, Pervis Estupinan and Tariq Lamptey may return soon. Their fitness will be assessed closer to kickoff on Saturday.

Yankuba Minteh was forced off with injury against Everton after setting up the first goal, but his issue isn’t believed to be anything serious so he could feature.

Last Brighton starting XI

Man Utd recent form

Man Utd have played two competitive games so far this season – losing to Man City in the Community Shield and then beating Fulham last week.

The result on Friday may have been a good one, but the performance still had echoes of last season.

In pre-season, they lost against Rosenborg, Arsenal and Liverpool and defeated Rangers and Real Betis.

Man Utd injury news

United still have a number of key players missing in Rasmus Hojlund, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Leny Yoro and Victor Lindelof.

Jadon Sancho may be available again but it is unlikely he’ll be utilised by Erik ten Hag as he looks likely to be sold before the end of the transfer window.

Last Man Utd starting XI

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Publish date : 2024-08-22 09:02:39

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