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16 min: Diallo dribbles into the Brighton box from the right. De Cuyper hangs out a leg, attempting to clear with a back-heel. (!) The United man goes over. The crowd scream for a penalty, but they\u2019re not getting one, because the Brighton player got a touch on the ball before the man. VAR agrees. United come again, Cunha shooting towards the bottom right from long range. Verbruggen is up to the task and parries. That\u2019s all got United going after a sluggish few minutes for the home side.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15 min: Rutter romps down the left before cutting back for Welbeck, who flips a first-time shot towards the top left. He doesn\u2019t quite catch it. Lammens claims. Fernandes, tracking back, did just enough to put Welbeck off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min: Yoro sprays a simple pass intended for Diallo out of play on the right. After a couple of promising early sorties, United have struggled to find their rhythm.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12 min: Lammens comes to the edge of his box, claiming another speculative long pass down the left. Brighton have targeted the flanks. They\u2019re on top right now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 min: De Cuyper releases Minteh into space down the left, and with options in the middle. United are extremely fortunate that Minteh air-scuffs his attempted cross.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10 min: De Cuyper\u2019s free kick is half-cleared by De Ligt. Kadioglu tries to return the ball with feeling, but his shot from the edge of the box is weak and dribbles well wide left. But this is a confident start by Brighton. Confident enough to have limited the volume within Old Trafford significantly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9 min: Another simple flick down the right puts United in all sorts of bother. Ayari gets ahead of Yoro, whose light shove from behind is enough encouragement for the Brighton player to fall. A free kick just to the right of the United box. Everyone piles into the mixer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7 min: Welbeck spins De Ligt with outrageous ease down the Brighton right. He storms off down the wing and slips a pass infield for Minteh, who should slot from 12 yards, but flicks harmlessly wide left. Turns out he was offside anyway, but what a miss.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6 min: United are enjoying the lion\u2019s share during these opening exchanges. Brighton seem happy enough to sit back and see what\u2019s what, though.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min: Mbeumo gets involved again, slipping a pass down the inside-right channel for Cunha, who slices an effort from a tight angle into the side netting. The move began when Dunk played out from the back to Baleba, who had his back turned on play. Fernandes and Casemiro swarmed to get things going for the hosts. Careless by Baleba.<\/p>\n Cunha hoinks an early chance wide. Photograph: Conor Molloy\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.38 EDT<\/p>\n 2 min: Both teams spend a little time getting to know the ball. Meanwhile here\u2019s a pre-match prediction from Bob Bummer<\/a> K\u00e1ri Tulinius: \u201cThis game fills me with trepidation. When Brighton play to their full potential, their football is beautiful, but when United are at their best, they\u2019re horrible to play against. I fear that Amorim will find a way to turn this match into beige sludge.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 secs: Mbeumo loops a cross in from the right. Fernandes wafts a header wide right. A bit more pace on either and United were off to a flyer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Everyone takes a knee to send out the message that there\u2019s No Room For Racism \u2026 then the hosts kick off. Brighton are kicking towards the Stretford End in this first half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The teams are out! Manchester United<\/a> in red, Brighton in blue and white stripes. This Is The One, as some local Byrds derivatives would have it. We\u2019ll be off in a minute. (Incidentally, on the pitch a few minutes earlier, Gary Neville was handed a trinket by his boyhood hero Bryan Robson in honour of his becoming the 25th inductee of the Premier League Hall of Fame.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Fabian H\u00fcrzeler (32) talks to Sky about his striker Danny Welbeck (35 next month). \u201cWe go in every game with a lot of self-belief \u2026 confidence \u2026 individual quality \u2026 team quality \u2026 that\u2019s the approach today \u2026 we believe to win it \u2026 the past speaks for us but it is a new game \u2026 a new challenge \u2026 start from point zero \u2026 do the basic things right and we have a chance to win it \u2026 courage \u2026 try to control the opponent in possession \u2026 defence \u2026 intensity against the ball \u2026 [Welbeck] is getting better and better \u2026 like a really good wine, the older he gets, the better he gets \u2026 the work he does in the shadow \u2026 a great connector \u2026 brings the different cultures together \u2026 the different ages together \u2026 so crucial \u2026 so, so impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Amorim: Maguire hopefully back next week<\/p>\n Ruben Amorim speaks to Sky Sports. \u201cAt this kind of club it doesn\u2019t matter the last game, it\u2019s the next one \u2026 today we have a different game \u2026 still with the responsibility of winning, of performing \u2026 we had some issues at Anfield \u2026 we know that \u2026 we don\u2019t try to hide all of the things with a win \u2026 we worked during the week \u2026 we want to perform better this week \u2026 different game, different characteristics \u2026 we should use the squad \u2026 nowadays you don\u2019t know the best XI \u2026 it depends on the opponent, the moment \u2026 I hope to have Harry [Maguire] next week \u2026 it\u2019s a simple thing but I don\u2019t like to take risks \u2026 everyone is important \u2026 [Matheus Cunha] is a maverick \u2026 he needs to improve the way he defends.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.21 EDT<\/p>\n The 3pm kick-offs have finished. What a day it\u2019s been for our friends in the north, as Newcastle beat Fulham 2-1 at St James\u2019 Park, while Sunderland shock Chelsea by the same scoreline at Stamford Bridge to rise to second place. Billy Munday has the details in Clockwatch.<\/a> None of that has any bearing on Manchester United or Brighton, who remain where they were this morning. Both teams can move into fourth for a couple of hours at least with a win at Old Trafford tonight. Sunderland in second, though!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pre-match patter. Ruben Amorim doesn\u2019t much care for the opinions of Arne Slot \u2026<\/p>\n \u2026 but Danny Welbeck is highly concerned with the thought processes of Thomas Tuchel. Jamie Jackson and John Brewin take turns to investigate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Manchester United make two changes in the wake of their 2-1 win at Anfield last weekend. Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko comes in for Mason Mount, who drops to the bench, while last week\u2019s win-securing hero Harry Maguire doesn\u2019t feature at all, Leny Yoro taking his place in defence. Maguire picked up an injury during training this week. Tyrell Malacia is named in a Premier League squad for the first time this season.<\/p>\n Brighton & Hove Albion make one change after their 2-1 home win over Newcastle. It\u2019s ostensibly a defensive one, swapping in Maxim De Cuyper for Diego G\u00f3mez, who drops to the bench. Danny Welbeck, a member of the last Manchester United squad to win the Premier League<\/a>, in 2012-13, returns to Old Trafford on a hot streak of four goals in three games, one more than he\u2019d managed in his previous 15.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.44 EDT<\/p>\n The teams<\/p>\n Manchester United: Lammens, Yoro, de Ligt, Shaw, Diallo, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo, Cunha, Sesko. Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Minteh, Rutter, De Cuyper, Welbeck. Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).
Subs: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Mainoo.<\/p>\n
Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Gomez, Coppola, Oriola.<\/p>\n
VAR: Michael Oliver (Northumberland).<\/p>\n