Key events
Today’s match officials
Fabian Hurzeler: ‘I can also learn’
Interview: Aged 31, the Brighton manager is not shy about learning from his squad and is also building links with his new club’s fans. Ed Aarons reports.
Those teams: Despite speculation that he could be on the move to Italy, Billy Gilmour is given a vote of confidence by Fabian Hurzeler and comes into the Brighton starting line-up in place of Mats Wieffer. New signing Georginio Rutter is on the bench.
Erik ten Hag fields an unchanged side to the one that lined up against Fulham and once again there is no place for Jadon Sancho in the United match day squad.
Brighton v Manchester United line-ups
Brighton: Steele, Dunk, Milner, Pedro, Gilmour, Minteh, Welbeck, Mitoma, Van Hecke, Veltman, Hinshelwood.
Subs: Rushworth, Lamptey, Igor, Webster, Enciso, Rutter, Adingra, Ayari.
Manchester United: Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Mount, Rashford; Fernandes.
Subs: Bayindir, De Ligt, Evans, Collyer, Eriksen, McTominay, Antony, Garnacho, Zirkzee.
Early team news
Brighton completed the signing of Georginio Rutter during the week and with two appearances for Leeds under his belt already this season, there is no reason why the French forward shouldn’t go straight into Brighton’s matchday squad.
Quite literally forced off the pitch with a head injury during last weekend’s match against Everton, Yankuba Minteh has shown no signs of suffering from a concussion and been passed fit to play, but midfielder Solly March and goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen remain sidelined.
Evan Ferguson, Pervis Estupinan, Julio Espinola and Tariq Lamptey are all back in training after recovering from injury but are extremely unlikely to feature.
Never shy in blaming his team’s shortcomings on injuries, Erik ten Hag will have plenty of excuses to hand should United get beaten today.
Leny Yoro, Tyrell Malacia, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw and Rasmus Hojlund are all unavailable through injury, while Harry Maguire is only rated a fifty-fifty shot to be fit enough for today’s match. Joshua Zirkzee could make his first start for United after coming off the bench to score their late winner against Fulham last weekend.
Premier League: Brighton v Manchester United
The second weekend of the Premier League season kicks off with an intriguing game between Brighton and Manchester United that’s extremely difficult to call.
Manchester United got their campaign under way with a laboured win over Fulham at Old Trafford, while Brighton were far more impressive in their emphatic win over Everton at Goodison Park the following day.
Fabian Wurzeler’s side enjoy home advantage this afternoon at the Amex Stadium, where the Premier League’s youngest ever manager will be hoping to make it two wins from two.
He will be no stranger to the methods of his opposite number, as he used to play under Erik ten Hag when the Manchester United manager was in charge of Bayern Munich reserves. Kick-off is at the Amex Stadium but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.
