Manchester United bring the curtain down on a surprisingly successful season at Brighton this afternoon.
Few United supporters expected Champions League qualification when the club were stumbling along under Ruben Amorim but the arrival of Michael Carrick in January transformed their fortunes.
Carrick has won 11 of his 16 games in charge and was, earlier this week, named new permanent head coach on a two-year deal.
United are guaranteed to finish in third place but Brighton’s fate is not yet known. The Seagulls need to win to ensure a place in European competition next season. Victory would confirm at least a Europa League spot although various permutations involving Bournemouth, Liverpool and Aston Villa could see them end up in the Champions League.
101 Great Goals has the team news from the Amex.
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Brighton Team News
Brighton are without winger Kaoru Mitoma because of a hamstring injury that will keep him out of the World Cup.
Adam Webster and Stefanos Tzimas (both knee) are also sidelined.
Brighton: Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu; De Cuyper, Milner, Hinshelwood, Gomez, Gross; Welbeck
Manchester United Team News
Benjamin Sesko and Matthijs de Ligt are United’s two absentees.
Manchester United: Lammens; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mount, Mainoo, Fernandes, Dorgu, Diallo, Mbeumo
Where to watch Brighton v Manchester United: TV and online streams
Brighton v Manchester United kicks off at 4:00pm. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports Tennis and will available to stream via Sky Go.
If you’re watching from outside the UK, click HERE for details of the channels showing the game in your region.
Stats for Brighton v Manchester United
- Brighton have the highest win rate against United of any side in Premier League history both overall (47% – 8/17) and at home (63% – 5/8).
- United are looking to complete the double over Brighton for the first time since 2020-21, though they have lost six of their last eight league matches against the Seagulls (W2).
- None of the 17 Premier League meetings between Brighton (8 wins) and United (9) have been drawn, the most played fixture in the competition to never finish level.
- Brighton have lost their final league match in five of their eight seasons in the Premier League (W3), including a 2-0 home loss to United in 2023-24.
- Only Arsenal (24) have won their final Premier League game of the season more often than United (23), while the Red Devils have lost the fewest final day games of any side to compete in at least 20 campaigns (4).
- Brighton are looking to win four consecutive home games for the first time in the top-flight; this is the seventh time they have won three in a row at home at this level, losing their next match on five of the previous six instances (D1 – v Swansea in October 1982).
- Carrick has the best points-per-game average of any manager in the Premier League this season (2.25 – P16 W11 D3 L2). It is the best by any United manager in a league season since Alex Ferguson’s final campaign in 2012-13 (2.34) – a season in which Carrick played 36 times for the Red Devils, his most in a top-flight campaign.
- In his career in English football, against no side has Brighton’s Danny Welbeck scored more goals in all competitions than he has against his former side United (8). It will be his 400th Premier League appearance if he plays in this game, the 46th player to reach this milestone.
- Against no side has United’s Bryan Mbeumo been involved in more Premier League goals than he has against Brighton (5 goals, 3 assists), with these eight all coming in his last five starts against the Seagulls.
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