Brighton v Manchester United

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18 Aug 2018
Romelu Lukaku, Man Utd
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Brighton & Hove Albion will eye a first win of the season with a repeat of their 2017/18 victory over Manchester United at the Amex Stadium.

Team news

Brighton are without their captain Bruno who suffered a hamstring injury in Matchweek 1.

Jason Steele (thigh), Jose Izquierdo (knee) and Florin Andone (groin) are also unavailable for Chris Hughton's side.

Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Matic and Jesse Lingard are back in training but Sunday will likely come too soon as the United trio build up their fitness.

Jose Mourinho does not expect any of Sergio Romero, Diogo Dalot, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera to return from respective injuries. 

Did you know?

Brighton & Hove Albion were unbeaten in their four home Premier League matches on a Sunday last season (W2 D2), while Manchester United have lost four of their last five away PL matches on a Sunday (W1).

No Man Utd player has had more shots on target in the Premier League this season than the two of Luke Shaw or as many touches in the opposition box as the left-back's three.

Brighton's Pascal Gross has three goals and three assists in his last seven PL appearances at the Amex Stadium.

Romelu Lukaku has scored against 17 of the current 20 PL clubs but Brighton are one of the three he has yet to net against, along with Cardiff City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Referee: Kevin Friend
Assistants: 
Stuart Burt, Matthew Wilkes
Fourth official: 
Graham Scott

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