Lewis Dunk set to miss final day
Albion captain unavailable for last match of the season due to knee injury.
United on the other hand need at least a point if they hope to qualify for some form of European competition next season.
Team news
In his pre-match press conference, De Zerbi said, “Lewis Dunk is not available. I don’t think it’s a big problem, which is good news for him and us, but he won’t play on Sunday. I don’t know the level of his injury but it is a knee issue.”
The Italian added, “We will have to see Tariq Lamptey’s situation because after a long time out, he played 70 minutes at Newcastle and a long time against Chelsea, while Kaoru [Mitoma], Jack [Hinshelwood], James Milner and JP [van Hecke] can be available for the start of pre-season.”
Player to watch
By Paul Hazlewood
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes.
United captain Bruno Fernandes returned to the United starting XI for their 3-2 win over Newcastle in midweek after missing league games through injury for the first time in his career at Old Trafford. The Portugal international has ten Premier League goals and eight assists so far this campaign.
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PL Highlights: Man United 1 Brighton 3
Albion made it back-to-back victories at Old Trafford as they beat Erik ten Hag’s team 3-1 back in September. Danny Welbeck put us in front after 20 minutes, before Pascal Gross and Joao Pedro added a goal each in the second half. Hannibal Mejbri scored a consolation goal with 15 minutes to play, with the victory extending our run over United to four consecutive wins.
How the table looks
This table does not include points deductions for Everton and Nottingham Forest.
Match stats
Brighton have won each of their last four Premier League games against Manchester United – the last side to beat the Red Devils in five consecutive league games was Norwich City between 1988 and 1990.
Manchester United have lost four of their six Premier League away games against Brighton (67%), their highest loss rate away against any side in the competition.
Brighton have lost their final game in four of their six Premier League campaigns, with the exceptions being a 2-1 win at Burnley (2019-20) and a 3-1 home win v West Ham (2021-22).
Manchester United have lost their final league game in two of the last five seasons (W3), as many times as they had in the previous 33 campaigns (W23 D8).
Manchester United won 3-2 against Newcastle United last time out, despite facing 21 shots. It was the seventh time this season they’ve won a Premier League game when facing 20+ shots, the joint most on record in a campaign along with Charlton Athletic in 2003-04.
In their first 19 Premier League matches this season, Brighton were the fifth-highest scorers in the Premier League (38 goals) and had a conversion rate of 13.3%. In their last 18 games since the turn of the year, only Everton (15) have scored fewer goals than the Seagulls (17), with their conversion rate of 6.6% the worst of any side in this time.
Brighton’s James Milner has appeared in the final game in 16 different Premier League campaigns – if he plays in this match, he’ll be the first player in the competition’s history to do so in 17 different seasons.
Brighton’s Pascal Groß has scored more Premier League goals against Manchester United than he has vs any other side (7). He’s scored in his last three against them in the competition, with only Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (5), Mohamed Salah (5) and Sergio Agüero (4) netting in more consecuti
ve appearances against the Red Devils.
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