{"id":612586,"date":"2022-05-07T03:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T07:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=612586"},"modified":"2022-05-07T03:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T07:47:04","slug":"manchester-united-predicted-lineup-v-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/07\/manchester-united-predicted-lineup-v-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Predicted Lineup v Brighton &#038; Hove Albion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/06\/eric-bailly-four-clubs-interested-in-manchester-united-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> will face <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/05\/brighton-toby-collyer-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> in the Premier League as the Red Devils look to secure European football for next season. I<\/span>t could potentially be a big opportunity for some young United stars to showcase their skills. Victory could all but secure a top-six finish for the Red Devils. Here is our Manchester United predicted lineup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Cristiano<\/a><br \/>\u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/B_Fernandes8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@B_Fernandes8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Portuguese double in our last fixture against Brighton! \u270c\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BHAMUN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BHAMUN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mO7DJBxn2N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mO7DJBxn2N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1522492361724469248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Predicted Lineup v The Seagulls<\/h2>\n<h3>How Manchester United Have Lined-up Recently<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their recent 3-0 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/04\/top-four-race-blown-wide-open-after-chelsea-lose-to-brentford\/\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a>, Juan Mata made a return to the Manchester United starting lineup and put in an impressive display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Injuries to Fred and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/28\/mino-raiola-passes-away\/\" target=\"_self\">Paul Pogba<\/a> in recent weeks meant Scott McTominay and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/14\/nemanja-matic-leave-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Nemanja Mati\u0107<\/a> have been starting in midfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rapha\u00ebl Varane and Victor Lindel\u00f6f have both started at centre-back in recent games due to Harry Maguire\u2019s injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United captain Maguire is expected to return to the squad. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/07\/marcus-rashford-paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_self\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> will not be in the side due to illness. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/06\/eric-bailly-four-clubs-interested-in-manchester-united-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Eric Bailly<\/a> is also a doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/first-team\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking at the pre-match press conference<\/a>, manager Ralf Rangnick said: &#8220;Harry is back in training, he trained the whole week since the second day after the Brentford game so he will be available for tomorrow and part of the group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEdinson (Cavani) is training, he came on as a sub, Marcus Rashford will be missing, he&#8217;s got bronchitis with a high temperature so he won&#8217;t be able to be part of the group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have a question mark on Eric Bailly, he called the doctor this morning and had some back problems and he is being checked right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe will have to see if he will be able to train afterwards.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D de Gea, D Dalot, H Maguire, R Varane, A Telles, S McTominay, N Mati\u0107, B Fernandes, A Elanga, J Mata, C Ronaldo.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Current Odds Manchester United v Brighton<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current odds for the match are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester United win 6\/4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Draw 23\/10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brighton win 9\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ulU2LUhnSwZuNXa898ZSLA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; 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It could potentially be a big opportunity for some young United stars to showcase their skills. Victory could all but secure a top-six finish for the Red Devils. 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