Man United need to choose the right wing position to replace Antony
This is the biggest and most painful leap in the Man United squad at the moment. Antony was suspended indefinitely after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend. The one who can play on the right wing is Jadon Sancho after the scandal of bouncing up his coach and no chance to stay in the starting lineup. In theory, at this time, the "Red Devils" only have facundo Pellistri as a fitness player and can take on this position. For Amad Diallo, things are still quite messy after recovering.
However, Manchester United will be very risky if in this important match they choose someone who has not really proven his ability like Pellistri. If they are not careful, they could be paralyzed on the right wing like in previous matches. Therefore, Erik ten Hag has to consider a safer option. Last season, Ten Hag played many matches for Bruno Fernandes to play on the right wing while Antony was injured. The M.U captain showed his complete movement and was much better than his teammates in passing the ball into the penalty area.
One final option being considered is to push Diogo Dalot up to replace Antony. In the context of Aaron Wan-Bissaka being very good at defending the right-back position, Dalot's competitiveness is quite difficult, only when Ten Hag needs a quick attack, will the Portuguese star have a chance. In terms of speed, Dalot is no less fast than Antony and his finishing ability has been proven in many matches. If he only uses Dalot to hold on to the wing, cross and shoot from a distance, Ten Hag will have a good choice.
In particular, in all situations, Ten Hag should not use Marcus Rashford for this position if he does not want to waste the talent of the English star and make both wings of Man United ineffective.
Manchester United's expected lineup: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Martinez, Dalot; Casemiro, Eriksen, McTominay; Rashford; Hojlund, Fernandes
Brighton will be without Evan Ferguson
Before entering the FIFA Days period with the EURO 2024 qualifiers, the Republic of Ireland player had to withdraw due to injury. This announcement was made by the Western European team very surprisingly, just 18 hours before the match with France. This is very negative news for the Seagulls because Ferguson just scored a hat-trick in the fourth round before the FIFA Days in September started. Without Ferguson, not only has Brighton lost a quality star, but Brighton also lost some inspiration to hope for a victory at Old Trafford.
In addition, Danny Welbeck is also uncertain to play in the reunion with his former team due to injury before the match against Newcastle in round 4. Junction Enciso and Jakub Moder are certainly unlikely to feature.
In addition to negative news about the injury situation, Brighton is hoping to introduce new signing Ansu Fati from Barcelona. If Fati plays, it seems he will take on the role of "number 10" to form an attacking trio outside the box with Kaoru Mitoma (left wing) and Solly March (right wing).
Brighton's expected lineup: Verbruggen; Milner, Webster, Dunk, Estupinan; Gross, Gilmour; March, Fati, Mitoma, Pedro
The match between Manchester United and Brighton & Holve will take place at 9:00 p.m. on September 16 (Vietnam time), live on K+.
