The early team news as Man Utd host Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League this weekend.
United head into the match on the back of consecutive Premier League wins and will hope to prove they have truly turned a corner with another impressive display. Brighton are themselves unbeaten across their last five matches, including a 3-1 away win over Chelsea and a 2-1 victory against Newcastle last weekend.
Ruben Amorim will hope to have an almost fully fit squad to choose from when United host Brighton on Saturday evening, though Fabian Hurzeler might be without a star trio for the match. The Brighton boss will give his final team news update at his pre-match press conference on the eve of the Old Trafford clash.
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Brighton trio miss training ahead of United clash
Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler will be quizzed on team news ahead of their trip to face Manchester United after three players missed training in midweek. Kaoru Mitoma, Joel Veltman and Brajan Gruda are all considered doubts for the match after they were not spotted in training imagery from Wednesday's session.
Mitoma has missed the last two matches after suffering an injury to his left ankle, while Veltman and Gruda both also missed the weekend win over Newcastle.
Speaking after the 2-1 win, Hurzeler said, “Mitoma still has to recover from his hit. We try to bring him back as quickly as possible. He was close, but we have to be patient with him, so let’s see how the next days are going.”
“You will never hear me complaining about injuries,” Hurzeler added. “I think we have a big squad, we have a squad where we need everyone, and that's what I always try to emphasise.”
Brighton made history back in January when they became the second team to record three consecutive Premier League away wins at Old Trafford with a 3-1 win. Mitoma scored the second goal for his side that day and would love to be involved again this weekend.
In terms of early team news, there was some positivity for Brighton after Diego Gomez appeared to be fully involved in the session. The Paraguay international sustained a thigh injury while on international duty last week during a friendly fixture with South Korea and was forced off in the 36th minute of the Newcastle win last weekend.
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