Manchester United still needs to defeat Brighton in the final round of the Premier League season in order to secure a spot in the Europa League for next season. However, this will be a challenging task for the “Red Devils”.

Manchester United will be closing out the 2023/24 campaign with a highly anticipated away match against Brighton. The “Seagulls” have often proved to be a thorn in Manchester United’s side in recent seasons, defeating them 4 out of the last 5 times the two teams have met. In the reverse fixture earlier this season, Brighton secured a 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Adding to Manchester United’s difficulties, Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi has recently announced he will be departing the club at the end of the current season. This is likely to provide extra motivation for the Brighton players to try and get a positive result against Manchester United as a way to send off their outgoing manager on a high note.

Both teams will also be dealing with key injury absences, with Brighton missing several first-team players while Manchester United will be without several important defenders and midfielders.

The match is predicted to end with a 2-1 scoreline in favor of Brighton over Manchester United.

Projected lineups for Brighton vs MU

Brighton: Verbruggen, Barco, Julio, Webster, Lamptey, Gross, Gilmour, Buonanotte, Pedro, Enciso, Adingra.MU: Onana, Dalot, Wan-Bissaka, Evans, Casemiro, Fernandes, Amrabat, Garnacho, McTominay, Mainoo, Diallo.