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[Albion] Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***



Dick Head

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Man Utd v Brighton

FA CUP - SIXTH ROUND

Venue: Old Trafford
Date: Saturday 17th March 2018
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Andre Marriner
Assistants: Richard West, Scott Ledger
Fourth official: Robert Madley
Video Assistant Referee: Michael Jones
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Andrew Halliday

TEAM NEWS

Manchester United will name the same squad that was knocked out of the Champions League by Sevilla for their FA Cup quarter-final against Brighton.

That means defenders Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind, as well as midfielder Ander Herrera and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, remain out.

Brighton will be without suspended winger Anthony Knockaert for the tie at Old Trafford.

Full-back Gaetan Bong and midfielder Dale Stephens are doubtful.

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "Every match is important.

"We train very well, always. We train always very, very well, so we don't need a reaction to train better than we do because the training, the professionalism, the enthusiasm, the organisation, every training session with us since day one, since I arrived, the players have been absolutely brilliant."

Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "What we all know about Manchester United is they have huge quality, and are only second in this division because Manchester City are having an outstanding season. They are going to have days that are not so good, and we'll have to make sure that we play well enough to get a result.

"To go through would be wonderful for this club. It's a big task and United will be clear favourites. What we can get confidence from is that on our last visit to Old Trafford we played very well."

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head


  • [*=left]Manchester United and Brighton have not met in the FA Cup since January 1993, with United winning 1-0 with a goal from Ryan Giggs.
    [*=left]The Seagulls have only won one of their 17 matches against United in their history (drawn five, lost 11), winning 1-0 in a top-flight fixture in November 1982.

Man Utd


  • [*=left]United have been eliminated from three of their past four FA Cup quarter-finals, progressing only in 2015-16 against West Ham after a replay. They have not won a quarter-final without the need of a replay since 2010-11 against Arsenal.
    [*=left]Romelu Lukaku has scored 11 goals in his past 10 FA Cup appearances - the only match he failed to score in of those 10 games was against United for Everton in the semi-final in April 2016.
    [*=left]Mourinho has won 14 of his 16 home FA Cup matches (drawn one, lost one), winning all three with United by an aggregate score of 10-0.

Brighton


  • [*=left]This is only Brighton's third FA Cup quarter-final appearance and their first since 1985-86, when they lost to Southampton; their other quarter-final came in 1982-83, which they won against Norwich on their way to facing Manchester United in that season's final.
    [*=left]Hughton has managed four matches at Old Trafford in all competitions and lost all four without seeing his sides score a goal.
    [*=left]Brighton have lost seven and drawn one of their past eight away FA Cup matches against top-flight opposition - their last away win of this kind was at Newcastle United in January 1986.
 




Wrong-Direction

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Mar 10, 2013
13,395
Hoping we don't get stuck in snow on the way up! Or the way back tomorrow!

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Coldeanseagull

Opinionated
Mar 13, 2013
7,716
Coldean
Enjoy the day out, raise a glass of paddy water and get back ready for the seriousness of league games again. I can't see a positive result today
 


Uh_huh_him

Well-known member
Sep 28, 2011
10,612
Those stats would indicate a thrashing is on the cards.

I'm sure we will play without fear.
Locadia and Leo will be raring to go.

An upset could be on the cards.
1-1 AET Brighton through on pens.
 






Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
8,486
Brighton
Hope we stick with the tried and trusted team. The two new (1 new 1 old) strikers haven't had time to blend in.
As usual that 12 minute rant from Jose was diverting the pressure off his team. We can do it, we are good enough and we will be loud and proud. 5500 fans behind the goal at OT instead of out the way in the corner plus 30K tourists with half & half scarves.
 


Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,903
Living In a Box
So excited
 










Dick Head

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Jan 3, 2010
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Let’s hope our boys and men have a safe trip north, For Sussex we want revenge “we won’t be druv”

Don't forget the ladies and genderqueer. They wunt be druv either.
 














Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Cold, windy and snowing up here now.
 





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