Manchester United have only won one of their last six games
Brighton have won three of the last five head-to-heads
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Only Arsenal have won the FA Cup more than Manchester United and they have reached the final in two of the last three seasons, winning for the 13th time in 2024.
The Red Devils are recovering after Ruben Amorim’s departure though and face a tough challenge against Brighton in this third-round tie.
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Team news
Amad Diallo, Bryan Mbeumo and Noussair Mazraoui are all away at the Africa Cup of Nations for Manchester United while Matthijs de Ligt is sidelined by a back injury.
Stefanos Tzimas, Adam Webster, Solly March and Mats Wieffer are injury absentees for Brighton while Carlos Baleba is at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Yankuba Minteh faces a late fitness test but Joel Veltman and Charalampos Kostoulas have both been passed fit.
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The stats
Both teams have scored in eight of Manchester United’s last nine games while over 2.5 goals has landed in four of the last five head-to-heads.
United have drawn four of their last six matches while only Sunderland have drawn more games in the Premier League than Brighton this season.
The Seagulls have progressed from 14 of their last 16 FA Cup third-round ties.
Manchester United’s Matheus Cunha has scored in all of his last four games in this competition.
Brighton have won six of the last nine meetings with United, although Sunday's hosts won for the third time in that sequence in the league fixture at Old Trafford earlier this season.
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Prediction
Darren Fletcher’s first game in charge of Manchester United saw his side held to a draw by Premier League strugglers Burnley and they may find life tough when they host Brighton in the FA Cup.
The Red Devils have struggled to put teams away this season, something which contributed to Ruben Amorim’s departure from the club, and that could continue against the Seagulls.
Fabian Hurzeler’s side held Manchester City to a draw last time out and were arguably unlucky not to win, and this is a step down in quality on those opponents and may ultimately show.
The hosts have only won eight of their 21 Premier League games this season and look short enough to get the win considering their issues defensively.
The Red Devils have only kept two clean sheets all season and the leaky nature of their defence has not been helped by the absences of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.
Brighton have sufficient attacking talents at their disposal to worry the home side and it is worth siding with them to at least avoid defeat in 90 minutes at Old Trafford.
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