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No new injury problems? Yes, you are reading a Manchester United news report.
United travel down to the south coast tomorrow to face Brighton and so far, Erik ten Hag has the luxury of having exactly the same squad to pick from as last Friday, when his side opened their Premier League campaign with a win over Fulham.
There are no recoveries from injury, however, with Leny Yoro, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia, Victor Lindelof and Rasmus Hojlund all sidelined.
Scott McTominay and Jadon Sancho have both been subject of a great deal of transfer speculation this week but we expect them to be in the squad, even though Sancho was omitted last week.
Erik ten Hag said the player had had an ear infection.
A very similar starting XI is expected to last week’s, with Andre Onana in goal.
The back four should remain the same, with Noussair Mazraoui at right back, Diogo Dalot at left back and Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez the centre backs.
It is possible Matthijs de Ligt could start ahead of Maguire but the former skipper played well last week and the Dutchman is not likely to be match fit yet, so it is expected that the status quo will be maintained.
Casemiro, who was excellent against Fulham, and Kobbie Mainoo will be the holding midfielders. McTominay, Christian Eriksen and Toby Collyer are likely to be on the bench.
The front four positions are the most likely to see changes. Mason Mount as the 10 and Bruni Fernandes as the false 9 was a little toothless last week and it took a specialist striker, Josh Zirkzee, just a few minutes to score from the bench after umpteen wasted chances from the starting XI.
Meanwhile, Amad Diallo had a decent game on the right without being exceptional and the same was true of Marcus Rashford on the left.
Alejandro Garnacho again looked lively coming on as sub and so we think he will start. Ten Hag seems determined to pick Rashford no matter what, so our prediction is that Amad, perhaps unfairly, will make way for the Argentinian.
We’re tipping Mount and Fernandes to start again but we could see the former Chelsea man drop to the bench, the skipper move back to the 10 and Zirkzee come in as the striker.
Sancho and Antony may both be on the bench.
Here then is our predicted line-up for tomorrow’s 12.30pm kick off:
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