Brighton vs Manchester United LIVE commentary: Joshua Zirkzee on bench again despite late winner on debut – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Manchester United travel to Brighton this afternoon as they look to build on their opening day win over Fulham, live on talkSPORT.

The Red Devils beat Fulham 1-0 at Old Trafford in the Premier League opener, but it was a very similar story to last season for Erik ten Hag's men, who didn't play well but snatched three points.

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The Cottagers dominated for large periods of the game, and wasteful finishing cost them as new Man United striker Joshua Zirkzee came off the bench to score a late winner.

Meanwhile, Brighton were very impressive under their new boss, Fabian Hurzeler.

The Seagulls thrashed ten-man Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park to kick off the post-Roberto De Zerbi reign perfectly.

Brighton played some great football against the Toffees, while their new signings looked dangerous.

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Brighton vs Man United: Magical Milner

Brighton might well have made a lot of summer signings heading into this season, but they are still relying on James Milner.

The extremely experienced midfielder started the 3-0 win over Everton and turned in a solid display.

He also made history and is the only player since the Premier League began to compete in 23 different seasons.

The 38-year-old is now just 19 games shy of breaking Gareth Barry's all-time appearance record of 653, while he's seven years older than his manager.

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He is a Premier League legend, and the fact he can still perform a job is testament to the hard work he's put in.

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• Brighton have won four of their last five Premier League games against Manchester United, though did lose the most recent meeting 2-0 at home on the final day of 2023/24.
• Manchester United have lost 43 per cent of their Premier League meetings with Brighton (6/14), their highest loss rate against a single opponent in the competition’s history.
• None of the 14 Premier League meetings between Brighton and Man Utd have been drawn, with the Seagulls winning six to the Red Devils’ eight. Only Manchester United against Wigan (16) has been played more often in the competition without ever finishing level.

Brighton vs Man United: Date and how to follow

This Premier League game is set to take place on Saturday, August 24.

Kick-off at the Amex is scheduled for 12:30pm.

talkSPORT will have live and exclusive coverage of the match on the south cost, with Reshmin Chowdhury serving as your presenter.

Commentary will then come from Sam Matterface and former England striker Darren Bent.

marvelbet369.com will also have a live blog taking you through the action.

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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• Brighton have lost four of their last five Premier League home games (W1), more than they had in their previous 25 at the Amex Stadium (W14 D8 L3).
• Having beaten Fulham 1-0 in their opening match, Manchester United are looking to win both of their first two games in a Premier League campaign for the first time since 2017/18.
• Brighton have won 10 of their 22 Premier League games in August (D3 L9). It’s their highest win rate in a specific month in the competition (45 per cent), while in no month have they won more games (also 10 in December).

Brighton vs Man United: Teams

Brighton XI: Steele, Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Hinshelwood, Milner, Gilmour, Minteh, Pedro, Mitoma, Welbeck

Subs: Rushworth, Lamptey, Julio, Webster, Georginio, Baleba, Adingra, Ayari

Man United XI: Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Mainoo, Casemiro; Amad, Mount, Rashford; Fernandes

Subs: Bayindir, De Ligt, Zirkzee, Eriksen, Garnacho, Antony, Evans, McTominay, Collyer

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Meanwhile, Man United remain without an actual left-back.

Luke Shaw has a calf injury and Tyrell Malacia hasn't played for well over a year.

They join Leny Yoro and Rasmus Hojlund on the sidelines.

Ten Hag could hand Matthijs de Ligt his first start after coming on for his debut against Fulham.

Joshua Zirkzee will also hope to lead the line in Hojlund's absence.

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• Brighton’s Danny Welbeck scored and assisted against Everton on MD1, netting in a 15th consecutive Premier League campaign (16th overall). He has also scored four Premier League goals against former side Manchester United, making him the highest scoring player against the Red Devils to have previously played for them in the competition.
• Brighton’s James Milner now holds the record for appearing in the most Premier League campaigns (23). He’s been on the winning side in 11 of his 35 appearances against Manchester United in the competition, with only Kyle Walker beating the Red Devils more (12).
• Bruno Fernandes has either scored (4) or assisted (2) six of Man Utd’s last 13 Premier League goals against Brighton. The Portuguese only has more goals and assists combined against Everton, Leeds (8 each) and Aston Villa (7) in the competition than he does against Brighton (6).
• Against Fulham on MD1, Joshua Zirkzee became the second player to come off the bench and score the winning goal on his Premier League debut for Manchester United after Federico Macheda in April 2009. The last player to score on his first two league appearances for the Red Devils was Antony in October 2022.

Brighton vs Man United: What has been said?

Former Cheslea midfielder John Obi Mikel wants to see Mason Mount dropped for Zirkzee.

Speaking to beIN SPORTS, he said: "He scored the goal and he played okay coming on.

"For me, maybe yes [he starts against Brighton].

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"I keep saying Mason Mount needs to have a really good season and he didn’t do it again today.

"So you think of starting Joshua and bringing Bruno [Fernandes] a bit deeper… you want to see United playing with a striker."