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Brighton (4-4-2): Baggaley; Kullberg, Bergsvand, Thorisdottir, Pattinson; Robinson, Olme, Losada, Sarri; Lee, Terland. bCarabali, Pinto, Symonds, Mengwen, Loeck, Sartup, Dent.
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There’ve been happier games. After a terrific effort last season, finishing runners-up in the WSL and FA Cup, the Manchester United have struggled this, out of the Champions League in the qualifiers and the Conti Cup in peculiar circumstances, while making a poor start to their league campaign. As such, manager Marc Skinner is under pressure.
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Brighton, meanwhile, are also enduring a poor season, and on Friday, the board acted. In early afternoon, Melissa Phillips performed her usual pre-match press-conference duties, by early evening she’d been sacked, and by Saturday lunchtime Mikey Harris had been installed in her stead, the club’s fifth manager in 16 months.
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All of which means a fascinating afternoon for us, luxuriating in misery and potential misery. United should win – yes they’ve been worse but no they’ve not been dreadful, and no team could wear the loss, in two years, of Lauren James, Ona Batlle and Alessia Russo. But Brighton have a good, young squad and, when the teams met earlier in November, led twice before an injury-time equaliser snaffled United a draw. They’ll fancy themselves to get something here, and United, with one win and three defeats in their last four league games, might just give it to them.
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Kick-off: 12pm GMT
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Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Earp. Rivière, Le Tissier, Turner, Blundell. Narsun, Zelem. Parris, Thun, Garcia. Geyser. sub: Guerrero, Mallard, Galton, Rudd, Evans, Williams, Ahern, Tallis-Joyce.
Brighton (4-4-2): Baggery; Kullberg, Bergswand, Thorisdottir, Pattinson. Robinson, Olme, Losada, Sarri. Lee, Talland. b Karabari, Pinto, Simmons, Mengwen, Roek, Sartap, Dent.
preamble
There were happier matches too. Manchester United, who put in a great effort last season and finished runners-up in the WSL and FA Cup, had a poor start to the league and suffered a difficult situation due to their unique circumstances, being eliminated in Champions League qualifying and the Conti Cup. It is being . As a result, coach Mark Skinner is under pressure.
Brighton, meanwhile, have also had a poor season, prompting the board to take action on Friday. In the early afternoon, Melissa Phillips carried out her usual pre-game press conference duties, but by the evening she had been removed and by lunchtime on Saturday, she had been replaced by Mikey Harris, who was in charge of this 16-year-old. He became the fifth club manager in the month.
All of this means to us a fascinating afternoon spent luxuriating in the midst of misery and the possibility of misery. United should win – sure they were worse, but no, they weren’t terrible, and no team can survive the loss of Lauren James, Ona Batre and Alessia Russo in two years. However, Brighton have a good young side and when the two teams met in early November they led twice before United drew with United in stoppage time. They will be hoping to get something here and United, who have won just three of their last four league games, could give them that.
Kickoff: 12pm GMT
