As Brighton’s crucial Europa League encounter against Italian powerhouse Roma draws closer, Roberto De Zerbi has made a few unexpected decisions.
De Zerbi started Igor Julio, Pascal Gross, Billy Gilmour, Danny Welbeck, Simon Adingra, and Facundo Buonanotte in place of the starting lineup for the team that lost 3-0 at Fulham.
Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Pervis Estupinan, Adam Lallana, Carlos Baleba, and Evan Ferguson are the ones who are sliding to the bench.
For the third straight game, Jason Steele starts in goal; it was anticipated that Bart Verbruggen would start.
Due to the absence of top scorer Joao Pedro and key wide man Kaoru Mitoma, it may also come as a surprise that Ansu Fati is on the bench.
Here’s the Brighton team in full:
Steele; Lamptey, Van Hecke, Dunk, Igor; Gross, Gilmour; Buonanotte, Enciso, Adingra; Welbeck
Subs: Verbruggen, Webster, Lallana, Moder, Baleba, Ferguson, Estupinan, Ansu Fati, Veltman, McGill, Peupion, Baker-Boaitey
