Danny Welbeck has snubbed Cristiano Ronaldo and named a former Arsenal hero as the best striker he has ever played with. The 33-year-old is currently enjoying a new lease of life at Brighton where his form has been so good that he has been tipped to make a surprise return to the England squad.

Elsewhere Jack Hinshelwood will likely slot in a right back to cover the suspended Tariq Lamptey and midfielder Mats Wieffer could make his first start in 10 top flight matches, having recovered from a knee injury. It is however a close call between Wieffer, Diego Gomez and Yasin Ayari.

Brighton star Danny Welbeck named former Arsenal player as his best-ever strike partner as he snubbed Cristiano Ronaldo.

Danny Welbeck – the match winner from the bench against Bournemouth and Newcastle – was introduced on 77 minutes and moments later headed wide when well placed. Another substitute, Simon Adingra, had the ball in the net late on but the Ivory Coast international was a fraction offside.

The home side’s fourth straight league victory moved it up two places in the standings to sixth with 46 points.

An important late-season matchup is in store when Brighton and Fulham lock horns on Saturday as they look to move up in the Premier League table.

Brighton & Hove Albion take on Fulham on Saturday, March. 8 at the Amex Stadium, with kickoff set for 3 p.m. GMT local time. That makes it a 10 a.m. ET or 7 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and an 2 a.m. AEDT kickoff in Australia.

Ahead of the Mancunians clash with Fulham, Wayne Rooney talked about Danny Welbeck’s exploits at Brighton and Hove Albion and insisted that he would like to see his former teammate at United once again. “Danny, he’s great to play alongside and if I ...

The deadlock was broken in the 35th minute after a moment of inspiration from Alex Iwobi, who outstripped Pervis Estupinan and Yasin Ayari down the right wing. Iwobi’s looping cross flew just over the head of Van Hecke and straight on to the chest of Jimenez, who chested down and finished.

Marco Silva is forced into two changes in his starting line-up from Fulham’s last Premier League match with Sasa Lukic suspended and Adama Traore injured. Silva also decides to drop Muniz, Sessengnon and Jorge Cuenca to the bench. Antonee Robinson, Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Emile Smith Rowe and Raul Jimenez are the players to come into the eleven.

Danny Welbeck’s extra-time winner sent Brighton into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Newcastle in a fiery encounter

Raul Jimenez's opener for Fulham had been cancelled out by Jan Paul van Hecke's towering header in the first half before Pedro's winner.