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I’m not sure how much of AFCON you watched, but if you didn’t catch much, I recommend cobbling together a time machine and going back to watch as much of it as you can.

What a story for Ivory Coast. They only just scraped through their group and scrapped their manager, but went on to win the whole thing, with Sebastien Haller scoring the winning goal in the final after recovering from testicular cancer.

Brighton’s buzzing firefly on the wing, Simon Adingra, was a big part of that.He got two assists against Nigeria in the final, won man of the match for the final, and was named young player of the tournament. Way to go.

Chris Wilder confirmed that Cameron Archer has been excluded due to failing a fitness test – and gave his thoughts on Brighton.

He told Sky Sports: ‘It feels like we get one back and then lose one, the story of the season. Disappointed for Cam because he was outstanding last week and got his goal.

‘He failed his fitness test yesterday.

‘We know we’re up against an outstanding football team. We have to make sure that we’re a smart team today, aggressive, get the defensive part of the game right, but make sure we’re a threat going forward.

‘They want you to go and press and then pick you off. So you have to be patient. But when you go and press, you have to press with aggression, you have to commit to that press.’

It’s hard to work out whether the Wilder boost has been enough at Bramall Lane.

Since returning as head honcho for the Blades, Wilder has managed three wins in 12 games and has lost seven of those.

Will he keep them up? He’s done it before, but oversaw a disastrous majority of a season when they last went down.

It looked as if Grbic was brought in to supplant Foderingham between the sticks for the Blades, but once again he starts, and fans are surprised.

Grbic has only made one outing since joining from Atletico Madrid and looked flappable in a 3-2 defeat against Crystal Palace.

Adam Lallana has given his blessing to ‘one of the best coaches in the world’ to succeed Jurgen Klopp at his former club, Liverpool.

An honest take from the midfielder, who is still going strong at 35 for the Seagulls.

The fans are turning up in their droves for this one. An optimistic fist-pump from the fella there in the first photo.

Less than an hour until kick-off.

Three changes from Roberto De Zerbi.

Verbruggen gets the nod in the latest twist of Brighton’s eternal goalkeeping battle between him and Steele.

Adingra, fresh from winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast, is in, as is Webster. Estupinan and Lallana drop out.

Verbrugge, Webster and Adingra come in for Steele, Estupiñán and Lallana.

Chris Wilder has made a couple of tinkers to his starting XI for this one.

Osula comes in up top as a replacement for Archer while Larouci takes the spot of Norrington-Davies.

Vini Souza admits his mum could be rather harsh as they waited for his first Premier League goal. Safe to say he made her smile with his first last week against Luton!

Brighton players and staff have been out inspecting the turf.

I do wonder what goes on in these checks, and at what point they’d go: ‘Nah, we’re not playing on this.’

Grounds staff work tirelessly through the week to get Premier League pitches in pristine condition. You’re not going to find mole hills, lads.

A brilliant read on Roberto De Zerbi here by Tom Collomosse. Make sure you’re signed up to MailPlus to get deeper features like this.

But are the waters as calm as they appear?

• Brighton stars saying ‘get me out of this place’ a month after he joined
• Why players questioned his methods – and why they buy in to them
• His often-abrasive approach to communicating with players – and his ‘love’ for them

All things being well, we should be able to bring you the team news in the near future. Stay with us for all the reaction ahead of the game.

Plenty of time for young fans here in this video. Good to see.

Former Sheffield United man Keith Gillespie turns 49 today.

Gillespie ran the wing for the Blades between 2005 and 2009, helping the club win promotion to the Premier League.

He’s got an interesting story in recent years. Gillespie plays for FC Mindwell, a Northern Irish club set up to raise awareness around mental health issues.

He came out of retirement in 2020 to join and they ply their trade in the unstintingly glamorous Mid-Ulster Football League.

Do share your memories of Gillespie in the comments section!

One Brighton fan account is taking a blase stance on speculation about Roberto De Zerbi’s future.

If there’s one thing Brighton are good about, it’s regeneration. There was some uproar when Chris Hughton left – could they switch to a more expansive style under Graham Potter? They did.

And when Potter left, they got even better under De Zerbi. Tony Bloom’s club is, by all visible accounts, a well-run one, and you feel they’re not beholden to any ephemeral face in the dugout.

Bad news, Blades fans. You’re not doing a Leicester this season.

One account has helpfully pointed out that Sheffield United are now mathematically out of the Premier League title race, presumably leaving them to focus on the Champions League footrace… or avoiding relegation?

After yesterday’s results, they’re 44 points behind Liverpool with 14 games to go, meaning they can only pick up 42 more points. Maybe next season.

If there’s one thing footballers need, it’s a distraction-free environment to go about their business.

It won’t help that their highly vaunted coach, Roberto De Zerbi, is being linked with every man and his dog.

Liverpool, Manchester United, and Barcelona are all being talked about as potential next destinations for the Italian coach, and the Seagulls are drawing up contingency plans in case he flies the nest.

Could he make the step up to a bigger club?

It’s helpful of the Blades to arrive at their own stadium. Otherwise, we’d have a very one-sided game of football!

Shots are starting to come in of them arriving. Stay with us for all the updates.

A quick internet search is telling me that it’s 222.2 miles from the Amex to Bramall Lane – presumably a distance painstakingly measured by yardstick by a hapless Google employee – so the Seagulls have come a long way to be here?

Will they be flying off with all three points, or is an afternoon of disappointment in store?

Sheffield United have won three games in the Premier League this season – not the most inspiring record.

Fortunately, two of those have come at Bramall Lane: a 2-1 win over Wolves and a 1-0 victory against Brentford.

They are winless in three at home but will hope to catch a shaky Brighton by surprise up in Yorkshire.

It was hat-trick heaven for Joao Pedro when these two met in January.

In a dramatic FA Cup encounter, Sheffield United went 2-0 down, levelled the scores before half-time, and threw it all away again in the second half as Brighton ran riot.

You can remind yourself of all the action below.

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Sheffield United took a big step forward in their bid for survival last week with a 3-1 win at Luton but are still seven points deep in the drop zone.

Meanwhile, Brighton have been heavily unpredictable of late – losing 4-0 to Luton themselves in January – and come in to this on the back of a 2-1 loss at Tottenham.