The ultimate Brighton and Hove Albion team guide for Football Manager 2020

Thinking of logging into Football Manager 2020 and trying your luck as the Albion manager? Here's an in-depth team guide to help you get your team off to the best start possible.
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To help fill the football void, fans have turned to the virtual edition of the game, with many opting for Football Manager 2020.

The football management simulation game is more popular than ever right now and it's free to play for everyone until April 1.

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You’ll need a Steam account to do so. Click here https://store.steampowered.com/It lets you take control of your favourite club and work towards success. It's extremely detailed, immersive and ideal for bored minds during a period of isolation.

Neal Maupay and Lewis Dunk are key players for Brighton in Football Manager 2020.Neal Maupay and Lewis Dunk are key players for Brighton in Football Manager 2020.
Neal Maupay and Lewis Dunk are key players for Brighton in Football Manager 2020.

Brighton will be a popular club for gamers across Sussex as the try to bring success to the Amex Stadium.

Here's a useful team guide for Brighton on FM20 from FM BLOG, to give you a helping hand.

https://www.footballmanagerblog.org/2019/11/fm20-club-analysis-brighton.html?m=1With a lack of live sport to watch on TV, games such as Football Manager 20 have experienced record playing numbers.

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With people advised to stay indoors due to the coronavirus outbreak, thousands of sports fans were left with nothing to do which has led to football fans looking elsewhere to watch live sport, resulting in huge spikes in sports games.

Fans have taken to playing the management simulation game - with a massive increase of 119 per cent in peak concurrent players in the last 30 days, according to new research from OLBG.

Fans would normally be tuning in to watch Super Sunday at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon, but with no live matches in the UK, Football Manager 20 experienced a surge in users, with 180,838 people registered as playing online at that time.

With live football still on TV in February, there was a peak of 82,413 players online at once but since the advice to shut down the professional leagues and stay inside, people have been getting their weekend sporting fix from playing Football Manager through Steam.

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In the last 30 days, the game has seen an average of 57,627 players online at any one time - a gain of 10,075 people from the average taken from February 2020 and a 21 per cent increase.

When compared to previous years’ editions of the game, Football Manager 20 is far and away the best performing.

FM19 saw a peak player count of 75,666 in August 2019, while FM18 peaked at 71,279 in January 2018, proving that the coronavirus has had an unprecedented effect on online sports gaming in the UK.