Mahrez has to start imo because I cant see him starting Palace away or Spurs away in CL. And him starting today would give a chance to rotate Sterling or Bernardo one more time after Cardiff meaning they can come back extra fresh for Spurs away, Palace away, Spurs home 3 crucial games.
Would go with Sterling-Jesus-Mahrez trio today with Sterling off after 60 minutes for Sane.
Midfield could be Gundogan-KDB-Silva or Foden instead of Silva. Would keep Fernandinho out of this one maybe coming in from bench later.
Defence: LB I have no idea, Mendy maybe? Time for him to deliver after nearly 2 years.
Otamendi-Stones to let Laporte relax a bit and RB should be Danilo again imo
Scoring early could upset Brightons gameplan, we have to start with high tempo but last couple of years Fa Cup was a competition for us to forget, some of the teams we lost against were horrible, lower league clubs, maybe this year we bring the correct mentality into these games.Both under Pep and Pellegrini we suffered some awful losses in Fa Cup. Wigan, Boro etc...
Not very good that Spurs have a free weekend making sure they are getting ready for the CL tie on Tuesday.
We really need to bring this game down without any injury but that rarely happens these days. I hope Delph or Mendy will be able to play and help us on the left.