Post Match report for the Aston Villa game - Saturday, 13th February 2021
PREMIER LEAGUE 20/21: Brighton V Aston Villa - 13/2/21, P24.
* * * ALBION FLATTER TO DECEIVE AGAIN * * *
RESULT: 0-0 . . SHAPE: 3-4-3
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - twelfth home match of twenty-four matches to date . Saturday 8pm.
Game played behind closed doors as per ongoing covid lockdown restrictions.
PRE-MATCH: housebound Brighton fans were pleased with performances from on the road during the past week or so.
Now was the moment for this squad to demonstrate home advantage, restore supporters confidence in the Potter master plan and move toward a future mid table completion.
WEATHER: very cold but dry on a mid February night.
GRAHAM POTTER was vindicated by results since New Year, when Albion had been involved in various contests mostly resolved by a single goal.
With this trend in mind he selected a side something like an optimum choice.
He also hoped that expected goals as previously computed would register real-time scores over ninety minutes ahead.
TEAM . . . . . . . 26 Sanchez
. . . . . . . 3 White, 5 Dunk, 33 Burn
. 34 Veltman, 13 Gross, 8 Bissouma, 17 Alzate
. . . 10 Mac Allister . . 9 Maupay . . . 11 Trossard
BENCH: 31 Walton, 6 Karbownik, 15 Moder, 24 Propper, 22 Tau, 29 Zeqiri, 7 Connolly.
14 Lallana (62), 18 Welbeck (80).
GOALS: none.
INCIDENTS: 5 - Mac Allister shot deflects . 8 - Burn header wide . 10 - Mac Allister heads over .
13 - Veltman on target . 24 - Mac Allister f-k miss . 30 - Gross f-k caught . 35 - visitors keeper catches .
37 - Trossard effort saved . 38 - Burn header saved . 40 - Burn volley blocked .
46 - Sanchez holds . 47 - Mac Allister blocked . 56 - Trossard wide . 59 - Trossard pops . 61 - Maupay effort .
64 - Veltman on target . 66 - visitors attacks . 67 - Burn dig . 71 - Lallana blocked . 73 - Maupay miss .
84 - Welbeck stab saved . 90+ - Trossard f/k saved.
YELLOWS: 20 - Alzate . 76 - Trossard .
SUBS: 62 - Lallana for Alzate . 80 - Welbeck for Maupay .
TIMELINE: first quarter of combat had gone the way of the home unit but several chances went begging.
There followed much more domestic huff & puff prior to dressing room justifications of effort.
The loop replayed from beginning of the second half until Potter made a first change after the hour mark by bolstering midfield.
It all got a tad frantic from hosts while they plugged on fruitlessly in trying to open scoring.
Final moments were a further exercise in goalless mediocrity.
FUNDAMENTALS: poss 58%-42%, on target 9-1, off target 17-3, corners 9-2,
fouls 16-12, yellows 2-3, subs 2-3, shape 343-4231 . . . gd-5 pt26 po15
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