Post Match report for the Newcastle game - Saturday, 20th March 2021
PREMIER LEAGUE 20/21: Brighton V Newcastle - 20/3/21, P29.
* * * * * ALBION SECOND HOME WIN * * * * *
RESULT: 3-0 ~ Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay . (h-t 1-0) . SHAPE: 3-4-3
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - fifteenth home match of twenty-nine fixture to date . Saturday 8pm.
Game played behind closed doors due to current covid lockdown restrictions.
PRE-MATCH: prior to another international break this sole Saturday Prem contest marked three-quarters of our 4th campaign completed.
Frustrated Brighton fans looked for a silver lining, clung to hopes & dreams, heard whispers on the wind, tasted sustenance to survive and hoped for sweet smell of success.
WEATHER: settled, cool mid March evening.
GRAHAM POTTER arrived at the community stadium with a sixth sense, bordering on relief from impending doom.
Fulham lost at home the previous night and eased his nerves somewhat.
He had said it did not matter what other clubs did, as was a waste of time worrying.
This philosophy would again be tested to limits shortly.
Moder made a league starting debut. Otherwise the squad was as previously for that Southampton Sunday away trip.
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 26 Sanchez
. . . . . . . 3 White, 5 Dunk, 34 Veltman
. 13 Gross, 8 Bissouma, 14 Lallana, 15 Moder
. . . 18 Welbeck, 9 Maupay, 11 Trossard
BENCH: 23 Steele, 33 Burn, 17 Alzate, 16 Jahanbakhsh, 19 Izquierdo, 22 Tau.
10 Mac Allister (79), 29 Zeqiri (83), 24 Propper (88).
GOALS: 1-0 - 45+3 . TROSSARD takes plaudits with a superb strike after skilfully receiving and controlling the ball.
2-0 - 51 . WELBECK fires home following an offensive move involving Trossard and Moder.
3-0 - 68 . MAUPAY finishes well from a Gross assist.
INCIDENTS: 1 - Moder wide . 3 - Moder on target . 7 - Maupay nets, foul . 10 - Bissouma effort . 19 - Maupay o/s . 29 - Maupay miss . 36 - visitors attack . 38 - Maupay blocked . 42 - away injury & sub .
49 - visitors miss . 54 - Moder saved . 65 - hosts pressure . 75 - Sanchez saves . 80 - Gross denied . 83 - Welbeck o/s . 89 - Sanchez holds.
YELLOWS: none.
SUBS: 79 - Mac Allister for Trossard . 84 - Zeqiri for Welbeck . 88 - Propper for Moder.
TIMELINE: hosts were on the front foot from kickoff and took the play to visitors.
But early possession was in front of opponents massed third and lacked dangerous penetration at pivotal moments.
A similar pattern developed with virtually all one way traffic until the intermission.
Taking the lead in stoppage time was a big bonus.
Going further ahead soon into the second period put locals in the driving seat.
A third score sealed the result three quarters of the way through.
Seagulls kept a clean sheet to complete a dominant display and a vital home victory.
FUNDAMENTALS: poss 66%-34%, on target 6-1, off target 5-2, corners 3-1,
fouls 12-5, yellows 0-1, subs 3-3, shape 3412-433 . . . . . . gd-4 pt32 po16
CONSEQUENCES: climbing away from the drop zone by opening a six point gap with a game in hand appeared A-ok on the night.
What a birthday present for Tony Bloom!
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