Post Match report for the Brentford game - Saturday, 11th September 2021
PREMIER LEAGUE 21/22: Brentford V Brighton - 11/9/21, P4.
* * * * * ALBION PINCH POINTS ON PERCENTAGES * * * * *
RESULT: 0-1 ~ Trossard . (h-t 0-0) . . . SHAPE: 3-4-1-2
VENUE: community stadium, Brentford - second away match of four fixtures to date . Sat 3pm.
PRE-MATCH: Brighton fans did not have too far to go by way of deviating from old Griffin Park to then enter this new Prem ground.
It was still very early in the campaign and everything else had a certain novelty associated as well.
WEATHER: sun & cloud & warm . . . . GATE: 16,518 . . . KIT: turquoise.
GRAHAM POTTER had defined his role as head coach at the fans forum. He was the organ to get a tune out of the score composed of mood music from those effectively holding the baton.
Cucurella was handed a debut. Rest of the starting eleven was tried & tested from multiple apps.
INJURED: 33 Burn . ISOLATING: Gross, Mwepu . SQUAD: 7 Connolly, 2 Lamptey.
TEAM . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . . . . . . 4 Webster, 24 Duffy, 5 Dunk,
. 34 Veltman, 8 Bissouma, 14 Lallana, 3 Cucurella
. . . 9 Maupay . . . 11 Trossard . . . 18 Welbeck
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk), 16 Scherpen (gk), 17 Alzate, 27 Locadia, 28 Roberts, 30 Richards.
15 Moder (37), 10 Mac Allister (64), 20 March (82).
GOALS: 0-1 - 90 . TROSSARD finished well after build up which included a pass & move sequence from Mac Allister & Moder.
HAPPENINGS: 7 Cucurella decked, 11 hosts shoot down range, 15 Welbeck effort, 19 visitors defensive mistakes, 21 locals set piece miss, 25 hosts miss twice, 35 Webster injured, 40 Albion pressure, 45+ hosts miss, 45++ Sanchez saves.
50 Albion attacks, 57 Sanchez takes, 62 Cucurella poleaxed, 67 Sanchez takes, 68 Maupay off target, 70 Bees over bar, 71 Sanchez saves, 75 Mac A shot, 80 Seagulls forward momentum, 90+ travellers game management.
YELLOWS: 55 - Veltman, 60 - Duffy.
SUBS: 37 - Moder for Webster, 64 - Mac Allister for Welbeck, 82 - March for Cucurella.
FIRST HALF: nip & tuck initially with visitors competing for possession. Locals had chances while our away outfit laboured outside the box. It became something of a scrap and lacked quality.
SECOND HALF: Seagulls switched to a form of 442. Potter made his second change and again bolstered midfield. Pattern of play was disjointed and at times combative.
Problems concerning penetration in the final third resurfaced from previous seasons.
But the end justifies the means and at the final whistle the winner registered 100% of goals scored.
FUNDAMENTALS: poss 41%-59%, on target 1-2, off target 6-2, corners 1-6,
fouls 9-12, yellows 3-2, subs 3-3, shape 352-3412 . . . . . gd2 pt9 po4
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