Post Match report for the Wolves game - Wednesday, 15th December 2021

PREMIER LEAGUE 21/22: Brighton V Wolverhampton - 15/12/21, P16.


* * * * * ALBION NEED MORE THAN JUST A BOOSTER * * * * *


RESULT: 0-1 . (h-t 0-1) . . . . . SHAPE: 4-3-3


VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - eighth home match of sixteen fixtures to date . Wed 7:30pm.
COVID RESTRICTIONS: mandatory covid pass or negative lateral flow test . photo id.
PRE-MATCH: the previous Sunday lunchtime Prem game got postponed due to covid cases in the away camp.
Now the latest infectious variant was spreading fast in Sussex and Brighton fans of all age groups, vulnerability categories, booster status, degrees of specific & general health and individual attitudes had decisions to make beforehand regarding precautions, risk, exposure and consequences both in and outside the stadium.
The local pantomime among other forthcoming city & county events had already been cancelled, which foretold the haphazard nature of comparative multiple people gatherings.
WEATHER: mild evening . . . GATE: 30,362.

GRAHAM POTTER had received positive covid tests within the squad. Maupay & Gross were missing.
A whole host of fringe players sat among substitutes. Burn got the armband for tonight.
INJURY: 4 Webster, 5 Dunk, 60 Sarmiento . BAN: 24 Duffy.
SQUAD: 18 Welbeck . ILL: 9 Maupay, 13 Gross.


TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. 2 Lamptey, 34 Veltman, 33 Burn (capt), 3 Cucurella
. . . . . . 12 Mwepu, 8 Bissouma, 15 Moder
. . . . . . . 20 March, 7 Connolly, 11 Trossard

BENCH: 16 Scherpen (gk), 17 Alzate, 28 Roberts, 42 Leonard, 55 Turns, 58 Ferguson.
10 Mac Allister (61), 14 Lallana (84), 30 Richards (84).


GOALS: 0-1 - 45+1 . mixed messages in home defence allow travellers an opportunity which they take with relish.


INCIDENTS: 5 - injury to visitors, 7 - Mwepu effort, 9 - VAR check, 13 - visitors sub, 15 - Mwepu dig, 21 - March miss, 26 - visitors shot, 32 - Lamptey pop, 36 - Sanchez takes, 43 - Mwepu poke, 45 - visitors f-k, 45+3 - Burn, Trossard, Mwepu miss,
47 - visitors hit bar, 49 - Sanchez saves, 53 - Ref mic issues, 54 - Sanchez saves, 58 - Sanchez takes, 61 - Mwepu miss, 63 - Ref mic issues, 73 - Mac A wide, 80 - March effort, 83 - visitors pop, 86 - Cucurella attempt, 90+10 - Trossard dig.

YELLOWS: 68 - Bissouma (ban) . 91 - Burn.

SUBS: 61 - Mac Allister for Connolly . 84 - Lallana & Richards for Bissouma & Mwepu.


FIRST HALF: a scrappy opening period from a makeshift eleven went from bad to worse when conceding in stoppage.
Lack of discipline at both ends cost hosts chances to score and also defend properly on even terms.
Front runners hardly seemed in it.
SECOND HALF: it did not take Potter that long to make an alteration in personnel and shape during a stop-start contest.
Late in the day he added a double change. Problems up the sharp end continued as previously with time running out.
Past gliches with putting the ball into opponents net surfaced under glare of floodlights.
It is an acute & chronic situation.


NUMBERS: poss 59%-41%, on target 2-5, off target 10-3, corners 7-4,
fouls 11-14, yellows 2-0, subs 3-3, shape 433-343 . . . . . . gd-3 pt20 po13

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