Post Match report for the Watford game - Saturday, 12th February 2022
PREMIER LEAGUE 21/22: Watford V Brighton - 12/2/22 P23.
* * * * * ALBION GOT THE RIGHT RESULT * * * * *
RESULT: 0-2 ~ Maupay, Webster . (h-t 0-1) . . . . . SHAPE: 5-3-2
VENUE: Vicarage Road, Watford - twelfth away match of twenty-three fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
PRE-MATCH: Brighton fans had visited here on many previous occasions and right now it afforded a regular kickoff day & time to see this familiar place.
Of course historical results do not influence what could happen, although perhaps can set, continue or alter a trend.
WEATHER: setting sun, fine & mild . . . GATE: 20,795 . . . KIT: blue & white.
GRAHAM POTTER was where he wanted to be metaphorically and geographically speaking, following that winter window interlude, Prem pause and recent FA Cup disappointment.
Today would test how far he expected to go and whether the current squad was up to it over the longer haul.
GP chose to make a couple of revisions from that starting eleven versus Spurs in a below standard Cup knockout.
INJURY: 12 Mwepu . . . . . SQUAD: 28 Roberts.
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . . 34 Veltman, 4 Webster, 5 Dunk
. 2 Lamptey . . 13 Gross, 14 Lallana . . 3 Cucurella
. . . . 9 Maupay . . 15 Moder . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 8 Bissouma (64), 10 Mac Allister (64) 24 Duffy (91).
BENCH: 23 Steele, 17 Alzate, 11 Trossard, 20 March, 25 Caicedo, 58 Ferguson.
GOALS: 0-1 - 44 . MAUPAY completes an assist from Lamptey with a volley to the top left corner.
0-2 - 82 . WEBSTER took a couple of tries to net following a corner routine into the packed area.
INCIDENTS: 7 Moder volley, 13 Sanchez punches, 17 Gross header, 18 Maupay effort,
21 Sanchez saves, 27 hosts wide, 35 Sanchez takes, 41 Dunk header,
55 hosts pressure, 57 Sanchez takes, 61 hosts miss, 64 hosts hit bar, 66 away pressure,
73 Cucurella effort, 76 hosts dig, 81 Moder try, 87 Sanchez saves, 90+ hosts pop.
YELLOWS: 26 Dunk . 75 Lamptey.
CHANGES: 64 Bissouma & Mac Allister for Welbeck & Gross . 91 Duffy for Lallana.
FIRST HALF: playing perfect football is all very well in theory but during helter-skelter of a Saturday afternoon some instinctive reactions are needed when attempting to create and take goal-scoring opportunities against a side parking the bus.
Just prior to the interval this occurred for visitors to open scoring.
SECOND HALF: Potter anticipated hosts response and inserted subs to deal effectively.
Weathering locals rally then reapplying control of the game set seal for a second score.
Keeping a clean sheet underlined a decent professional & tactical display.
NUMBERS: poss 35%-65%, on target 1-6, off target 8-5, corners 4-5,
fouls 16-9, yellows 3-2, subs 3-3, shape 442-3142 . . . . gd2 pt33 po9
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