Post Match report for the West Ham game - Sunday, 21st August 2022
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: West Ham V Brighton - 21/8/22 P3.
* * * * * ANOTHER SACK-FULL OF ANY OLD IRON * * * * *
RESULT: 0-2 ~ Mac Allister, Trossard . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: London Stadium, Stratford - second away match of 3 fixtures to date . Sunday 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: the Prem table was in that early random stage prior to when it would reshuffle over coming weeks into some sort of anticipated pecking order.
Brighton fans had been here a lot but previously during cooler months, so nothing could yet be taken for granted.
WEATHER: sunny & warm . . . GATE: tba . . . KIT: blue & white.
GRAHAM POTTER knew direction of travel and there was not far to go in keeping on course from where we had already seen a milestone passed from a standing start.
He consulted his road map and went with tried and tested in those engine, transmission and safety-braking parts, adding new spares to the back-up travelling tool box.
STARTING SHAPE: 3-4-2-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 4 Webster
. 7 March 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 11 Trossard
. . 13 Gross . . . 18 Welbeck . . . 14 Lallana
SUBS: 30 Estupinan (62), 8 Mwepu (85), 22 Mitoma (92).
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk), 2 Lamptey, 6 Colwill, 17 Alzate, 9 Maupay, 21 Undav.
SQUAD: 19 Sarmiento, 20 Enciso, 29 van Hecke . FRINGE: 26 Clarke . INJURED: 15 Moder.
GOALS: 0-1 - 22 . MAC ALLISTER converts a spot kick following VAR scrutiny when Welbeck was decked on edge of the area.
0-2 - 66 . TROSSARD completes an effective counter offensive, assisted by Gross, with a fluid move from back to front.
YELLOWS: none.
CHANGES: 62 Estupinan for Lallana . 85 Mwepu for March . 92 Mitoma for Trossard.
FIRST HALF: the opener was scored by visitors, who were well worth the slim lead on balance of play up to the interval.
SECOND HALF: hosts rallied, pressed in midfield and carried a threat.
Defensive capabilities were tested until a two goal cushion gave some breathing space going into the final third of this contest time-wise.
OF NOTE: Potter inserted a defender, switched to four at the back around the hour mark and pushed men forwards.
IN THE END: hosts failed to find the net and Sanchez prevented on targets registering a score by keeping a clean sheet.
NUMBERS: poss 49%-51%, on target 3-2, off target 10-9, corners 5-4,
fouls 10-7, yellows 2-0, subs 4-3, shape 4231-3421 . . . . . gd3 pt7 po5
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