Post Match report for the Fulham game - Tuesday, 30th August 2022

PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Fulham V Brighton - 30/8/22 P5.


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RESULT: 2-1 ~ Mac Allister . (h-t 0-0)


VENUE: Craven Cottage, Fulham SW6 - third away match of 5 fixtures to date . Tue 7:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were checking brightonfans to review our previous encounters by the Thames. There were mixed fortunes during these Falmer Years.
Tonight presented opportunities which if successful would surmount anything achieved previously in London or even country-wide.
WEATHER: nice summer evening . . . GATE: 22,224 . . . KIT: crimson . . . PITCH: slippery surface.

GRAHAM POTTER reviewed the squad, noting injuries and PL & PL2 schedules in order to stick with a settled match-day group.
Mwepu stepped up and Welbeck dropped to the bench . Enciso joined substitutes.
STARTING SHAPE: 3-5-2

TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . . . . 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 4 Webster
. 7 March 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 30 Estupinan
. . . . 13 Gross . . . 8 Mwepu . . . 11 Trossard

SUBS: 18 Welbeck (63), 22 Mitoma (63), 2 Lamptey (63), 21 Undav (79).
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk), 6 Colwill, 17 Alzate, 20 Enciso, 29 van Hecke.
SQUAD: 28 Ferguson . INJURED: 14 Lallana, 19 Sarmiento, 15 Moder.


GOALS: 1-0 - 48 . Seagulls were all over the place at a miscued corner routine but locals find the net anyway.
2-0 - 55 . a swift counter attack caught visitors cold and Dunk put the ball into the Brighton net.
2-1 - 60 . MAC ALLISTER pulls one back from the spot when Ref consults the monitor to view a foul on the midfielder.


YELLOWS: 55 Estupinan.

INCIDENTS: 6 Veltman clears, 7 Sanchez saves, 19 Sanchez saves, 21 Sanchez takes, 29 Gross pop, 33 hosts miss, 38 March header,
47 hosts miss, 62 hosts miss, 66 hosts miss, 70 hosts miss, 71 Trossard try, 72 hosts miss, 88 Undav hit post, 88 Welbeck effort, 89 Webster header, 94 hosts miss.

CHANGES: 63 Welbeck, Mitoma & Lamptey for Mwepu, Estupian & Veltman . 79 Undav for Caicedo.


FIRST HALF: Potter reshaped within fifteen minutes to operate a back four, Webster switching to right c-d.
Visitors struggled to put any form of cohesive display together as hosts exploited spaces in midfield.
Locals defence was not unduly troubled prior to the interval.
SECOND HALF: a giveaway goal straight after turnaround made the following period much tougher now travellers were chasing the game.
Potter made a triple change after the hour mark which at least produced a positive reaction to strive for an equaliser.
Huffing & puffing continued until stoppage time evaporated.
As a Prem performance it was lacking in several departments.

IN THE END: the away outfit were turned over by an average side but one prepared to muscle their way to victory.
NUMBERS: poss 40%-60%, on target 3-4, off target 7-3, corners 3-3,
fouls 9-11, yellows 2-1, subs 2-4, shape 4231-352 . . . . . gd3 pt10 po4

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