Post Match report for the Leicester game - Sunday, 4th September 2022
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Brighton V Leicester - 4/9/22 P6.
* * * * * FOXES FOLD IN SECOND HALF GOAL HUNT * * * * *
RESULT: 5-2 ~ og, Caicedo, Trossard, Mac Allister 2 . (h-t 2-2)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - third home match of 6 fixtures to date . Sunday 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were checking brightonfans to review our previous encounters.
Supporters of a certain age could maybe remember meeting at the theatre of trees back in the day.
Now boot was on the other foot; apparently our zenith was yet to come, whilst our midlands visitors were slipping from previous heights we currently aspire toward.
WEATHER: sunny & warm . . . GATE: 31,185 . . . REF: forever on the mic set.
GRAHAM POTTER looked at the squad, in order to provide a steady team-sheet for playing to strengths.
Welbeck returned up front, while Estupinan dropped to the bench.
New boy Gilmour sat there now too.
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 . . . 8 Mwepu
SUBS: 21 Undav (84), 30 Estupinan (89), 2 Lamptey (93), 12 Gilmour (93).
BENCH: 23 Steele, 6 Colwill, 29 van Hecke, 17 Alzate, 22 Mitoma.
SQUAD: 20 Enciso . INJURED: 15 Moder, 14 Lallana, 19 Sarmiento.
GOALS: 0-1 - 01 . visitors run up field and every ball evades a defender then arrives at an unmarked attacker.
1-1 - 10 . visitors score an own goal from a far post header by March after a deep cross by Trossard.
2-1 - 15 . CAICEDO blasts in a cross-shot from a pass by Mwepu on the break after intercepting travellers possession.
2-2 - 33 . hosts defence is caught cold on turnover from a simple ball over the top and travellers get a free hit.
3-2 - 64 . TROSSARD makes progress toward the left by-line and takes a goal-scoring opportunity. Assist by Gross.
4-2 - 71 . MAC ALLISTER puts away a spot kick when Trossard was decked advancing across the area.
5-2 - 97 . MAC ALLISTER finds the top corner from a dead-ball situation with a superbly executed f-k at the death.
YELLOWS: 12 Mac Allister - diving in.
MAJOR INCIDENT: 48 Mac Allister drives in a shot from down range but delayed VAR get Ref to the screen for offside.
CHANGES: 84 Undav for Mwepu . 89 Estupinan for Trossard . 93 Lamptey & Gilmour for March & Caicedo.
FIRST HALF: in an opening series of split-second passing by visitors & lack of tackles by hosts a score got recorded in the first minute.
Locals were soon back in the match but went into the interval even-steven when falling to a basic route-one kick & rush freewheeling routine.
SECOND HALF: from the hour mark locals upped the ante and put the away outfit under increasing pressure in their defensive third.
The starting eleven persevered and achieved their game plan not long into the last third stage time-wise.
Alterations to on-field personnel & tactics were hardly necessary but fulfilled overall strategy in this early campaign phase.
IN THE END: locals will to win from an increasing position of stalemate within strictly enforced rules of football ensured a runaway victory with stats racking up to very last moments.
NUMBERS: poss 54%-46%, on target 11-4, off target 12-2, corners 10-1,
fouls 6-8, yellows 1-1, subs 4-4, shape 352-442 . . . . . gd6 pt13 po4
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