Post Match report for the Crystal Palace game - Wednesday, 15th March 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Brighton V Palace - 15/3/23 P25
* * * * * VERY FINE MARGINS FROM RANDOM DEVELOPMENTS * * * * *
RESULT: 1-0 ~ March . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - thirteenth home match of 25 fixtures to date . Wed 7:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: it was a midweek evening in March when we finally hosted regional rivals at the community stadium.
There were a couple of other postponed fixture dates still to be advised but bizarrely the rest of this month was a no-Prem zone for Albion due to another international break.
WEATHER: rain . GATE: 30,933 . ATMOSPHERE: singing in the rain as the lights went out.
ROBERTO de ZERBI had eyes on the immediate future and also the forthcoming campaign based on what transpired this term.
He realised Albion are a wafer-thin squad that will require bolstering with pukka talent to maintain progress.
RdZ eased Webster & Ferguson to the bench, re-introducing Colwill & Welbeck to start.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 14 Lallana . REHAB: 15 Moder . SQUAD: 26 Ayari, 49 Moran
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 13 Gross 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 10 Mac Allister . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 28 Ferguson (79), 20 Enciso (79), 19 Sarmiento (88), 4 Webster (91)
BENCH: 1 Sanchez (gk) 21 Undav 27 Gilmour 29 van Hecke 40 Buonanotte
GOAL:
1-0 - 15 . MARCH beats the keeper and nets when put thru by Mitoma following good work going forward by Welbeck.
YELLOWS: 59 Caicedo & De Zerbi
INCIDENTS: 2 Steele saves, 3 visitors miss, 5 Welbeck pop, 6 visitors miss, 8 Steele saves, 11 Steele saves, 13 Mitoma dig, 15 Steele takes, 19 Caicedo close, 35 Steele takes, 42 visitors miss, 44 Mac A wide,
49 Welbeck pop, 51 Estupinan effort ... 53 delay in play 57 ... 64 visitors miss, 66 Mac A header, 76 Mac A miss, 85 Mac A miss, 89 Enciso miss, 95 visitors miss
CHANGES: 79 - Ferguson & Enciso for Welbeck & Mitoma .
88 - Sarmiento for Mac Allister . 91 - Webster for March
FIRST HALF: hosts took the lead against run of play, which changed nature of this unusual if habitually far from local contest directly, tactically, performance-wise and otherwise.
SECOND HALF: a short power cut on turnaround was an irritating interruption and a technical blip in proceedings.
Hosts huffed & puffed afterwards, while travellers stayed in the game and it all became a bit of a physical scrap.
IN THE END: lady luck decided to point fickle finger of fate to favour one side in a single goal affair so that parity could not be shared.
NUMBERS: poss 58%-42%, on target 5-3, off target 6-8, corners 1-4,
fouls 13-20, yellows 1-2, subs 4-4, shape 4231-433 . . . . . gd15 pt42 po7
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