Post Match report for the Southampton game - Monday, 26th December 2022

PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Southampton V Brighton - 26/12/22 P15


* * * * * XMAS PRAYERS FULFILLED AT SAINTS * * * * *


RESULT: 1-3 ~ Lallana, og, March . (h-t 0-2)


VENUE: St Marys, Southampton - eighth away match of 15 fixtures to date . Mon 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans in Sussex travelled westwards on Boxing Day for resumption of the Prem after a long pause during the World Cup tournament in Qatar.
Following a disappointing EFL Cup goalless exit prior to Xmas festivities it was a return to bread & butter fixtures that hopefully would put food back on the table.
WEATHER: sunny & mild . . . GATE: tba . . . KIT: turquoise . . . PITCH: super surface

ROBERTO de ZERBI looked at the available squad list and decided that major changes were not necessary.
RdZ kicked off with five World Cup stars starting and another two sat among substitutes.
INJURED: 4 Webster 18 Welbeck . REHAB: 15 Moder.
SQUAD: 43 Turns . HOME LEAVE: 10 Mac Allister (WC winner)
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1

TEAM . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 25 Caicedo 13 Gross 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . . 14 Lallana . . . . 11 Trossard

SUBS: 19 Sarmiento (67), 2 Lamptey (83), 28 Ferguson (83), 27 Gilmour (91)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 20 Enciso 21 Undav 29 van Hecke 49 Moran


GOALS:
0-1 - 14 . LALLANA played the old one two with March and headed home the assist with aplom.
0-2 - 35 . a centre from Estupinan was diverted into the home net by a hapless defender.
0-3 - 56 . MARCH unleashed a drive from outside the area to find the top corner for a pukka worldy.
1-3 - 73 . a clean sheet got soiled when at the spot kick Sanchez parried but the pen taker nodded in the rebound.


YELLOWS: Caicedo - ban . Sanchez

CHANGES: 67 Sarmiento for Lallana . 83 Lamptey & Ferguson for March & Trossard
91 Gilmour for Gross


FIRST HALF: Albion were on the front foot and approaching the interval went two up as the home outfit toiled to shake off a festive malaise at St Marys.
SECOND HALF: it was all over not long after turnaround, so rest of the half was a period of game management.
Hosts could not be bad for ninety continuously and damage limitation processes were engaged.

IN THE END: more points in the bag prior to the hour mark and this result resumes momentum.
NUMBERS: poss 34%-66%, on target 4-4, off target 10-3, corners 4-2,
fouls 9-10, yellows 1-2, subs 5-4, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd6 pt24 po7

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