Post Match report for the Leicester game - Saturday, 21st January 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Leicester V Brighton - 21/1/23 P19
* * * * * TAKING POSITIVES FROM ANOTHER ROAD TRIP * * * * *
RESULT: 2-2 ~ Mitoma, Ferguson . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: King Power, Leicester - tenth away match of 19 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we had finally reached halfway through this stop-start campaign and much better off than middling was an ok position to be in when travelling into the midlands.
WEATHER: sunny start . . . GATE: 32,056 . . . KIT: crimson . . . PITCH: excellent
ROBERTO de ZERBI had nearly a full squad available for selection bar Trossard, who preferred Arsenal at this juncture.
RdZ went with a regular shape and eleven, plus giving van Hecke a debut start.
INJURED: 6 Colwill . REHAB: 15 Moder . SQUAD: 49 Moran . LEFT: 11 Trossard
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. 13 Gross 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma
. . . . 14 Lallana . . . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 34 Veltman (29), 28 Ferguson (66), 2 Lamptey (77)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 4 Webster 19 Sarmiento 20 Enciso 21 Undav 27 Gilmour
GOALS:
0-1 - 27 . MITOMA unleashes a drive to the top corner following good work and assist by Estupinan.
1-1 - 38 . hosts equalise at the third attempt and it requires a VAR delay before confirmation is given.
2-1 - 63 . the home team lead from a set piece that is converted when defenders fail to clear lines.
2-2 - 88 . FERGUSON makes his header tell inside a post following useful build up from Estupinan.
YELLOWS: 53 De Zerbi . 93 Mac Allister
INCIDENTS: 7 hosts header, 20 Estupinan shot, 24 van Hecke miss, 38 hosts 2 attempts, 42 Gross effort, 42 Veltman try,
51 March blocked, 52 BHA pen shout, 56 March miss, 62 hosts try, 63 hosts try, 73 van Hecke pop, 76 March dig, 80 Lamptey miss, 84 Mac A dig
CHANGES: 29 Veltman for Lallana . 66 Ferguson for Welbeck . 77 Lamptey for van Hecke
FIRST HALF: a goalless beginning with little in the way of incidents was altered twice to restore parity before half time.
SECOND HALF: locals took their chance while visitors did not as the clock ticked down.
One way traffic ensued as Seagulls chased the game.
At the death there was a new lease of life just prior to stoppage.
IN THE END: two points dropped may be argued on balance, especially when including & considering assessment of officials.
NUMBERS: poss 36%-64%, on target 2-4, off target 7-9, corners 5-6,
fouls 9-9, yellows 0-1, subs 3-3, shape 442-4231 . . . . . gd10 pt31 po6
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