Post Match report for the Crystal Palace game - Saturday, 11th February 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Palace V Brighton - 11/2/23 P21
* * * * * DOMINANCE OVERALL BUT PARITY AT THE FINISH * * * * *
RESULT: 1-1 ~ March . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: Selhurst Park, London SE25 - eleventh away match of 21 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans got to Whitehorse Lane and realised it was like stepping back in time.
Over 20 years ago we had rocked up there and witnessed five scored. The old place still looked the same.
But times do change and hopefully into more positive away results.
WEATHER: cloudy & mild . GATE: 24,827 . KIT: aqua . ATMOSPHERE: ebb & flow on tides of support.
ROBERTO de ZERBI had apparently been versed in this unorthodox regional rivalry.
He had after all been around the block in southern Europe and beyond.
RdZ made changes as appropriate for a Saturday afternoon in greater Croydon.
New kid Ayari joined young substitutes.
INJURED: 6 Colwill 14 Lallana . REHAB: 15 Moder .
SQUAD: 18 Welbeck 27 Gilmour . LEFT: 11 Trossard
STARTING SHAPE: 4-4-1-1
TEAM . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. 34 Veltman 4 Webster 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 13 Gross . . . 21 Undav
SUBS: 28 Ferguson (57), 2 Lamptey (76)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 29 van Hecke 19 Sarmiento 20 Enciso 26 Ayari 40 Buonanotte 49 Moran
GOALS:
0-1 - 63 . MARCH converts a centre from Estupinan when poaching the opener running in behind.
1-1 - 69 . Palace equalise when taking advantage of a mistake by Sanchez when mishandling a simple aerial ball.
YELLOWS: 7 Mac Allister .
INCIDENTS: 9 hosts miss, 11 Mac A try, 15 hosts miss, 16 Mac A header, 18 Mac A effort, 26 Mitoma dig, 28 Webster header, 30 Sanchez takes, 32 Estupinan nets - VAR check, 36 hosts try, 40 Undav shot, 43 hosts blocked, 44 Mac A pop, 45 Undav header,
46 March dig, 50 March try, 51 Estupinan blocked, 52 March miss, 55 Undav effort, 72 hosts blocked, 76 Mac A miss, 78 hosts miss, 81 March blocked, 85 Mac A header, 90 Mac A try.
CHANGES: 57 Ferguson for Undav . 76 Lamptey for Webster .
FIRST HALF: an intervention by VAR prevented visitors from capitalising on majority of possession availing several offensive opportunities and so it remained stalemated at the interval.
SECOND HALF: around the hour mark things finally developed when visitors led but were pegged back within a few minutes.
Huff & puff ensued into stoppage time.
IN THE END: another valid performance on the road during mid-season, although not highlighted by scoring but from not taking chances available.
NUMBERS: poss 25%-75%, on target 1-7, off target 5-10, corners 1-6,
fouls 10-11, yellows 4-1, subs 4-2, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd11 pt35 po6
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