Post Match report for the Leeds game - Saturday, 11th March 2023

PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Leeds V Brighton - 11/3/23


* * * * * A TYPICAL WINTER AFTERNOON UP NORTH * * * * *


RESULT: 2-2 ~ Mac Allister, March . (h-t 1-1)


VENUE: Elland Road, Leeds - twelfth away match of 24 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were back in Yorkshire on a cold winter day during March.
Come April there are at least four further trips around England from next week after the international break as fixtures stack up into early summer.
WEATHER: cloudy & cold . GATE: 36,471 . KIT: crimsom . ATMOSPHERE: noisy natives

ROBERTO de ZERBI had made positive noises beforehand and would be staying at Brighton in a quest for Champions League football within short timescales.
RdZ kept with a winning side bar starting Veltman and again keeping Sanchez on the bench.
He would need everybody available before too long.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 14 Lallana . REHAB: 15 Moder . SQUAD: 27 Gilmour 49 Moran
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1

TEAM . . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 34 Veltman 4 Webster 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. . 7 March 13 Gross 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma
. . . . 10 Mac Allister . . . . . . . 28 Ferguson

SUBS: 18 Welbeck (67), 29 van Hecke (88).
BENCH: 1 Sanchez (gk) 6 Colwill 19 Sarmiento 20 Enciso 21 Undav 26 Ayari 40 Buonanotte


GOALS:
0-1 - 33 . MAC ALLISTER heads home from a Mitoma header following very good work by Gross.
1-1 - 40 . locals equalise after visitors defensive mistakes and against run of play approaching half time.
1-2 - 61 . MARCH has a foot in near the ball following a move down the flank and parried centre with pinball.
2-2 - 78 . visitors are caught napping at a quick corner when locals try a pop from distance.


YELLOWS: 83 Caicedo

INCIDENTS: 9 hosts effort, 12 hosts try, 15 Veltman try, 19 Ferguson effort, 19 Dunk header, 19 Gross dig, 19 Mac A pop, 28 Steele saves, 30 hosts try, 31 Mac A try, 33 Mitoma effort, 42 hosts miss, 43 Mac A miss,
48 hosts miss, 49 Steele saves, 56 hosts pop, 58 hosts miss, 59 Estupinan dig, 60 Veltman try, 64 Steele takes, 72 March effort, 75 Welbeck miss, 94 Dunk drive.

CHANGES: 67 Welbeck for Ferguson . 88 van Hecke for Webster.


FIRST HALF: with majority of possession travellers bossed the half after a slow start and eventually found the opener.
But this was quickly pegged back by toiling locals taking advantage from a lucky break.
SECOND HALF: hosts tried some rough stuff backed by vocal support, however the away outfit added a second via an own goal.
Then a comedy of errors in the final third restored parity at a set piece.

IN THE END: a point on the road was a reflection of conceding two softish goals and missing way too many ok chances.
NUMBERS: poss 38%-62%, on target 4-2, off target 8-12, corners 4-7,
fouls 12-9, yellows 1-1, subs 5-2, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd14 pt39 po7

FS


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