Post Match report for the Chelsea game - Saturday, 15th April 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Chelsea V Brighton - 15/4/23 P29
* * * * * MORE POINTS ON A RETURN JOURNEY * * * * *
RESULT: 1-2 ~ Welbeck, Enciso . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: Stamford Bridge, London SW6 - fifteenth away match of 29 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans quickly returned to the capital but into a posh part of the city at a big-six ground where we had no Prem wins.
Somehow it felt much more than just a nice afternoon out for elite sport not too far from home.
WEATHER: sunny intervals . GATE: 41k . KIT: crimson . ATMOSPHERE: fickle in nature by locals.
ROBERTO de ZERBI was proverbially carrying the can for disorderly conduct by coaching staff in the technical area last weekend at Spurs metropolis hot-house in what the FA described as mass confrontation.
RdZ had little thought but to field the strongest side available.
Colwill was ineligible - as an on-loan from Chelsea.
Inexperienced substitutes were complemented by PL2 youngsters as lack of depth prevailed.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento 23 Steele . SQUAD: 15 Moder 26 Ayari (6 Colwill - on loan)
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. 34 Veltman 4 Webster 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 13 Gross 25 Caicedo 22 Mitoma
. . . . 10 Mac Allister . . . 28 Ferguson
SUBS: 20 Enciso (28), 18 Welbeck (39), 29 van Hecke (86)
BENCH: 38 McGill (gk) 21 Undav 27 Gilmour 40 Buonanotte 42 Offiah 49 Moran
GOALS:
1-0 - 13 . visitors are caught out of shape when losing possession and hosts open scoring via a big deflection.
1-1 - 42 . WELBECK heads home off a post following an assist by Gross after another of several away attacks.
1-2 - 69 . ENCISO strikes a worldy to beat the keeper who had no chance to make a save.
YELLOWS: 4 Veltman . 77 Sanchez
INCIDENTS: 3 Mac A wide, 7 hosts miss, 8 Mac A miss, 9 Ferguson x-bar, 21 Estupinan pop, 25 March miss, 26 Mitoma dig, 29 Mitoma pop, 30 Mac A miss, 33 Ferguson header, 43 Welbeck try, 45 Mac A try, 45 hosts header,
48 Enciso pop, 48 Welbeck shot, 49 Estupinan dig, 53 Enciso effort, 53 March effort, 54 Mac A dig, 55 Welbeck pop, 59 Estupinan try, 60 Enciso post, 60 Welbeck miss, 65 Sanchez 2 saves, 66 hosts try, 78 hosts miss, 94 hosts over, 97 Welbeck try, 97 Gross effort
CHANGES: 28 Enciso for Veltman . 39 Welbeck for Ferguson . 86 van Hecke for Webster
FIRST HALF: against run of play hosts led early and despite away dominance it took until nearly the interval for travellers to equalise.
Locals keeper kept the toiling home outfit in the game.
SECOND HALF: Seagulls racked up a series of attempts to go ahead and this continued until the past the hour mark.
Blues changed half their team but could not gain enough control at any stage to find a way back once going behind.
IN THE END: deserved could be the word used to describe this win but facts & figs do support that in basic statistical terms.
NUMBERS: poss 42%-58%, on target 2-10, off target 6-16, corners 2-8,
fouls 11-11, yellows 2-2, subs 5-3, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd17 pt49 po7
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