Post Match report for the Notts Forest game - Wednesday, 26th April 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Nottingham Forest V Brighton - 26/4/23 P30
* * * * * ALBION FALL APART AS BUSY RUN-IN BEGINS * * * * *
RESULT: 3-1 ~ Buonanotte . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: the City Ground, Nottingham - sixteenth away match of 30 fixtures to date . Wed 7:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were on the road yet again but visiting a new ground for ongoing Prem experiences.
Whatever the outcome, it had been quite a ride on our journey through elite stadiums during this current campaign.
WEATHER: cloudy . GATE: 28,808 . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: Albion fans missing in action
ROBERTO de ZERBI hardly has time to think as the congested fixture list squeezes our run-in into a little over four weeks.
RdZ consulted his medics and pronounced Welbeck, Webster & Veltman fit to play a part.
Enciso & Buonanotte made debut starts. The bench also included both young & inexperienced.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento 28 Ferguson . SQUAD: 15 Moder 49 Moran
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. . . 13 Gross 5 Dunk 6 Colwill 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 25 Caicedo 10 Mac Allister 22 Mitoma
. . . . 40 Buonanotte . . . . . 20 Enciso
SUBS: 18 Welbeck (73), 21 Undav (75), 42 Offiah (88)
BENCH: 1 Sanchez (gk) 4 Webster 29 van Hecke 34 Veltman 26 Ayari 27 Gilmour
GOALS:
0-1 - 38 . BUONANOTTE taps in for his first goal after the keeper parries a March effort into his path.
1-1 - 45 . locals score with a deflection off Gross when the away outfit slack off in first-half stoppage time.
2-1 - 69 . mistakes by Albion going forward get punished on a counter attack.
3-1 - 91 . a second spot kick is despatched by locals following VAR interjection to Ref.
YELLOWS: none
INCIDENTS: 3 Mitoma try, 7 hosts effort, 8 hosts try, 11 Steele saves pen, 13 hosts miss, 16 Enciso pop, 20 Mitoma effort, 26 Enciso try, 31 Mac A dig, 34 hosts wide, 37 Mac A wide, 43 hosts miss, 44 hosts miss,
50 Estupinan dig, 52 hosts miss, 57 Mitoma wide, 58 Steele takes, 74 hosts over, 79 March try, 80 Dunk header, 82 Mac A pop, 90+ Colwill miss, 90+ Mac A try, 90+ Undav o/s
CHANGES: 73 Welbeck for Estupinan . 75 Undav for Enciso . 88 Offiah for Buonanotte
FIRST HALF: after travellers early wobble, Steele kept visitors on level terms when denying hosts spot kick.
Seagulls eventually led but at the psychological moment conceded just prior to the intermission.
SECOND HALF: past the hour mark the home eleven were hanging in there backed by vociferous support.
Hosts then led and visitors game-plan was littered with continuous errors in an intimidating cauldron of noise.
IN THE END: Brighton were beaten by poor finishing and weak defending at a home venue of very high decibels.
It all seemed like a physical & mental reaction to FA Cup extra-time exploits at the weekend.
NUMBERS: poss 25%-75%, on target 5-7, off target 7-10, corners 2-7,
fouls 7-8, yellows 2-0, subs 4-3, shape 3421-4231 . . . . . gd15 pt49 po8
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