Post Match report for the Wolves game - Saturday, 29th April 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Brighton V Wolves - 29/4/23 P31
* * * * * ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX TO NIL * * * * *
RESULT: 6-0 ~ Undav 2, Gross 2, Welbeck 2 . (h-t 4-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - fifteenth home match of 31 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were back in the community stadium at very end April having last attended on the 1st of this month.
Very soon we would return for four final Amex games during May to make or break our campaign.
WEATHER: sunny afternoon . GATE: 31,881 . ATMOSPHERE: fiesta time from kickoff
ROBERTO de ZERBI had worked thru back-to-back away sequences of five in all competitions and now turned thoughts to hosting & holding domestic advantage.
He wanted to push for Europe, go for broke and see where it got us.
RdZ endorsed his judgement with a big call for the starting line-up.
Gilmour & Undav stepped up. Mac Allister, Caicedo & Mitoma sat on the bench.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento 28 Ferguson . SQUAD: 15 Moder 49 Moran
STARTING SHAPE: 4-4-2
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 34 Veltman 4 Webster 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. . 7 March 13 Gross 27 Gilmour 20 Enciso
. . . . . 21 Undav . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 22 Mitoma (56), 40 Buonanotte (56), 10 Mac Allister (65), 25 Caicedo (65), 26 Ayari (80)
BENCH: 1 Sanchez (gk) 6 Colwill 29 van Hecke 42 Offiah
GOALS:
1-0 - 06 . UNDAV was where he needed to be to convert a flowing team move. Long VAR check for o/s.
2-0 - 13 . GROSS with a stroked finish from a thru ball by Enciso at a pacy counter attack.
3-0 - 26 . GROSS with a controlled set up to volley an unstoppable strike into the top right corner. Assist Enciso.
4-0 - 39 . WELBECK with a far post downwards header from a high cross by Estupinan after great team play.
5-0 - 48 . WELBECK with a solo low driven effort that tucked inside the left upright.
6-0 - 66 . UNDAV pressed in the area, robbed the ball, turned and chipped in off the top corner framework.
YELLOWS: Veltman
CHANGES: 56 Mitoma & Buonanotte for Welbeck & March . 65 Mac Allister & Caicedo for Enciso & Veltman
80 Ayari for Undav
FIRST HALF: hosts cruised to a three goal lead inside half an hour by playing precise fast attacking football to feet.
SECOND HALF: a clean sheet looked probable in this one-sided display as visitors luck drew a blank at the sharp end.
IN THE END: superlatives shall appear in the media to heap praise on a top quality home performance that blew opposition away in a sometimes open-ended frenetic affair.
NUMBERS: poss 57%-43%, on target 8-2, off target 14-8, corners 2-5,
fouls 14-11, yellows 1-1, subs 5-5, shape 4231-433 . . . . . gd21 pt52 po8
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