Post Match report for the Newcastle Utd game - Thursday, 18th May 2023

PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Brighton V Newcastle - 18/5/23 P35


* * * * * A VENUE TOO FAR AS RUN IN FLOUNDERS * * * * *


RESULT: 4-1 ~ Undav . (h-t 2-0)


VENUE: St James Park, Newcastle - eighteenth away match of 35 fixtures to date . Thur 7:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans went way up north and had vocal assistance from Scottish Seagulls and other exiles south of the border.
Whatever the outcome, travelling support had enjoyed a fantastic season on trips around England.
WEATHER: nice evening . GATE: 52,122 . KIT: crimson . ATMOSPHERE: fog on the Tyne for visitors

ROBERTO de ZERBI had done the maths and come up short in numbers from an already lightweight and depleted squad.
RdZ ran various scenarios and in consequence penned an unlikely teamsheet for a rotated kickoff.
Kids filled the bench.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 7 March 14 Lallana 19 Sarmiento 34 Veltman.
SQUAD: 1 Sanchez 6 Colwill 15 Moder
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1

TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 25 Caicedo 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 40 Buonanotte 13 Gross 27 Gilmour 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . 21 Undav . . . . . 18 Welbeck

SUBS: 10 Mac Allister (55), 28 Ferguson (55), 20 Enciso (55), 42 Offiah (68), 51 Peupion (85)
BENCH: 38 McGill (gk) 26 Ayari 49 Moran 66 Samuels


GOALS:
1-0 - 22 . following constant home pressure visitors concede an own goal off Undav from a set piece into the crowded area.
2-0 - 45+ . a crushing sucker punch just before the break as Seagulls are punished for a series of mistakes, errors and gaffes.
2-1 - 51 . UNDAV beats the offside trap as confirmed by VAR following a great pass thru lines from Gilmour.
3-1 - 89 . hosts score a very late third goal following a long period of intense pressure by travellers...
4-1 - 91 . hosts score a quick fourth.


YELLOWS: 45 Undav, 57 Gross, 62 Mac Allister, 81 van Hecke

INCIDENTS: 2 Undav try, 5 hosts pop, 7 Dunk clears, 10 Steele takes, 13 hosts miss, 16 Welbeck effort, 27 VAR no home pen, 33 hosts dig, 35 Mitoma over,
50 Steele saves, 52 hosts wide, 65 hosts pop, 68 Enciso try, 79 hosts over, 87 Caicedo dig, 90+ Steele saves

CHANGES: 55 Mac Allister, Ferguson & Enciso for Gilmour, Welbeck & Buonanotte
68 Offiah for Gross . 85 Peupion for Undav


FIRST HALF: locals marked up on visitors attempt to put a regular passing game into action from a disjointed display.
Hosts were on top and took the lead as travellers toiled to find any cohesion when going from back to front.
SECOND HALF: a better performance from crimson shirts soon got the lead reduced... until very late in the night.

IN THE END: the home outfit made most of being the better side, establishing a two goal cushion.
Everything was uphill for Albion, chasing the game throughout and not nullifying locals early advantage.

NUMBERS: poss 34%-66%, on target 9-2, off target 13-6, corners 6-1,
fouls 17-16, yellows 2-4, subs 5-5, shape 433-4231 . . . . . gd18 pt58 po6

FS


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