Post Match report for the Wolves game - Saturday, 19th August 2023

PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Wolverhampton V Brighton - 19/8/23 P2


* * * * * AWAY DAY DELIGHT FOR TOP OF THE PILE * * * * *


RESULT: 1-4 ~ Mitoma, Estupinan, March 2 . (h-t 0-1)


VENUE: Molineux, Wolverhampton - first away match of 2 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: this Black Country venue had proved a happy hunting ground in previous seasons and success was anticipated again by travelling summertime support arriving at the old midlands city in August.
WEATHER: sunny . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: overjoyed in away end.

ROBERTO de ZERBI already knew who he wanted as regular 1st 11, playing subs, bench options and fringe squad prior to Prem campaign kickoff.
On field action would determine from cause & effect whether those much earlier thoughts transpired into future reality.
RdZ had a full group (bar long-term injured Moder) from which to choose a suitable starting eleven today.
INJURED: 15 Moder
SQUAD: 2 Lamptey 26 Ayari 36 Moran 38 McGill 40 Buonanotte 41 Hinshelwood 43 Samuels 44 Peupion
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1

TEAM . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 6 Milner 4 Webster 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 7 March 13 Gross 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 10 Enciso . . . . . . 18 Welbeck

SUBS: 9 Pedro (57), 34 Veltman (57), 28 Ferguson (67), 14 Lallana (81), 8 Dahoud (81)
BENCH: 1 Verbruggen (gk) 3 Julio 24 Adingra 29 van Hecke


GOALS:
0-1 - 15 . MITOMA scores into a corner after a solo run when leaving hapless defenders in his wake.
0-2 - 46 . ESTUPINAN finishes a move assisted by Mitoma after an effort by Welbeck was saved.
0-3 - 51 . MARCH gets across a defender following good skills by Enciso on a fast counter attack.
0-4 - 55 . MARCH gets a toe in when set up once again by Enciso and bags a brace.
1-4 - 61 . locals pull one back when sloppy defending presents attackers with a headed opportunity.


YELLOWS: 8 Gross, 17 Milner, 19 Enciso, 60 Estupinan, 64 Pedro

INCIDENTS: 4 hosts miss, 12 Enciso effort, 25 hosts over, 28 Enciso try, 28 Steele saves, 29 Steele takes, 32 hosts wide, 33 Enciso over, 36 hosts wide, 40 hosts over, 45 March try,
46 Welbeck effort, 54 Enciso try, 60 hosts hit bar, 67 Perdro try, 68 Ferguson header, 75 Steele saves, 83 Estupinan go, 84 March dig, 85 March pop, 90+ hosts rally, 95 hosts RED!

CHANGES: 57 Pedro & Veltman replace Welbeck & Milner . 67 Ferguson for Enciso,
81 Lallana & Dahoud for Mitoma & Gross.


FIRST HALF: locals failed to convert their attempts, while visitors led due to a single show of brilliance.
SECOND HALF: Seagulls flew immediately after turnaround and hit heights with a three goal blitz.


IN THE END: a physical affair that went the way of BHA due to efficient finishing that hosts could not match.

NUMBERS: poss 45%-55%, on target 5-8, off target 11-8, corners 5-3,
fouls 13-11, yellows 4-5, red 1-0, subs 4-5, shape 4411-4231 . . . . . gd6 pt5 po1

FS


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