Post Match report for the Everton game - Saturday, 4th November 2023

PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Everton V Brighton - 4/11/23 P11


* * * * * BLOOD & GUTS HOLD SOUTHERN SOFTIES * * * * *


RESULT: 1-1 ~ og . (h-t 1-0)


VENUE: Goodison Park, Liverpool - fifth away match of 11 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: a sequential visit into the northwest for Brighton fans to begin mid-season winter elite football proper.
Bizarrely all our Prem away trips had either been to the midlands or way up north thus far.
At end of the first quarter Albion had won two of four played on travels and required more points to keep within touching distance of the top five.
WEATHER: damp . GATE: tba . KIT: green & black . ATMOSPHERE: do not feed or touch.


ROBERTO de ZERBI experienced aging English grounds last term with accompanying often hostile home following feeding off vitriol among other unsporting things.
His mantra is to disregard gut-wrenching pie & chips old-school clog to concentrate on a Mediterranean diet of fresh produce fit to fulfil an appetite for success.
RdZ perused a menu of fresh squad ingredients and presented a mix of footy cuisine.
INJURED: 7 March 10 Enciso 18 Welbeck 30 Estupinan
SQUAD: 2 Lamptey 15 Moder 38 McGill 43 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-3-3

TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 13 Gross
. . . . . . 14 Lallana 11 Gilmour 6 Milner
. . . 24 Adingra . . . 28 Ferguson . . . 22 Mitoma

SUBS: 9 Pedro (45), 31 Fati (68), 8 Dahoud (68), 40 Buonanotte (79) 3 Julio (90)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 4 Webster 20 Baleba 41 Hinshelwood


GOALS:
1-0 - 7 . hosts first attack is pressed at length as visitors flounder in defence to deal with clear & present danger.
1-1 - 84 . Seagulls level from an own goal deflection following a run & strike by Mitoma.


YELLOWS: 20 Gilmour, 23 Dunk

INCIDENTS: 3 Verbruggen saves, 6 Adingra miss, 7 Verbruggen saves, 9 Adingra miss, 14 Dunk nets, 17 VAR no goal, 24 hosts miss, 28 Mitoma try, 30 hosts miss, 39 hosts header, 45+ hosts VAR pen check,
55 Dunk f-k, 68 Gross miss, 71 Pedro pop, 75 hosts miss, 79 Mitoma over, 88 hosts try, 89 hosts dig, 90 hosts header

CHANGES: 45 Pedro for Lallana . 68 Fati & Dahoud for Ferguson & Gilmour
79 Buonanotte for Milner . 90 Julio for Adingra


FIRST HALF: conceding very early meant visitors had to stay in the game, although dominating possession did not produce sufficient on targets at least to equalise.
Travellers front three were ineffective in the final third.
SECOND HALF: so travellers changed formation straightaway via an extra striker.
This alteration was later bolstered and carried a threat to the final whistle as locals tired.

IN THE END: Brighton took a fortuitous point back to Sussex after the squad failing to score from a game they dominated.

NUMBERS: poss 20%-80%, on target 4-2, off target 6-5, corners 3-3,
fouls 15-5, yellows 4-2, subs 2-5, shape 4411-433 . . . . . gd4 pt18 po6

FS


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