Post Match report for the Burnley game - Saturday, 9th December 2023

PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Brighton V Burnley - 9/12/23 P16


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


VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - ninth home match of 16 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we were back here, after a couple of days since domestic midweek merriment, for a regular Saturday game and entertaining a drop-zone outfit to boot.
December had a hectic schedule which also involved the final UEL group game at the Amex next week.
WEATHER: mild, breezy . GATE: 31,511 . ATMOSPHERE: oh come on all ye faithful.

ROBERTO de ZERBI did not underestimate any opposition, whether they registered high or otherwise on the always radio-active footy danger scale.
RdZ measured inputs from outputs and arrived at an equation to find that optimum starting eleven.

INJURED: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 7 March 10 Enciso 18 Welbeck 30 Estupinan 31 Fati
SQUAD: 34 Veltman 38 McGill (gk) 43 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1


TEAM . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 13 Gross 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 6 Milner
. 24 Adingra 20 Baleba 8 Dahoud 9 Pedro
. . . . . 14 Lallana . . . . . 28 Ferguson

SUBS: 22 Mitoma (45), 11 Gilmour (45), 3 Julio (59), 41 Hinshelwood (59), 40 Buonanotte (85)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 15 Moder 47 Baker-Boaitey 55 OMahony


GOALS:
0-1 - 45 . Brighton switched off awaiting h-t whistle after extensive stoppage time and a visitor took a pop downrange.
1-1 - 77 . ADINGRA headed in a cross from Gross which seemed to deceive the keeper.


YELLOWS: none

CHANGES: 45 Mitoma & Gilmour for Lallana & Dahoud
59 Julio & Hinshelwood for Baleba & Milner . 85 Buonanotte for Dunk


FIRST HALF: a pedestrian opening forty-five minutes from Seagulls, who appeared unable to take flight.
A sucker punch just prior to the break was cause for concern during a little chat over coffee & wads.
SECOND HALF: De Zerbi drip fed substitutions but tactics resumed as the previous pattern of play, although at a higher tempo.
Regaining parity spared hosts embarrassment.

IN THE END: lots of locals huff & puff while visitors held out for the point they started with nearly two hours beforehand.

NUMBERS: poss 71%-29%, on target 11-3, off target 18-3, corners 9-1,
fouls 5-8, yellows 0-4, subs 5-5, shape 4231-442 . . . . . gd5 pt26 po8

FS


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