Post Match report for the Fulham game - Saturday, 2nd March 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Fulham V Brighton - 2/3/24 P27
* * * * * FAIL TO SCORE IN CRAVEN DEFEAT * * * * *
RESULT: 3-0 . (h-t 2-0)
VENUE: Craven Cottage, Fulham - fourteenth away match of 27 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were up at Wolves in midweek for our FA Cup R5 ko, now rock up at Craven Cottage today, then fly/motor/rail/bike abroad to Rome for next Thursday in the Europa League last 16 away leg.
WEATHER: showers . GATE: 24,460 . KIT: crimson . ATMOSPHERE: not too far on homeward journey.
ROBERTO de ZERBI is respectful of other managers and apart from meet & greet with Prem coaches this term now finds he shall go head to head with old pal Daniela Di Rossi in his Italian homeland at Roma.
RdZ selected a radical starting eleven to previous team-sheets.
INJURED: 6 Milner 7 March 9 Pedro 22 Mitoma 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk) . BAN: 11 Gilmour
STARTING SHAPE: 3-4-2-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. . . . . . 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 4 Webster
. 2 Lamptey 20 Baleba 29 van Hecke 30 Estupinan
. . . . . 14 Lallana . . . 28 Ferguson . . . 10 Enciso
SUBS: 24 Adingra (45), 31 Fati (45), 13 Gross (59), 40 Buonanotte (59), 15 Moder (78)
BENCH: 1 Verbruggen (gk) 3 Julio 18 Welbeck 19 Barco
GOALS:
1-0 - 21 . mistakes at the back are punished with a home pot shot from distance.
2-0 - 32 . more problems when locals find a perfect cross and header at lax defending.
3-0 - 91 . another blunder up-field and hosts run right on thru to score another one.
YELLOWS: Baleba, Estupinan
CHANGES: 45 Adingra & Fati for Lamptey & Enciso . 59 Gross & Buonanotte for Dunk & Lallana
78 Moder for Baleba
FIRST HALF: pitiful defending allowed hosts a two goal lead around half an hour.
Visitors display was lacklustre and disjointed to say very least.
SECOND HALF: RdZ changed wide men on turnaround.
Travellers appeared lightweight against strong and determined opponents.
So Seagulls chased the game but could not reduce deficit.
IN THE END: yet another dismal watch for away support that exposed dichotomy between possession and attempts.
NUMBERS: poss 29%-71%, on target 5-5, off target 7-10, corners 2-6,
fouls 16-10, yellows 1-2, subs 5-5, shape 4231-3421 . . . . . gd5 pt39 po9
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