Post Match report for the Burnley game - Saturday, 13th April 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Burnley V Brighton - 13/4/24 P32
* * * * * DISASTERS ON THE ROAD * * * * *
RESULT: 1-1 ~ og . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: Turf Moor, Burnley - seventeenth away match of 32 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: over many years Brighton fans were well used to travelling up to the far-flung northwest and here we were again in remotest Lancashire after previously experiencing exotic excursions into Europe.
Our current campaign had stalled since wide-eyed optimism during halcyon days of summer and now we faced stark reality out on those bleak moors, having further failed to reach Milan via visiting Rome this springtime.
WEATHER: wind & rain . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: grim oop north.
ROBERTO de ZERBI appeared to have lost his once iconic man for all seasons appeal as theoretical blame games simmered slowly for some Albion support with each reduction of run-in fixtures.
RdZ still has lotsa work to do in order to up his ailing win percentage stat and be hailed a pukka Prem manager.
His response was to select, from a much reduced squad, a team he believed could prevail today.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 6 Milner 7 March 10 Enciso 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma 28 Ferguson 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk)
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. . . . . 20 Baleba 15 Moder 13 Gross
. . . 24 Adingra . . 18 Welbeck . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 3 Julio (13), 40 Buonanotte (77), 31 Fati (77), 14 Lallana (77), 55 OMahony (89)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 19 Barco 42 Offiah 44 Peupion
GOALS:
1-0 - 74 . visitors defensive howlers contributed to an easy score for hosts.
1-1 - 79 . hosts keeper fumbles at the back and presents an own goal to visitors.
YELLOWS: Veltman
CHANGES: 13 Julio for Estupinan .
77 Buonanotte, Fati & Lallana for Welbeck, Moder & Adingra . 89 OMahony for Pedro
FIRST HALF: equal possession occurred between two teams who could not score for toffee... or any other inticement.
SECOND HALF: past the hour mark it was still goalless.
Then locals netted to lead.
Then locals own goal restores parity.
IN THE END: a point apiece from a contest that hardly displayed elite qualities of these basic Prem clubs.
NUMBERS: poss 44%-56%, on target 3-8, off target 8-12, corners 4-5,
fouls 18-8, yellows 1-2, subs 4-5, shape 442-4231 . . . . . gd2 pt44 po10
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