Post Match report for the Bournemouth game - Sunday, 28th April 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Bournemouth V Brighton - 28/4/24 P34
* * * * * ON THE BEACH * * * * *
RESULT: 3-0 . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: Vitality Stadium, Boscombe - eighteenth away match of 34 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans liked going back to our one-time lower-level rivals, albeit by much fewer numbers than average Prem away-stand capacities.
At this moment there was less between these mid-div clubs for south-coast bragging rights than travelling support wished to go figure.
WEATHER: dry . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: suffering almost in silence.
ROBERTO de ZERBI faced reality of being a mid-table manager with a mantra exposed as beatable by being outscored.
RdZ consulted goal-scoring stats and arrived at a default decision for todays starting eleven.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 6 Milner 7 March 22 Mitoma 28 Ferguson 29 van Hecke 30 Estupinan 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk)
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. . . . 42 Offiah 5 Dunk 3 Julio 19 Barco
. 40 Buonanotte 11 Gilmour 13 Gross 24 Adingra
. . . . . 55 OMahony . . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 18 Welbeck (45), 10 Enciso (66), 34 Veltman (74), 4 Webster (74), 20 Baleba (88)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 14 Lallana 15 Moder 31 Fati
GOALS:
1-0 - 13 . locals opened scoring from a header at a set piece situation as visitors flounder to defend.
2-0 - 52 . a second header doubles hosts lead following a move that cut visitors apart.
3-0 - 87 . a third score from a counter made much easier by poor defending.
YELLOWS: Gilmour, Barco
CHANGES: 45 Welbeck for OMahony . 66 Enciso for Adingra
74 Veltman & Webster for Offiah & Julio . 88 Baleba for Pedro
FIRST HALF: travellers conceded early and so once more were chasing yet another away game despite dominant possession.
A few chances came Seagulls way but Cherries still went into the break ahead from their single effort on target.
SECOND HALF: hosts quickly went two up after turnaround.
The fail to score stat is seriously significant.
IN THE END: defeat which has become a habit as this campaign unravels into less than average displays.
NUMBERS: poss 30%-70%, on target 6-1, off target 9-12, corners 8-2,
fouls 14-10, yellows 2-2, subs 5-5, shape 442-4231 . . . . . gd-5 pt44 po12
FS
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