Post Match report for the Aston Villa game - Sunday, 5th May 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Brighton V Aston Villa - 5/5/24 P35
* * * * * HOW THE BALL BREAKS * * * * *
RESULT: 1-0 ~ Pedro . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - seventeenth home match of 35 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans season had tailed off following exits from FA Cup and Europa League competitions at end of Feb into March.
Meanwhile todays opposition had continued good form in the Premier League and got to a Europa Conference s-f.
WEATHER: cloudy . GATE: 31,596 . ATMOSPHERE: slow bank holiday live excitement
ROBERTO de ZERBI was motivated to get up every morning but wanted answers to several questions both on and off the pitch to basically make him happy.
RdZ selected a standard starting eleven from those still fit in the wider group, including U21s on the bench.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 6 Milner 7 March 14 Lallana 22 Mitoma 28 Ferguson 29 van Hecke 30 Estupinan 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk)
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. . . 34 Veltman 4 Webster 5 Dunk 3 Julio
. 40 Buonanotte 11 Gilmour 13 Gross 24 Adingra
. . . . . 9 Pedro. . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 10 Enciso (61), 15 Moder (88), 20 Baleba (88), 19 Barco (93)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 31 Fati 42 Offiah 44 Peupion 55 OMahony
GOALS:
1-0 - 87 . PEDRO sees his spot kick parried by the keeper on the deck but as the ball lifts he heads in the rebound.
YELLOWS: Gross, Adingra
CHANGES: 61 Enciso for Buonanotte . 88 Moder & Baleba for Welbeck & Gilmour
93 Barco for Adingra
FIRST HALF: neither side wanted to concede a goal and so defences ruled the roost in a low tempo first forty-five minutes.
SECOND HALF: hosts upped the ante and carried so much more of a direct threat.
Twice VAR ruled for offside as each outfit netted once.
It appeared goalless stalemate would be the conclusion.
IN THE END: a late penalty tipped balance of fine margins towards making home advantage count.
The clean sheet was due reward for edging a single score affair.
NUMBERS: poss 52%-48%, on target 8-1, off target 7-1, corners 7-3,
fouls 13-10, yellows 2-1, subs 4-4, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd-4 pt47 po11
FS
BROWSING: via Stats page tabs -
all History & Travel, Squad, Archive - players, plus updated Clubs records.
