Post Match report for the Chelsea game - Wednesday, 15th May 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Brighton V Chelsea - 15/5/24 P37
* * * * * WHEN WE GOT THE BLUES * * * * *
RESULT: 1-2 ~ Welbeck . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - eighteenth home match of 37 fixtures to date . Wed 7:45pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: this rearranged mid May evening game was the second of three here this month but the first of two consecutive contests on our soil this week to end the season.
Brighton fans were looking for positive domestic outcomes having experienced fair-weather form on our turf.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: nice night out for southwest Londoners.
ROBERTO de ZERBI contemplated his fate having steered a depleted group through four competitions over ten months.
RdZ looked at the list of possibilities and conjured almost a repeat team-sheet to suit this occasion.
INJURED: 6 Milner 7 March 22 Mitoma 28 Ferguson 29 van Hecke 30 Estupinan 34 Veltman 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 38 McGill (gk)
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. . 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 5 Dunk 3 Julio
. 40 Buonanotte 11 Gilmour 13 Gross 24 Adingra
. . . . . 10 Enciso. . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 19 Barco (45), 20 Baleba (70), 18 Welbeck (70), 31 Fati (85), 42 Offiah (85)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 14 Lallana 15 Moder 65 Atom
GOALS:
0-1 - 34 . Verbruggen is beaten over his reach by an instinctive headed attempt from down range.
0-2 - 64 . all sorts of defensive frailties allow an attacker a free hit inside the area.
1-2 - 97 . WELBECK nets a simple effort with assist from Pedro.
YELLOWS: Dunk, Verbruggen . RED: 88 Chelsea sub
CHANGES: 45 Barco for Dunk . Welbeck & Baleba for Buonanotte & Gilmour
85 Fati & Offiah for Enciso & Lamptey
FIRST HALF: hosts held visitors initial probes, also surviving a VAR induced spot-kick monitor check but fell behind all the same after the half hour mark.
Seagulls were unable to make spasmodic forays count at the sharp end.
SECOND HALF: Dunk did not reappear due to injury.
Two behind after the hour mark and the contest was virtually over given Albion have double trouble finding the net.
It became a futile exercise of huff & puff with an extra man.
IN THE END: no clean sheet, chasing the game, playing basic low-quality mid-div football, pedestrian between boxes, errors in both areas, poor finishing and all but a fail to score stat, late consolation in stoppage time.
NUMBERS: poss 54%-46%, on target 2-6, off target 10-7, corners 4-6,
fouls 14-13, yellows 2-2, red 0-1, subs 5-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd-5 pt48 po10
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