Post Match report for the Man Utd game - Saturday, 24th August 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Brighton V Manchester United - 24/8/24 P2
* * * * * LAST GASP TO REMAIN TOP * * * * *
RESULT: 2-1 ~ Welbeck Pedro . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - first home match of 2 fixtures to date . Sat 12:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: for this new campaign we initially hosted the club who beat us in the last game here during May.
A different outcome was anticipated this time around after a very successful pre-season, plus bonus of an expensive enhanced squad.
Georginio Rutter broke our fair-play record for purchases and joined Mats Wieffer, Yankuba Minteh, Malick Yalcouye, Amario Cozier-Duberry and Brajan Gruda on the revised shirt-number list.
Meanshile Buonanotte, Barco, Sima, Baker-Boaitey, Moran, with keepers McGill, Scherpen & Beadle and also new signing Ibrahim Osman, all went out on loan.
WEATHER: wet afternoon . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: singing after rain
FABIAN HURZELER has quickly become an integral part of the Seagulls set up and is already familiar to Brighton fans.
FH elected to go with last weeks winning side bar one change in midfield thru injury.
REHAB: 1 Verbruggen 7 March 27 Wieffer 28 Ferguson 30 Estupinan
SQUAD: 8 Gruda 15 Moder 16 Sarmiento
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 41 Hinshelwood
. 17 Minteh 11 Gilmour 6 Milner 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 9 Pedro . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 20 Baleba (73), 10 Enciso (79), 26 Atari (90), 24 Adingra (90),14 Rutter (90)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 2 Lamptey 3 Julio 4 Webster
GOALS:
1-0 - 32 . WELBECK clips in following concerted pressure on visitors defence and an assist by Mitoma.
1-1 - 60 . the clean sheet goes when visitors equalise after beating the offside trap, which is confirmed by VAR.
2-1 - 95 . PEDRO opens his account when finishing from pressure with Adingra contributing a vital cross.
YELLOWS: 89 van Hecke
CHANGES: 73 Baleba for Minteh . 79 Enciso for Welbeck
90 Ayari, Adingra & Rutter for Gilmour, Mitoma & Minteh
FIRST HALF: ongoing stalemate in the rain was broken when hosts led from around the half hour mark.
SECOND HALF: visitors level on the hour mark after an open affair when hosts fail to convert chances.
travellers net again quickly but it is scrubbed off by VAR during a period of domestic defence.
IN THE END: balance was tipped towards locals in stoppage time as attacking options ruled the roost.
NUMBERS: poss 48%-52%, on target 5-4, off target 9-7, corners 4-4,
fouls 9-13, yellows 1-2, subs 5-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd4 pt6 po1
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