Post Match report for the Arsenal game - Saturday, 31st August 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Arsenal V Brighton - 31/8/24 P3
* * * * * RED CARD AT A TURNING POINT * * * * *
RESULT: 1-1 ~ Pedro . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: the Emirates, London N5 - second away match of 3 fixtures to date . Sat 12:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans took those early trains into various London termini in order to arrive for this second consecutive lunchtime Prem kickoff.
It was the end of August, halcyon days of summer prevailed but the transfer window had just swung shut.
WEATHER: pleasant . GATE: 60,326 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: big-ground noises
FABIAN HURZELER was at beginnings of a journey across England and did not have too far to go today to enhance limited Prem knowledge & experiences.
FH decided to stick to tried & tested bar changing keepers and replacing Gilmour who had left for Napoli on deadline day.
INJURED: 7 March 25 ORiley 27 Wieffer
SQUAD: 8 Gruda 15 Moder 28 Ferguson . OUT on loan: 16 Sarmiento 19 Barco
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 41 Hinshelwood
. 17 Minteh 20 Baleba 6 Milner 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 9 Pedro . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 26 Ayari (17), 14 Rutter (72), 30 Estupinan (72), 24 Adingra (85), 10 Enciso (85)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 2 Lamptey 3 Julio 4 Webster
GOALS:
1-0 - 38 . hosts open scoring when beating the offside trap and Verbruggen to boot.
1-1 - 58 . PEDRO slots home after the keeper parries an effort from Minteh via a thru ball from Dunk.
YELLOWS: Hurzeler, 70 Minteh, 96 Pedro . RED: 49 hosts second yellow
CHANGES: 17 Ayari for Milner . 72 Rutter & Estupinan for Minteh & Veltman
85 Adingra & Enciso for Mitoma & Welbeck
FIRST HALF: visitors midfield was altered early into the period due to injury.
Hosts took the lead towards end of this half of even possession but superior home attempts.
No shots on target from travellers.
SECOND HALF: a second yellow soon after turnaround saw locals reduced to ten men.
Both sides made tactical substitutions but for very different reasons.
Gunners withstood the barrage without conceding again.
IN THE END: failure to add a winning goal from numerous attempts exposed Seagulls flaws.
NUMBERS: poss 36%-64%, on target 7-4, off target 4-18, corners 3-7,
fouls 12-7, yellows 4-2, red 1-0, subs 3-5, shape 433-4231 . . . . . gd4 pt7 po1
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