Post Match report for the Chelsea game - Saturday, 28th September 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Chelsea V Brighton - 28/9/24 P6
* * * * * SEAGULLS SUFFER THE BLUES * * * * *
RESULT: 4-2 ~ Rutter Baleba . (h-t 4-2)
VENUE: Stamford Bridge, London SW6 - third away match of 6 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were soon back in the capital having successfully visited their northern metropolitan district last month.
Those distinctive new yellow away shirts had so far proven to be sartorially suitable and so fortune favours the brave.
WEATHER: cool . GATE: tba . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: away-day emotional drain
FABIAN HURZELER was not in the technical area due to receiving a red card last Sunday at the Amex.
However he was still unbeaten in opening league contests and two rounds of the evening cup competition.
FH had a whole week to work with the squad on defensive, transitional & attacking drills, set pieces and such like.
INJURED: 6 Milner 7 March 8 Gruda 9 Pedro 11 Adingra 29 van Hecke 33 ORiley 34 Veltman
SQUAD: 32 Peupion
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 24 Kadioglu 4 Webster 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 41 Hinshelwood 20 Baleba 27 Wieffer 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 14 Rutter . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 3 Julio (57), 26 Ayari (57), 10 Enciso (71), 17 Minteh (71), 28 Ferguson (81)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 2 Lamptey 15 Moder 47 Samuels
GOALS:
0-1 - 7 . RUTTER opens his account when rising to head home despite being clattered by the keeper.
1-1 - 21 . travellers make a ricket of a basic back pass towards the keeper and duly pay the penalty.
2-1 - 28 . hosts are granted a soft penalty. Verbruggen guesses wrongly at which side to cover.
3-1 - 31 . locals score from a direct free-kick that Verbruggen is hard put to reach.
3-2 - 34 . BALBEBA nets a first Prem goal when locals keeper makes a bassett of playing out and supplies a gift.
4-2 - 41 . the once England International wonder-kid bags a double brace while the away side crack wide open again.
YELLOWS: 27 Dunk, 29 Estupinan
CHANGES: 57 Julio & Ayari for Webster & Wieffer
71 Enciso & Minteh for Kadioglu & Rutter . 81 Ferguson for Welbeck
FIRST HALF: travellers took an early lead after starting on the front foot.
Then the match turned on a series of schoolboy errors from Albion across the pitch.
SECOND HALF: visitors drew the second period nil-nil, which was best they could do against rampant opposition.
IN THE END: misconceived tactical dogma from an inexperienced Prem coach was cause for concern and prelude to an unlikely low score, which is basically the optimum at this level.
NUMBERS: poss 41%-59%, on target 7-5, off target 8-10, corners 8-2,
fouls 11-8, yellows 3-2, subs 5-5 shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd2 pt9 po8
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