Post Match report for the Tottenham game - Sunday, 6th October 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Brighton V Spurs - 6/10/24 P7
* * * * * GAME OF TWO HALVES * * * * *
RESULT: 3-2 ~ Minteh Rutter Welbeck . (h-t 0-2)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - fourth home match of 7 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans said goodbye to Pascal Gross on his return to Germany and also paid respects to back-in-the-day Albion boss Barry Lloyd who passed away last week.
We knew the old community stadium had to return to fortress status, as from days of yore, in order to achieve ambitions for not only being top ten but further beyond into Europe.
WEATHER: cloudy . GATE: 31,487 . ATMOSPHERE: better after drinks break
FABIAN HURZELER had previously fallen foul of authorities but knew passions were part of the coaching experience.
FH took advice about ongoing medical and training issues to formulate the match-day squad listing.
INJURED: 9 Pedro 11 Adingra 29 van Hecke 33 ORiley
SQUAD: 6 Milner 7 March 15 Moder 32 Peupion 47 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 4 Webster 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. 17 Minteh 41 Hinshelwood 20 Baleba 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 14 Rutter . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 3 Julio (9), 30 Estupinan (45), 10 Enciso (73), 27 Wieffer (73), 8 Gruda (87)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 2 Lamptey 26 Ayari 28 Ferguson
GOALS:
0-1 - 23. moments after VAR o/s check confirms nil-nil, visitors attack again and convert their next opportunity.
0-2 - 37. Spurs are running amok and score when making locals look second best as Verbruggen blunders.
1-2 - 48 . MINTEH opens his account when taking advantage of mistakes in defence by the away side.
2-2 - 58 . RUTTER poaches a goal after good work from Mitoma with the assist.
3-2 - 66 , WELBECK nods Albion ahead close to goal following useful play from Rutter.
YELLOWS: 34 Julio, 80 Verbruggen
CHANGES: 9 Julio for Webster . 45 Estupinan for Kadioglu
73 Enciso & Wieffer for Rutter & Baleba . 87 Gruda for Minteh
FIRST HALF: injury forced hosts into an early defensive alteration.
Travellers opened scoring having dominated possession and set pace of play.
Before halftime they went two ahead.
SECOND HALF: two home goals to level this frantic affair before the hour mark.
Albion led not long afterwards.
IN THE END: game management ensured blue & white saw it out for victory.
NUMBERS: poss 41%-59%, on target 4-3, off target 7-10, corners 4-7,
fouls 14-10, yellows 2-2, subs 5-3, shape 4231-433 . . . . . gd3 pt12 po6
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