Post Match report for the Bournemouth game - Saturday, 23rd November 2024

PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Bournemouth V Brighton - 23/11/24 P12


* * * * * BLOWING IN THE WIND * * * * *


RESULT: 1-2 ~ Pedro Mitoma . (h-t 0-1)


VENUE: Vitality Stadium, Boscombe - sixth away match of 12 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: the third international break had passed into record books and Brighton fans now went west into wintry wind-swept Dorset to log up English regional miles at south-coast rivals.
WEATHER: wet & windy . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: singing in the rain

FABIAN HURZELER consulted BHA stats and found we were one of a top-half points squeeze at this re-start juncture.
FH reconsidered options after international players returned and compiled a team-sheet fit for purpose.

INJURED: 4 Webster 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 2 Lamptey 6 Milner 7 March 15 Moder 17 Minteh
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1


TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 3 Julio 30 Estupinan
. 14 Rutter 20 Baleba 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 9 Pedro . . . 18 Welbeck (C)

SUBS: 11 Adingra (64), 27 Wieffer (64), 33 ORiley (76), 28 Ferguson (86)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 8 Gruda 10 Enciso 44 McConville 47 Samuels


GOALS:
0-1 - 04 . PEDRO on return to starting prods home following keepers parry after a good move by Welbeck & Rutter
0-2 - 49 . MITOMA doubles the lead via an assist from Pedro after a quick flowing move up field.
1-2 - 93 . Albion soil the clean sheet when allowing attackers time and space thru naive play.


YELLOWS: Rutter 30, Baleba 45+, van Hecke 96 . RED: Baleba 59

CHANGES: 63 Adingra & Wieffer for Rutter & Pedro
76 ORiley for Ayari . 86 Ferguson for Welbeck


FIRST HALF: visitors took a very early lead but hosts pressed forwards afterwards and carried a threat.
At the interval locals were a kick in the shirt from scoring.
SECOND HALF: Seagulls go two ahead from soon after re-start.
But visitors are reduced to ten men just prior to the hour mark, so subs then came on.
Poor game management by travellers give hosts chances to get back into the game.

IN THE END: ten men dig in and grind out victory as locals are guilty of expensive misses.

NUMBERS: poss 56%-44%, on target 5-4, off target 14-2, corners 7-0,
fouls 12-10, yellows 2-3, red 0-1 subs 5-4, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd5 pt22 po5

FS


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