Post Match report for the Southampton game - Friday, 29th November 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Brighton V Southampton - 29/11/24 P13
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RESULT: 1-1 ~ Mitoma . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - seventh home match of 13 fixtures to date . Fri 8:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: it was one of those irregular end of the working-week Friday evening affairs to begin this next round of forthcoming Prem weekend fixtures.
So we entertained previous regular south-coast rivals whose very recent fortunes were diagonally opposed to ours.
WEATHER: cold . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: more reactive than otherwise vocal.
FABIAN HURZELER intended to see out November on a high having already enjoyed an opening dozen league contests.
FH resolved to make various choices for scripting the team-sheet regarding numbers now available.
INJURED: 4 Webster 24 Kadioglu 34 Veltman 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 6 Milner 7 March 8 Gruda 15 Moder . BAN: 20 Baleba
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 2 Lamptey 29 van Hecke 3 Julio 30 Estupinan
. 14 Rutter 26 Ayari 33 ORiley 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 9 Pedro . . . 18 Welbeck (C)
SUBS: 5 Dunk (72), 27 Wieffer (72), 11 Adingra (72), 28 Ferguson (79), 17 Minteh (88)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 10 Enciso 44 McConville 53 Slater
GOALS:
1-0 - 29 . MITOMA finishes a f-k routine with a header from the lofted bouncing assist by Lamptey.
1-1 - 59 . visitors level when Seagulls fail to clear lines at the back.
YELLOWS: ORiley 16, Wieffer 97 . . Hurzeler 33 - ban
CHANGES: 72 Dunk, Wieffer & Adingra for Lamptey, ORiley & Pedro
79 Ferguson for Welbeck . 88 Minteh for Rutter
FIRST HALF: hosts started slowly and huffed & puffed.
Just prior to the half hour mark locals led.
SECOND HALF: a succession of attempts to double the lead came to nought.
Around the hour mark travellers equalise.
Hosts struggle to regain control.
VAR disallows visitors netted effort due to offside.
Subs come on for impact.
Everything changes but nothing changes.
IN THE END: a disjointed display by the home outfit who underestimated the away side.
NUMBERS: poss 53%-47%, on target 5-2, off target 17-8, corners 7-6,
fouls 10-16, yellows 2-4, subs 5-4, shape 4231-541 . . . . . gd5 pt23 po3
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