Post Match report for the Brentford game - Friday, 27th December 2024

PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Brighton V Brentford - 27/12/24 P18


* * * * * POINTS LOST IN THE FOG * * * * *


RESULT: 0-0


VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - ninth home match of 18 fixtures to date . Fri 7:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Xmas break was nearly over, where Brighton fans spent Boxing Day in various states of awareness for what is to follow.
We duly assembled at the old community stadium in the evening prior to the very last weekend of the year, wishing the season of goodwill would continue to prevail here.
WEATHER: misty . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: more like Halloween

FABIAN HURZELER tried to relax over the festive period but found his mind wandered from gorging bratwurst in blankets & black forest gateau to worry about training drills & medical reports.
FH went with his gut anyway and selected several fit regulars plus a couple of improving types.

INJURED: 6 Milner 18 Welbeck 24 Kadioglu 27 Wieffer 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 4 Webster 28 Ferguson
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1


TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. . . 8 Gruda 20 Baleba 33 ORiley 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . . 10 Enciso . . . 9 Pedro

SUBS: 17 Minteh (67), 11 Adingra (67), 26 Ayari (67), 14 Rutter (78), 7 March (88)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 2 Lamptey 3 Julio 15 Moder


GOALS: none


YELLOWS: none

CHANGES: 67 Minteh, Adingra & Ayari for Gruda, Mintoma & ORiley
78 Rutter for Enciso . 88 March for Veltman


FIRST HALF: against run of early play visitors net but VAR decide offside.
It is a wakeup call to hosts.
Travellers changed their keeper prior to halftime.
Seagulls dominated but at the interval it was still goalless.
SECOND HALF: the loop rewound and repeated to past the hour mark.
Then alterations were made.
And so it continued.

IN THE END: no goals and the clean sheet was secondary to the fail to score statistic.

NUMBERS: poss 58%-42%, on target 7-3, off target 17-5, corners 5-3,
fouls 6-12, yellows 0-2, subs 5-3, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd1 pt26 po10

Happy New Year
FS


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