Post Match report for the Ipswich game - Thursday, 16th January 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Ipswich V Brighton - 16/1/25 P21
* * * * * EVERY WICH WAY BUT DO NOT LOSE * * * * *
RESULT: 0-2 ~ Mitoma Rutter . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: Portman Road, Ipswich - eleventh away match of 21 fixtures to date . Thur 7:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: it had been a few years since Brighton fans were in this particular neck of East Anglia woods.
Now it was back to the Prem with a midweek meeting following victory from that FA Cup tie in Norfolk on Saturday.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: 29,403 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: worth the wait for travelling support
FABIAN HURZELER had learnt a lot from combining regular league contests and knockout competition action.
FH reviewed match-day options thus far from a long injury list and decided to field the fittest unit available.
INJURED: 6 Milner 24 Kadioglu 27 Wieffer 28 Ferguson 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 8 Gruda 25 Gomez . REHAB: 3 Julio . LEFT: 47 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-1-4-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 4 Webster 30 Estupinan
. . . 11 Adingra 20 Baleba 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . 33 ORiley . . . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 5 Dunk (63), 14 Rutter (63), 17 Minteh (63), 18 Welbeck (78), 15 Moder (94)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 2 Lamptey 7 March 10 Enciso
GOALS:
0-1 - 59 . MITOMA finishes an assist from ORiley after good work by Ayari.
0-2 - 81 . RUTTER snatches an opportunity following a set piece routine that glanced off Welbeck.
YELLOWS: Pedro 54, Veltman 91
CHANGES: 63 Dunk, Rutter & Minteh for Webster, ORiley & Adingra
78 Welbeck for Pedro . 94 Moder for Ayari
FIRST HALF: visitors enjoyed majority of possession but faced a solid low block from hosts.
Locals had chances approaching the interval and Verbruggen was more active of both keepers.
SECOND HALF: just prior to the hour mark travellers took the lead.
With ten minutes to the ninety Seagulls go two ahead.
IN THE END: a comfortable win when the away side upped the ante after re-start and kept a clean sheet to boot.
NUMBERS: poss 47%-53%, on target 3-5, off target 2-6, corners 1-9,
fouls 13-14, yellows 2-2, subs 4-5, shape 541-4141 . . . . . gd3 pt31 po9
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