Post Match report for the Southampton game - Saturday, 22nd February 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Southampton V Brighton - 22/2/25 P26
* * * * * WORSHIP AT ST MARYS * * * * *
RESULT: 0-4~ Pedro Rutter Mitoma Hinshelwood . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: St Marys, Southampton - fourteenth away match of 26 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans travelled westwards from Sussex into Hampshire to visit fellow Prem neighbours for this reciprocal south-coast contest.
On paper we would never have a better opportunity of returning with three points.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: tba . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: away day sunny delight
FABIAN HURZELER had taken the last away thrashing as a life changing circumstance and now deemed to do so much better.
FH went thru training reports and medical records to produce yet another altered team-sheet.
INJURED: 5 Dunk 18 Welbeck 24 Kadioglu 34 Veltman
SQUAD: 37 McGill (gk)
REHAB: 3 Julio 6 Milner 23 Steele . OOL: 10 Enciso 28 Ferguson
LEFT: 15 Moder 32 Peupion 44 McConville 45 Boaitey 46 Ifill 47 Samuels 48 Turns
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 41 Hinshelwood 29 van Hecke 4 Webster (C) 2 Lamptey
. 17 Minteh 20 Baleba 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . 14 Rutter . . . . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 25 Gomez (67), 30 Estupinan (67), 8 Gruda (79), 11 Adingra (79), 27 Wieffer (83)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 7 March 16 Cashin 33 ORiley
GOALS:
0-1 - 23 . PEDRO notches the opener with a quality lifted strike following great play in build up by Rutter.
0-2 - 56 . RUTTER completes a forward move when netting an assist by Minteh.
0-3 - 71 . MITOMA gets one too as Seagulls soar to win the game. Assist from Pedro.
0-4 - 82 . HINSHELWOOD completes this rout of locals who are demolished in defence. Assist Gruda.
YELLOWS: none
CHANGES: 67 Gomez & Estupinan for Ayari & Lamptey
79 Gruda & Adingra for Rutter & Mitoma . 83 Wieffer for Hinshelwood
FIRST HALF: visitors took advantage of superior attempts and led halfway thru this period.
By the interval the away outfit had wasted extra opportunities to double the score.
SECOND HALF: the lead was duly doubled before the hour mark.
Albion next run riot and add two more later as time runs down.
IN THE END: the home team folded while travellers got a death grip in latter stages.
NUMBERS: poss 49%-51%, on target 1-12, off target 5-6, corners 5-6,
fouls 11-12, yellows 2-0, subs 5-5, shape 343-4231 . . . . . gd4 pt40 po8
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