Post Match report for the Aston Villa game - Wednesday, 2nd April 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Brighton V Aston Villa - 2/4/25 P30
* * * * * SUCKER PUNCHED FOR NO REPLY * * * * *
RESULT: 0-3 . . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - fifteenth home match of 30 fixtures to date . Wed 7:45pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: this early April evening contest got moved to after All Fools Day and marked start of the run-in period for stats purposes to May.
Both these top-ten clubs hoped to reach end of this campaign by having gained a place in Europe next term.
WEATHER: dry . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: you easily could see which way it would go.
FABIAN HURZELER resumed Prem action having been forced to take his eye off the ball during international affairs.
FH had little time to formulate tactics & drills since our very recent FA Cup knockout but football is just so full of surprises.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 14 Rutter 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 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. . . 11 Adingra 25 Gomez 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . 8 Gruda . . . . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 18 Welbeck (72), 16 Cashin (72), 20 Baleba (72), 27 Wieffer (72), 33 ORiley (84)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 7 March 17 Minteh 60 Tasker
GOALS:
0-1 - 51 . visitors counter from their own half via route one and finish the attack by netting the ball.
0-2 - 78 . visitors second is from another break against run of play.
0-3 - 90+10 . locals naivety is exposed again as salt is rubbed into yet a third self-inflicted wound.
YELLOWS: Hinshelwood 20,
CHANGES: Welbeck, Cashin, Baleba & Wieffer for Pedro, Dunk, Gomez & Hinshelwood
84 ORiley for Gruda
FIRST HALF: momentum alternated between both sides for short periods.
VAR check for a possible away penalty kick.
SECOND HALF: travellers open scoring early from a quick break.
Ref soon afterwards goes to the monitor to disallow hosts equaliser.
Past the hour mark hosts laboured to find the net.
Locals make a quadruple substitution.
Two late goals are scored by visitors but hosts fail to score.
IN THE END: Villa knew too much to surrender the lead against a side always trying to score the perfect goal.
NUMBERS: poss 55%-45%, on target 4-5, off target 7-3, corners 4-0,
fouls 16-11, yellows 1-3, subs 5-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd3 pt47 po8
FS
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