Post Match report for the Crystal Palace game - Saturday, 5th April 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Palace V Brighton - 5/4/25 P31
* * * * * CAR CRASH ON M23 DERBY DAY * * * * *
RESULT: 2-1 ~ Welbeck . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: Selhurst Park, London - sixteenth away match of 31 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were back at Whitehorse Lane for our annual Prem bash with outer Croydon rivals.
We had shared parity with regional Prem opponents here for the last five years running, so what odds for one all again?
WEATHER: nice . GATE: tba . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: old feud charged with a modern outlook.
FABIAN HURZELER was thinking positive thoughts, had his glass half full and understood feeling high was much better than low moods from those last twice reversals.
FH engaged the same match-day group as in midweek dour domestic defeat to spirited Villa.
Ongoing the squad appeared lightweight, if not somewhat soft at this late stage of proceedings.
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
. . . 17 Minteh 20 Baleba 25 Gomez 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . 33 ORiley . . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 9 Pedro (63), 11 Adingra (63), 7 March (72), 8 Gruda (72), 26 Ayari (81), 27 Wieffer (93)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 16 Cashin 60 Tasker
GOALS:
1-0 - 3 . hosts attack and shoot from down range.
1-1 - 31 . WELBECK nets from close to the goal following a centre from Minteh.
2-1 - 55 . hosts attack and score via a deflection around Verbruggen.
YELLOWS: van Hecke 25, March 80 . . . RED: hosts 78, 90 . van Hecke 96
CHANGES: 63 Pedro & Adingra for ORiley & Mitoma
72 March & Gruda for Minteh & Gomez
81 Ayari for Estupinan . 93 Wieffer for Hinshelwood
FIRST HALF: travellers are slow off the blocks and concede within the first five minutes.
Momentum is with the away side who equalised just past the half hour mark.
SECOND HALF: locals take the game to visitors and go ahead early during this period.
Momentum is next with Seagulls who chase the game throughout.
Eagles have two sent off late in the afternoon.
Visitors also have a man sent off in stoppage time.
IN THE END: a third consecutive defeat in all competitions and one that exposed continuing problems with this BHA squad.
NUMBERS: poss 38%-62%, on target 3-5, off target 5-6, corners 2-4,
fouls 12-13, yellows 2-2, red 2-1 subs 5-5, shape 3421-4231 . . . . . gd2 pt47 po8
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