Post Match report for the Leicester game - Saturday, 12th April 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Brighton V Leicester - 12/4/25 P32
* * * * * FANS ARE NOW NOT SO FORGIVING * * * * *
RESULT: 2-2 ~ Pedro 2 . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - sixteenth home match of 32 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: from start of April Brighton fans had endured embarrassment when defeated at Palace 2-1 last week and previously here losing to Villa 0-3. That hugely anticipated FA Cup run had also faltered at the Amex by end of March when failing to score aet and then putting merely 3 pens away in the shootout versus rampant Forest.
We could forgive low level displays if the result was right but recently BHA were running out of goal scorers hitting the net.
WEATHER: dry . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: faithful support was not amused.
FABIAN HURZELER was under pressure to kick-start the run-in from ground zero and find any pragmatic way to win.
FH was having problems with the defence conceding as many goals as forwards were scoring.
Defenders and central midfield were hardly a regular source for goals and several players had not scored at all for Albion.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 4 Webster 14 Rutter 24 Kadioglu 22 Mitoma 34 Veltman
SQUAD: 37 McGill (gk) . BAN: 29 van Hecke
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 5 Dunk 20 Baleba 30 Estupinan
. 17 Minteh 33 ORiley 26 Ayari 11 Adingra
. . . . . 9 Pedro . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 25 Gomez (70), 7 March (70), 8 Gruda (82)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 16 Cashin 27 Wieffer 60 Tasker 71 Simmonds 72 Howell
GOALS:
1-0 - 31 . PEDRO converts a penalty after visitors handball in the area instigated by VAR.
1-1 - 38 . visitors soon level following mistakes by hosts in defending a threat.
2-1 - 55 . PEDRO gains a brace of spot kicks after ORiley is fouled and confirmed by VR
2-2 - 74 . visitors equalise a second time as locals cannot deal with a basic high centre.
YELLOWS: Estupinan 45, Dunk 71
CHANGES: 70 Gomez & March for ORiley & Minteh . 82 Gruda for Adingra
FIRST HALF: hosts dominate possession and miss several chances.
Seagulls lead from the spot on the half-hour. Foxes equalise moments later.
SECOND HALF: hosts lead again soon into this period. And are pegged back again with fifteen minutes left.
Momentum then swings acutely towards travellers as they finish strongly.
IN THE END: boos echo around the Amex as Brighton drop points to a club destined for relegation.
NUMBERS: poss 60%-40%, on target 7-6, off target 14-9, corners 3-6,
fouls 9-11, yellows 2-5, subs 3-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd2 pt48 po9
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