Post Match report for the Tottenham game - Saturday, 20th September 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Spurs - 20/9/25 P5
* * * * * SEEKING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD * * * * *
RESULT: 2-2 ~ Minteh Ayari . (h-t 2-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - third home match of 5 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans were wondering what this afternoon would bring for us among various other Prem contestants.
The table was looking a tad unpredictable at this early stage, given some surprising results thus far.
WEATHER: showers . GATE: 31,488 . ATMOSPHERE: cheers gave way to moans and then some jeers.
FABIAN HURZELER knew what he needed to do in order to reverse current disappointments and achieve his mission.
FH had a 26 man group but was already restricted from multiple choices by injuries, inexperience and limited skills.
SQUAD: 19 Kostoulas 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 13 Hinshelwood 29 de Cuyper . REHAB: 4 Webster 7 March
OOL: 3 Julio 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 33 ORiley 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte
LEFT: Lamptey Estupinan Pedro Adingra Enciso Offiah Mullins Barco Sima
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 8 Gruda . . . . 10 Rutter
SUBS: 25 Gomez (46), 20 Milner (63), 18 Welbeck (75), 42 Coppola (75), 27 Wieffer (85)
BENCH: 23 Steele 9 Tzimas 14 Watson 21 Boscagli
GOALS:
1-0 - 8 . MINTEH opens his account when popping in an assist by Rutter after good work by Gruda.
2-0 - 31 . AYARI tries his luck and watches the keeper make an error with geometry in flight.
2-1 - 43 . at the psychological moment visitors striker is in there where it is difficult to miss.
2-2 - 83. It is blue & white backs against the wall but the ball still goes in for an og off van Hecke.
YELLOWS: Gomez 73
CHANGES: 46 Gomez for Baleba . 63 Milner for Gruda
75 Welbeck & Coppola for Rutter & Minteh . 85 Wieffer for Kadioglu
FIRST HALF: momentum was with visitors but hosts struck first inside ten mnutes.
Travellers pressed in all senses but locals scored a second around half an hour.
Seagulls switched off and the clean sheet was soiled just prior to the interval.
SECOND HALF: Spurs are all over blue & white like waves on the shore.
Albion insert subs at intervals and attempt to defend the lead under pressure.
Visitors equalise when recording a second via hosts own goal.
IN THE END: as shouting stopped after stoppage there was a sense of relief to take a point.
NUMBERS: poss 36%-64%, on target 4-3, off target 8-8, corners 2-10,
fouls 10-13, yellows 1-2, subs 5-4, shape 4231-433 . . . . . gd-2 pt5 po13
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