Post Match report for the Leeds game - Saturday, 1st November 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Leeds - 1/11/25 P10
* * * * * FROM MEDIOCRITY TO MID-TABLE * * * * *
RESULT: 3-0 ~ Welbeck Gomez 2 . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - fifth home match of 10 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: a period of silence in commemoration of forthcoming remembrance occasion.
Brighton fans returned home following frustrating subsequent trips to Man U & Arsenal recently in all competitions.
We now entertained a once regular fellow Championship outfit, who seemed more suitable to our present level.
WEATHER: rain . GATE: 31,512 . ATMOSPHERE: happier when winning.
FABIAN HURZELER had not enjoyed many travels around England to date and twice was lost over the past week; first away at metropolitan Manchester and then in northern suburbs of London.
BHA were currently in the bottom half of the Prem and latest knocked out from the English League Cup last 16 tie to boot.
FH was desperate to find a solution for selecting an appropriate starting eleven as a perfect fit with pre-match analysis.
SQUAD: 22 Mitoma 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 8 Gruda 13 Hinshelwood 20 Milner 34 Veltman . REHAB: 4 Webster 7 March
OOL: 3 Julio 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 33 ORiley 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 26 Ayari 25 Gomez
. . . . . 10 Rutter . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 9 Tzimas (81), 14 Watson (81), 19 Kostoulas (88), 49 Knight (94), 58 Oriola (94)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 21 Boscagli 29 de Cuyper 42 Coppola
GOALS:
1-0 - 11 . WELBECK completes a move involving Minteh whose cutback provides an assist for Wieffer.
2-0 - 64 . GOMEZ got forward to score following useful work by Minteh.
3-0 - 70 . GOMEZ doubles his Prem total for the campaign after assist by Rutter.
YELLOWS: none
CHANGES: 81 - Tzimas & Watson for Welbeck & Gomez
88 - Kostoulas for Minteh . 94 - Knight & Oriola for Ayari & Rutter
FIRST HALF: hosts open scoring early in the half but lose momentum as the away outfit respond with threats.
SECOND HALF: beyond the hour mark the single goal game continued as previously.
Then hosts soon double the lead to regain an element of control.
Locals immediately add a third score and seal a positive result.
IN THE END: routine victory with a first clean sheet on home turf against disappointing lowly opposition.
NUMBERS: poss 50%-50%, on target 7-2, off target 7-3, corners 4-7,
fouls 10-7, yellows 0-1, subs 5-5, shape 4231-4141 . . . . . gd2 pt16 po8
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