Post Match report for the Brentford game - Saturday, 22nd November 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Brentford - 22/11/25 P12
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RESULT: 2-1 ~ Welbeck Hinshelwood . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - sixth home match of 12 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we were back following the November pause for international competitions.
During the interlude some Brighton fans had attended our WSL fixture here and still awaited news of progress for a new womens purpose-built stadium.
WEATHER: rain . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: here we go again.
FABIAN HURZELER was acquainted with one-time Albion loanee Keith Andrews and appreciated being a rookie head coach.
The German would watch his fiftieth Prem contest today - from the stands, after collecting a handful of yellow cards.
FH had latest relevant intel on the whole squads movements and was able to select a match-day group accordingly.
SQUAD: 14 Watson 22 Mitoma 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 20 Milner . 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 21 Boscagli 24 Kadioglu
. 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 26 Ayari 25 Gomez
. . . . . 10 Rutter . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 5 Dunk (46), 29 de Cuyper (46), 13 Hinshelwood (70), 8 Gruda (89), 34 Veltman (89)
BENCH: 23 Steele 9 Tzimas 19 Kostoulas 42 Coppola
GOALS:
0-1 - 29 . visitors lead from a penalty when the challenge from Baleba is seen as contact by Ref.
1-1 - 71 . WELBECK volleys in a leveller with skill from a Minteh assist.
2-1 - 84 . HINSHELWOOD is on as sub and grabs the winner in his first appearance since long-term injury.
YELLOWS: Boscagli 15, Gomez 64, Gruda 91, Verbruggen 94
CHANGES: 46 Dunk & De Cuyper for Boscagli & Baleba
70 Hinshelwood for Gomez . 89 Gruda & Veltman for Minteh & Rutter
FIRST HALF: a poor 45 minute display from hosts who fail to find the net.
Meanwhile visitors carry a threat and lead around half an hour gone via a spot kick.
SECOND HALF: local subs enter the fray immediately and things do start to look better.
Two late goals put Seagulls ahead.
Verbruggen saves a second penalty in stoppage time.
IN THE END: a positive outcome gained from spasmodic bursts of quality rather than any winning game-plan.
NUMBERS: poss 64%-36%, on target 5-4, off target 9-6, corners 7-4,
fouls 10-9, yellows 4-2, subs 5-4, shape 4231-423 . . . . . gd3 pt19 po5
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