Post Match report for the Bournemouth game - Monday, 19th January 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Bournemouth - 19/1/26 P22
* * * * * CLUELESS & ALMOST HOPELESS * * * * *
RESULT: 1-1 ~ Kostoulas . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - eleventh home match of 22 fixtures to date . Mon 8:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: on a Monday evening in mid January depleted Brighton fans rolled up at the old community stadium to welcome south-coast rivals from Dorset.
We were resuming Prem action following that mid-season interlude for FA Cup R3 ties.
Albion got thru ok into R4 but Cherries did not when losing a penalty shootout.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: 30,172 . ATMOSPHERE: same old moans & groans.
FABIAN HURZELER had some light relief last weekend from that mid-winter Prem fixture grind but returned to bread & butter consumption for remaining contests in another busy month.
FH found he had large numbers readily available so computed a full-strength permutation for the match-day group.
SQUAD: 7 March 14 Watson 38 McGill (gk) . IN: 30 Gross
INJURED: 27 Wieffer . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas . ILL: 29 de Cuyper
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
. 34 Veltman 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. 8 Gruda 13 Hinshelwood 30 Gross 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 25 Gomez . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 10 Rutter (66),11 Minteh (66),17 Baleba (66), 19 Kostoulas (77), 21 Boscagli (89)
BENCH: 23 Steele 20 Milner 26 Ayari 42 Coppola
GOALS:
0-1 - 32 . Ref is sent to the monitor and duly judges Verbruggen culpable of contact in the area.
1-1 - 91 . KOSTOULAS nets with an acrobatic bicycle kick that the keeper cannot respond to save.
YELLOWS: Welbeck 58, van Hecke 77
CHANGES: 66 - Rutter, Minteh & Baleba for Gomez, Gruda & Hinshelwood
77 - Kostoulas for Welbeck . 89 - Boscagli for Kadioglu
FIRST HALF: hosts pushed forwards from kickoff but it came to nought.
Visitors relied on counter attacks.
Just after half an hour gone travellers net from the spot.
SECOND HALF: past the hour mark locals were still chasing the game.
So Hurzeler made a triple alteration.
Hurzeler makes two late subs and eventually positional changes.
In stoppage time blue & white score.
IN THE END: an unlikely point rescued at the death following prolonged but ineffectual domestic momentum.
NUMBERS: poss 66%-34%, on target 5-2, off target 12-10, corners 11-6,
fouls 7-6, yellows 2-3, subs 5-4, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd3 pt30 po12
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