Post Match report for the Sunderland game - Saturday, 14th March 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Sunderland V Brighton - 14/3/26 P30
* * * * * SUN OUT IN WON-DERLAND * * * * *
RESULT: 0-1 ~ Minteh . . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: Stad of Light, Sunderland - fifteenth away match of 30 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: older Brighton fans had been here only once before this century, when each club path crossed briefly back in early Championship days of yore.
Now it was a new era and a different kind of experience; with modern Prem football and all aspects that this status entails.
WEATHER: cool . GATE: 45,497 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: on cloud nine up in the gods.
FABIAN HURZELER & travelling Brighton fans alike would find it difficult to understand the local dialect but common language clearly interpreted need for a positive result.
FH had nearly a full squad available - bar long-term casualties and pondered at length prior to beginning a trip over some considerable distance.
SQUAD: 3 Julio 17 Baleba 19 Kostoulas 22 Mitoma 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 0 . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas 28 Ferguson
OOL: 8 Gruda 14 Watson 16 Cashin 32 Sarmiento 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte 42 Coppola
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1 variant
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. . 25 Gomez 20 Milner 30 Gross 11 Minteh
. . . . . 13 Hinshelwood . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 29 de Cuyper (76), 26 Ayari (88), 33 ORiley (95), 34 Veltman (95)
BENCH: 23 Steele 7 March 10 Rutter 21 Boscagli 53 Howell
GOAL:
0-0 - 58 . MINTEH scores from an acute angle following a corner routine into a crowded box.
YELLOWS: Gomez 51, Minteh 74
CHANGES: 76 de Cuyper for Minteh
88 Ayari for Hinshelwood . 95 ORiley & Veltman for Welbeck & Gomez
FIRST HALF: nip & tuck for the opening forty-five minutes saw it remain goalless despite visitors 2:3 ratio in possession.
SECOND HALF: VAR rules out hosts early effort.
Travellers score close to the hour mark.
Hurzeler makes a precautionary tactical change.
Then further very late alterations to secure have & hold.
IN THE END: three points in a single goal game and clean sheet from resolute defending.
NUMBERS: poss 47%-53%, on target 4-4, off target 10-12, corners 7-3,
fouls 7-12, yellows 1-2, subs 3-4, shape 4141-4231 . . . . . gd3 pt40 po10
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