Post Match report for the Coventry game - Sunday, 13th September 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 26/27: Coventry V Brighton - 13/9/26 P4
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RESULT: 0-5 ~ Kostoulas Yalcouye Gross Dunk Ayari . . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: CBS Stadium, Coventry - second away match of 4 fixtures to date . Sun 2pm
BEFORE KICKOFF: some travelling support recalled that during our first season based at Famer we had last visited hosts for a Championship fixture. Our once-crossed paths diverged since then but what goes around comes around.
WEATHER: mild . KIT: green . ATMOSPHERE: singalong to well after stoppage time.
FABIAN HURZELER appreciated his fellow opposition coach had a top-quality playing career but that things were closer now in terms of standards necessary to make it a success when conducting match-day groups at elite level.
FH gathered medical, training and progress reports prior to certain considerations necessary for compiling a team-sheet.
SQUAD: 30 Svoboda . REHAB: 7 Mitoma 9 Tzimas 11 Minteh 28 Ferguson
INJURED: 8 Hinshelwood 10 Rutter 27 Wieffer 36 Yohanna 39 Azeez
OOL: 16 Cashin 22 Duberry 40 Buonanotte . . LEFT: Baleba Julio
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM: 1 Verbruggen
24 Kadioglu 44 Vuskovic 5 Dunk 21 Boscagli
25 Gomez 13 Gross 26 Ayari 29 de Cuyper
35 Yalcouye 19 Kostoulas
SUBS: 14 Andres (65), 4 Struijk (78), 15 Osman (78), 20 Costinha (84), 33 ORiley (84)
BENCH: 23 Steele 3 Hadjam 12 David 59 Ibrahim
GOALS:
0-1 - 35 . KOSTOULAS athletically claims his first of the season from an assist by Gross.
0-2 - 51 . YALCOUYE runs through and goes solo against the keeper.
0-3 - 70 . GROSS convers a penalty kick after Ref immediately points to the spot at a foul on Kostoulas.
0-4 - 83 . DUNK strikes a screamer from down range.
0-5 - 94 . AYARI completes the rout in time added on.
YELLOWS: none . . . RED: hosts 53
CHANGES: 65 Andres for Yalcouye . 78 Struijk & Osman for Vuscovic & Boscagli
84 Costinha & ORiley for Gomez & Kostoulas
FIRST HALF: despite visitors strong start and superior possession hosts began a period of momentum.
Against run of play travellers open scoring beyond half an hour gone.
At the intermission locals had failed to capitalise on few opportunities to find the net.
SECOND HALF: Seagulls double the lead soon after turnaround.
Hosts are then given a straight red card.
Past the hour mark the away side runs riot.
IN THE END: a comfortable victory versus a reduced side unable to defend their box or score at the other end.
NUMBERS: poss 31%-69% on target 6-7, off target 8-15, corners 5-3,
fouls 9-15, yellows 0-0, red 1-0, subs 4-5, shape 3421-4231 . . . . . gd8 pt7 po4
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