Post Match report for the West Ham game - Saturday, 21st December 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: West Ham V Brighton - 21/12/24 P17
* * * * * YULETIDE SHARED TIDINGS * * * * *
RESULT: 1-1 ~ Wieffer . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: Olympic Stadium, London - ninth away match of 17 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: this was our Prem pre-Xmas meeting and Brighton fans were out east of that wide metropolis where those capital lights are bright & festive throughout.
Albion had a good record here and travelling support were hoping it was the season to be jolly once again.
WEATHER: damp . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: not a silent night afterall
FABIAN HURZELER was learning monthly about the Prem and realised there could not be too many gifts given away this Xmas.
FH had fully-fit numbers much shorter than his Xmas card list but still wrote a note to Santa for more squad choices in future.
INJURED: 6 Milner 18 Welbeck 24 Kadioglu 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 4 Webster 7 March 15 Moder
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. . . 8 Gruda 20 Baleba 27 Wieffer 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . . . 9 Pedro . . . . . . . 14 Rutter
SUBS: 26 Ayari (56), 2 Lamptey (68), 10 Enciso (68), 17 Minteh (68), 28 Ferguson (86)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 3 Julio 11 Adingra 33 ORiley
GOALS:
0-1 - 51 . WIEFFER opens his account when smacking in the first following a cross into the area.
1-1 - 58 . hosts quickly level when attackers run at travellers defence who are back-tracking.
YELLOWS: Veltman 45+, Estupinan 84
CHANGES: 56 Ayari for Wieffer
68 Lamptey, Enciso & Minteh for Veltman, Gruda & Rutter . 86 Ferguson for Mitoma
FIRST HALF: a sluggish opening period progressed in scrappy fashion towards stalemate at the interval, which both sides seemed happy to reach goalless.
Visitors starting eleven lacked multiple goal-scorers in what appeared to be possible low scoring entertainment.
The game would then be for merely forty-five minutes of more intense action if not necessarily in quality.
SECOND HALF: Seagulls score early in the half.
Hosts soon equalise prior to the hour mark.
Impact subs next arrive on the pitch.
IN THE END: half an hour of hectic kick & rush more typical of lesser league contests lower in the pyramid.
NUMBERS: poss 46%-54%, on target 4-6, off target 7-6, corners 8-4,
fouls 14-20, yellows 2-2, subs 5-5, shape 4141-4231 . . . . . gd1 pt25 po9
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