Post Match report for the Tottenham game - Saturday, 18th April 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Spurs V Brighton - 18/4/26 P33
* * * * * SEAGULLS QUIET THE COCKEREL * * * * *
RESULT: 2-2 ~ Mitoma Rutter . . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: Hotspur stad, Tottenham - seventeenth away match of 34 fixtures to date . Sat 5:30pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans went into north London thinking this was a massive game for both clubs but for very different reasons.
We wondered how things had gotten to be like this and whether tomorrow would be better or worse overall.
WEATHER: nice . GATE: 61,167 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: some crowing in the away seats too.
FABIAN HURZELER was suspended and would meet Roberto de Zerbi & Bruno at some stage but not to swap tales of BHA excursions into the capital.
FH had taken advice from those who had experienced RdZ previously and put out an unchanged eleven.
SQUAD: 7 March 38 McGill (gk) 53 Howell . BAN: 5 Dunk & Hurzeler
INJURED: 20 Milner . 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
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 27 Wieffer 6 van Hecke 21 Boscagli 24 Kadioglu
. . 25 Gomez 26 Ayari 30 Gross 11 Minteh
. . . . . 13 Hinshelwood . . . 18 Welbeck (C)
SUBS: 22 Mitoma (20), 10 Rutter (75), 29 de Cuyper (75), 33 ORiley (75), 19 Kostoulas (82)
BENCH: 23 Steele 3 Julio 17 Baleba 34 Veltman
GOALS:
1-0 - 39 . hosts backed by partisan support open scoring when visitors compound defensive mistakes.
1-1 - 45 . MITOMA strikes a worldy on the volley after an exquisite assist by Gross.
2-1 - 77 . more defensive howlers from the away outfit allows Spurs an opportunity for a pot-shot.
2-2 - 95 . RUTTER blasts in a very late leveller after offensive action from van Hecke well up field.
YELLOWS: Wieffer 38
CHANGES: 20 Mitoma for Gomez .
75 Rutter, de Cuyper & ORiley for Welbeck, Mitoma & Hinshelwood . 82 Kostoulas for Ayari.
FIRST HALF: following hosts major momentum during the first quarter, visitors are forced to sub due to injury.
Locals lead nearing halftime but travellers level during stoppage.
SECOND HALF: nip & tuck continues from end to end
Subs are inserted but Spurs go ahead after the three-quarters stage.
Seagulls grab an equaliser in stoppage time.
IN THE END: a point pinched to keep up progress and conclude it is never over until it is.
NUMBERS: poss 42%-58%, on target 6-3, off target 7-7, corners 7-5,
fouls 14-14, yellows 3-1, subs 5-5, shape 433-4231 . . . . . gd6 pt47 po9
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