Post Match report for the Everton game - Saturday, 31st January 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Everton - 31/1/26 P24
* * * * * DEJA VU AT THE DEATH * * * * *
RESULT: 1-1 ~ Gross . (h-t 0-0)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - twelfth home match of 24 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: at end of January, domestic support returned for a third fixture during this busy month.
Word on concourses and in both seated & safe standing rows featured any moves in & out of the closing transfer window.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: 31,419 . ATMOSPHERE: groundhog day just before February actually began.
FABIAN HURZELER had been parrying questions about one win in ten fixtures during mid winter.
His task was to reset this ongoing register.
Our record entertaining Toffees was winless in the last five seasons.
FH was advised of current winter window options but had a comprehensive squad available prior to its closure.
SQUAD: 7 March 13 Hinshelwood 14 Watson 38 McGill (gk) . IN: 30 Gross
INJURED: 25 Gomez 27 Wieffer . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas . LEFT: 49 Knight
OOL: 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 33 ORiley 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte 42 Coppola
STARTING SHAPE: 4-3-3
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 24 Kadioglu 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 29 de Cuyper
. . . . . 26 Ayari . . . . . 17 Baleba . . . . . 30 Gross
. . . . . 10 Rutter . . . . 18 Welbeck . . . . 22 Mitoma
SUBS: 11 Minteh (60), 19 Kostoulas (70), 34 Veltman (70), 20 Milner (96)
BENCH: 23 Steele 3 Julio 8 Gruda 21 Boscagli 53 Howell
GOALS:
1-0 - 73 . GROSS completes an attack with assist by Ayari and dummy run from Kostoulas.
1-1 - 97 . the away outfit snatch a point from a late rally as the home team constantly backpedals.
YELLOWS: Gross 53
CHANGES: 60 Minteh for Rutter
70 Kostoulas & Veltman for Welbeck & de Cuyper . 96 Milner for Gross
FIRST HALF: locals began with superior momentum but this depleted significantly from midway thru the period.
Travellers sat in and ventured forwards nearing half time while hosts again huffed & puffed.
SECOND HALF: on the hour mark Hurzeler made a single change.
He followed with later alterations.
Seagulls lead with three-quarters of the contest completed.
Visitors score late in stoppage time.
IN THE END: a case of lightning striking twice in weekly succession helped by failure in averting chance of coincidence.
NUMBERS: poss 53%-47%, on target 2-4, off target 9-3, corners 5-2,
fouls 13-14, yellows 1-2, subs 4-5, shape 433-4231 . . . . . gd2 pt31 po13
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