Post Match report for the Brentford game - Saturday, 21st February 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brentford V Brighton - 21/2/26 P27
* * * * * UP RIVER ON A HIGH TIDE * * * * *
RESULT: 0-2 ~ Gomez Welbeck . . (h-t 0-2)
VENUE: Gtech stad, Brentford - fourteenth away match of 27 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: it was a normal weekend game-time and travelling support from all parts nationally ventured at some degree of leisure into west London near Kew Bridge.
Our record here was in need of critical improvement and never was the occasion more demanding of obtaining points.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: 17,163 . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: always go with the flow.
FABIAN HURZELER realised victory would help to restore his faltering reputation as a young but once regular winning coach.
FH dispensed with repeating that previous malfunctioned FA Cup team-sheet and rang trademark changes.
SQUAD: 3 Julio 7 March 33 ORiley 51 Tasker 54 Simmonds 58 Oriola
INJURED: 26 Ayari . REHAB: 4 Webster 9 Tzimas
OOL: 8 Gruda 14 Watson 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 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 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 13 Hinshelwood . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 34 Veltman (65), 29 de Cuyper (76), 17 Baleba (90)
BENCH: 23 Steele 10 Rutter 11 Minteh 19 Kostoulas 21 Boscagli 53 Howell
GOALS:
0-1 - 32 . GOMEZ puts in the rebound from a strike by Kadioglu that came back off the bar.
0-2 - 45. WELBECK coverts a chance which comes via deflection off a defender from a centre by Hinshelwood.
YELLOWS: Wieffer 12, Kadioglu 54
CHANGES: 65 Veltman for Wieffer . 76 de Cuyper for Gomez
90 Baleba for Milner (whose app now broke the previous PL record)
FIRST HALF: majority of possession & momentum was with visitors for much of the first forty-five minutes.
Travellers took the lead shortly after half an hour.
And doubled the lead just prior to the break.
SECOND HALF: momentum swung towards hosts as they chased the game from more possession.
Seagulls held out against pressure into stoppage time.
IN THE END: experience told in final stages as the clean sheet remained pristine.
NUMBERS: poss 52%-48%, on target 3-7, off target 10-4, corners 6-4,
fouls 9-14, yellows 1-2, subs 5-3, shape 4231-433 . . . . . gd2 pt34 po12
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