Post Match report for the Burnley game - Saturday, 11th April 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Burnley V Brighton - 11/4/26 P32
* * * * * WINDY ON THE MOOR * * * * *
RESULT: 0-2 ~ Wieffer 2 . . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: Turf Moor, Burnley - sixteenth away match of 32 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we were well into April and the run-in following a three-week pause for the last international break & subsequent recent FA Cup q-fs.
Brighton fans travelled up to distant Lancashire below the moors; a place we had visited many times this century.
WEATHER: showers . GATE: 20,408 . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: nervous up north.
FABIAN HURZELER sat in the stands and had tried to relax previously without regular competitive action but realised pressure was still on to deliver a top ten finish at very least.
FH had most players available and concluded he could select from almost an unchanged match-day group.
SQUAD: 33 ORiley 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
SUBS: 10 Rutter (75), 17 Baleba (75), 22 Mitoma (80), 34 Veltman (88)
BENCH: 23 Steele 3 Julio 7 March 19 Kostoulas 29 de Cuyper
GOALS:
0-1 - 43 . WIEFFER gets well forward and nets close home following a cut-back from Gross.
0-2 - 89 . WIEFFER completes deja vu from an assist by Ayari.
YELLOWS: van Hecke 47
CHANGES: 75 Rutter & Baleba for Welbeck & Hinshelwood
80 Mitoma for Minteh . 88 Veltman for Gomez
FIRST HALF: visitors had majority of possession but each side saw several attempts at goal.
SECOND HALF: locals net early but VAR check disallows.
Time ticks as both teams labour to find any continuity of quality.
Travellers score again late in the afternoon.
IN THE END: a positive outcome in a contest that lacked standards required at this level.
NUMBERS: poss 50%-50%, on target 5-6, off target 5-7, corners 8-2,
fouls 7-11, yellows 2-1, subs 5-4, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd6 pt46 po9
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