**Post Match report for the Kauno Zalgiris - Conference League game - Thursday, 15th October 2026**
CONFERENCE LEAGUE 26/27: Brighton V Kauno Zalgiris - 15/10/26 P1 \* \* \* \* \* PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE \* \* \* \* \* RESULT: 4-0 ~ Rutter 2 Hinshelwood ORiley . . (h-t 2-0) VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - first home match for league stage games of the Conference League . Thurs 8pm BEFORE KICKOFF: we now continued Thursday evening European action following qualification via a two-leg play-off at end of August. Visitors came over from Lithuania; successful in their domestic league & cup ties and had qualified for the Champions League preliminary knockout rounds previously. WEATHER: mild . ATMOSPHERE: nice nite outside in autumn. FABIAN HURZELER had over a month & a half to prep for this opening league phase, where gaining points were necessary for final position within the classification for entering that knockout rounds draw. FH made multiple changes to the regular Prem eleven and also added U21s to the bench. SQUAD: 3 Hadjam 4 Struijk INJURED: 27 Wieffer 36 Yohanna 39 Azeez . REHAB: 7 Mitoma 9 Tzimas 11 Minteh 28 Ferguson OOL: 16 Cashin 22 Duberry 40 Buonanotte STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1 TEAM: 1 Verbruggen 20 Costinha 30 Svoboda 5 Dunk 21 Boscagli 15 Osman 8 Hinshelwood 13 Gross 33 ORiley 35 Yalcouye 10 Rutter SUBS: 29 de Cuyper (46), 44 Vuskovic (46), 12 David (57), 26 Ayari (57), 59 Ibrahim (67) BENCH: 23 Steele 38 McGill 14 Andres 19 Kostoulas 24 Kadioglu 25 Gomez 50 Nti GOALS: 1-0 - 41 . RUTTER breaks deadlock when being on the end of an Osman pass - verified by VAR. 2-0 - 45 . HINSHELWOOD sweeps home a Rutter assist from another attacking foray. 3-0 - 53 . RUTTER bags a brace from a successful double act with Osman. 4-0 - 67 . ORILEY adds a fourth via a spot-on centre by debut sub Ibrahim. YELLOWS: none CHANGES: 46 de Cuyper & Vuskovic for Boscagli & Dunk 57 David & Ayari for Hinshelwood & Gross . 67 Ibrahim for Osman FIRST HALF: after half an hour and despite 85% possession hosts had registered merely one shot on target. Just before the interlude locals open scoring then quickly double their lead during time added. SECOND HALF: after turn-around Seagulls soon record a third score. Past the hour mark a fourth goal is added. IN THE END: a routine victory where every advantage was with the home team. NUMBERS: poss 78%-22% on target 9-1, off target 27-3, corners 13-1, fouls 11-8, yellows 0-1, subs 5-5, shape 433-4141 . . . . . gd4 pt3 po1 FS BROWSING: via Stats page tabs all History & Travel, Squad, Archive - players, plus stats.