FFO Champ, Brighton vs. West Brom (Fri May 09) Brighton | West Brom 4-4-2 A | 4-4-1-1 N Mike Willett | Frank Deeming | R_Sanchez GK | GK D_Iversen Yeray DF | DF M_Holgate A_Ramalho DF | DF N_Milenkovic E_Konsa DF | DF M_Bola J_Bednarek DF | DF Y_Konoplia I_Bennacer MF | MF C_Gomes Y_Bissouma MF | MF Marc_Roca D_Sinani MF | MF A_Mulele N_Seiwald MF | MF J_Rudoni S_Haller FW | AM R_Bozenik T_Conway FW | FW Lucas_Moura | A_Gomis SUB | SUB T_Hasal O_Kossounou SUB | SUB A_M_Niles J_W_Prowse SUB | SUB Ruben_Vezo M_Acimovic SUB | SUB S_Morsy T_Dago SUB | SUB D_Solanke Min. 1 :(wba) Y_Konoplia with a 50-yard pass to Marc_Roca ... Marc_Roca with the deft touch! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... R_Sanchez can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... R_Sanchez makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was always going over? Min. 4 :(wba) C_Gomes holds the ball up ... He sees Lucas_Moura in space! ... Lucas_Moura hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... It hits the inside of the post ... It falls right into R_Sanchez's arms ... But he recovers to save! Min. 5 :(wba) M_Holgate holds the ball up and waits for support ... He knocks the ball across to Lucas_Moura ... Wonderful sliding challenge by E_Konsa Min. 6 :(wba) The defender underhits the back pass! ... Lucas_Moura is through! ... What a mistake by E_Konsa! ... E_Konsa had better start being careful if he continues to tackle like that ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He is in the book for that one ... He's got to be careful now! ... The ref speaks with his assistant! ... PENALTY!! ... Lucas_Moura places the ball on the spot! ... GOAL!! ... He sent the keeper the wrong way! ... That's put West Brom into the lead! ... Brighton 0-1 West Brom... Min. 8 :(wba) A_Mulele with a pinpoint pass to M_Bola ... M_Bola must beat R_Sanchez! ... R_Sanchez with a superb tip around the post ... When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league ... CORNER! ... J_Rudoni lofts the ball in! ... The ball comes to Lucas_Moura ... He gets the shot away ... R_Sanchez won't get to that! ... GOAL!! ... Superb finish!! ... He has notched up his 20th of the season with that goal!! ... Brighton 0-2 West Brom ... Min. 9 :(bri) Tactical Change by Brighton ... Brighton have changed their playing style to P Min. 12 :(bri) T_Conway takes advantage of a bad back pass ... Good sliding challenge from C_Gomes and it had to be Min. 17 :(bri) I_Bennacer picks out T_Conway with the cross ... But Y_Konoplia sees the pass and cuts it out Min. 17 :(wba) J_Rudoni hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... M_Holgate latches onto it! ... M_Holgate with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... But he somehow misses ... He can't be happy with that effort Min. 18 :(bri) I_Bennacer plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... Yeray decides to keep possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... Yeray controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... But D_Iversen makes an easy save Min. 21 :(bri) T_Conway finds his way through ... He bent his run well ... T_Conway keeps his head down as he hits the shot! ... It's beaten D_Iversen ... It goes wide!! Min. 23 :(bri) T_Conway takes possession ... Knocks it past Y_Konoplia ... He's through on goal ... T_Conway drives the ball low! ... D_Iversen makes a great save ... But he can't hold onto it! ... He gathers it at the second attempt! Min. 27 :(wba) Y_Konoplia with a simple pass to Lucas_Moura ... Lucas_Moura sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... R_Sanchez gets up well to catch that one Min. 29 :(wba) The ball goes loose! ... Lucas_Moura seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... A_Ramalho with a nasty foul ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning Min. 29 :(wba) R_Bozenik turns on a sixpence ... R_Bozenik with a scorcher of a shot! ... But R_Sanchez just gets his fingers to that one Min. 31 :(bri) I_Bennacer drives the ball across field ... It comes to S_Haller ... But Y_Konoplia wins the tackle Min. 31 :(wba) Lucas_Moura makes the tackle ... J_Bednarek with the lunge!! ... And the whistle goes, that's a foul ... He is ordered to cool off Min. 36 :(wba) M_Bola flicks the ball on to M_Holgate ... M_Holgate with the cheeky shot! ... R_Sanchez with a fantastic point blank save ... He shows why he is the number 1 Min. 38 :(bri) I_Bennacer is unmarked! ... I_Bennacer hits a curling shot! ... It goes wide! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 39 :(bri) N_Seiwald kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... E_Konsa gets on the end of the pass ... What a fantastic interception by N_Milenkovic ... He read that situation like a book! Min. 40 :(wba) Lucas_Moura flicks it past N_Seiwald ... He runs forward ... Lucas_Moura with the cheeky shot! ... But he puts it wide ... How did he manage to miss that? Min. 42 :(wba) M_Bola is closed down ... He plays a quick pass under pressure ... A_Mulele latches onto the ball ... A_Mulele runs forward ... He hits the shot! ... But R_Sanchez comes out and dives at his feet ... That's goalkeeping at its finest Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 44 :(wba) Lucas_Moura sidesteps D_Sinani ... That was too easy ... T_Conway pulls on his opponent's shirt!! ... He's tried to take it off him! ... The Referee blows up for a foul Min. 46 :(wba) R_Bozenik hoists the ball across to A_Mulele ... T_Conway anticipates the pass and cuts it out ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Brighton 0-2 West Brom Min. 48 :(wba) R_Bozenik stops the ball and looks around for movement ... A team mate overlaps him now ... He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal! ... Y_Bissouma wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 50 :(bri) E_Konsa backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball upfield ... S_Haller gets on the end of it ... M_Bola with the tackle ... He had to get that one right! Min. 52 :(wba) Y_Konoplia holds up the ball ... He plays the ball through to Marc_Roca ... Marc_Roca has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... R_Sanchez saves it ... He got his body behind the ball there Min. 53 :(bri) D_Sinani puts in Yeray ... But Y_Konoplia spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 54 :(wba) M_Bola gets possession in his own half ... A delicate header from M_Bola! ... It flies wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 55 :(bri) I_Bennacer finds his way through ... He sets up the shot ... I_Bennacer with the crafty shot! ... D_Iversen with the acrobatic save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 57 :(bri) D_Sinani flights the ball to T_Conway ... J_Rudoni gets in the way of the ball and clears! Min. 57 :(wba) R_Bozenik knocks it past A_Ramalho and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... A_Ramalho is called for the holding foul ... He was pushing down on his man ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He is in the book for that one ... He's got to be careful now! Min. 58 :(wba) Marc_Roca spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to R_Bozenik! ... R_Bozenik is through on goal! ... The defender was caught napping ... He just has R_Sanchez to beat ... R_Sanchez charges out of his area ... He's lobbed him!! ... It goes over!! Min. 59 :(bri) Y_Bissouma is forced back with the ball ... He belts the ball upfield ... S_Haller latches onto the end of it ... M_Bola hits it out for a corner ... Will the quality of the ball be good? ... It has to beat the first defender! ... CORNER! ... I_Bennacer chips the ball in towards the far post! ... N_Seiwald loses his marker ... He gets his head onto it! ... But D_Iversen makes a comfortable save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 60 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: O_Kossounou ... COMING OFF: J_Bednarek Min. 62 :(bri) Yeray with a glorious long pass to S_Haller ... C_Gomes with the tackle Min. 63 :(wba) R_Bozenik beats his marker ... He showed great skill there ... R_Bozenik with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... Looks like it should be R_Sanchez's ... But he elects to punch it rather than catch ... It loops out for a corner. ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by J_Rudoni! ... A_Ramalho heads it away Min. 64 :(wba) J_Rudoni passes the ball to Lucas_Moura ... Lucas_Moura shoots towards goal! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 66 :(bri) T_Conway plays a clever one-two with his team mate ... He looks around for options ... He moves forward with the ball ... T_Conway with the overhead! ... But he puts it wide ... How did he manage to miss that? Min. 70 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: M_Acimovic ... COMING OFF: N_Seiwald Min. 71 :(bri) E_Konsa flicks the ball through ... S_Haller runs onto it! ... But M_Holgate puts the ball out of play Min. 72 :(wba) C_Gomes turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to A_Mulele ... A_Mulele rises above the defence to head the ball! ... But R_Sanchez punches it away Min. 73 :(wba) Y_Konoplia beats O_Kossounou ... Y_Konoplia with his head down lets it go! ... R_Sanchez gathers it comfortably Min. 75 :(bri) M_Acimovic bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to T_Conway ... T_Conway aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... D_Iversen turns it behind for a corner ... CORNER! ... Y_Bissouma with an outswinging corner into the box ... T_Conway loses his marker ... He gets his head onto it! ... But D_Iversen makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 78 :(wba) R_Bozenik sprints past Y_Bissouma ... It was as if the defender wasn't even there ... M_Acimovic with a nasty foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him Min. 78 :(wba) C_Gomes with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to Lucas_Moura ... Lucas_Moura sends it flying towards goal! ... R_Sanchez watches it sail safely wide! Min. 80 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: T_Dago ... COMING OFF: S_Haller Min. 82 :(bri) O_Kossounou looks for options ... He knocks the ball across to T_Conway ... T_Conway hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by I_Bennacer! ... D_Iversen comes towards the ball ... But he's misjudged it! ... T_Dago swings a leg at it! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... I_Bennacer with an inswinging corner into the box ... A_Ramalho loses his marker ... He gets his head onto it! ... But D_Iversen parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 84 :(bri) M_Acimovic crosses in from the wing, he finds Yeray in the box ... Yeray with a graceful, looping effort! ... But D_Iversen punches it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 85 :(bri) T_Dago finds his way through ... He lost his man too easily ... T_Dago tries the shot! ... D_Iversen parries it, he follows it up ... And D_Iversen recovers to save!! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 91 :(bri) M_Acimovic fires over a low cross to O_Kossounou ... O_Kossounou with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... It's just over! ... 9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : AMEX Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : T_Conway Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : E_Konsa (6), A_Ramalho (57) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Brom Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Lucas_Moura (Man of the Match) Scorers : Lucas_Moura (6 pen,8) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton | West Brom Attempts on Goal : 15 | 19 Off target : 6 | 9 On target : 9 | 10 Possession : 55 | 45 Corners : 4 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 0 Subs Used : 3 | 0 Fouls : 12 | 6 Key Tackles : 4 | 10 Key Passes : 14 | 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Brighton 0 - 2 West Brom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Brighton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Sanchez GK 25 1 1 1 22 | 95 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 Yeray DF 1 23 13 10 33 | 95 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 34 A_Ramalho DF 1 19 14 9 27 | 95 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 -4 14 E_Konsa DF 1 21 15 11 23 | 95 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 24 -4 J_Bednarek DF 1 21 15 12 23 | 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I_Bennacer MF 1 15 21 8 31 | 95 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 37 Y_Bissouma MF 1 15 21 12 31 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 8 0 D_Sinani MF 1 8 16 5 22 | 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 N_Seiwald MF 1 18 21 12 19 | 71 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 S_Haller FW 1 6 13 23 27 | 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Conway FW 1 7 12 19 24 | 95 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 29 0 45 A_Gomis GK 18 1 1 1 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O_Kossounou DF 1 21 19 3 25 | 34 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 J_W_Prowse MF 1 13 21 14 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Acimovic MF 1 5 17 12 21 | 24 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 T_Dago FW 1 6 16 20 24 | 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Player Statistics - West Brom Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Iversen GK 24 1 1 1 24 | 95 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 M_Holgate DF 1 21 14 11 28 | 95 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 15 31 N_Milenkovic DF 1 20 14 9 31 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 M_Bola DF 1 18 15 8 21 | 95 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 52 28 37 Y_Konoplia DF 1 16 12 2 21 | 95 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 60 51 25 C_Gomes MF 1 12 19 5 28 | 95 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 30 0 Marc_Roca MF 1 3 18 14 28 | 95 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 25 A_Mulele MF 1 6 17 18 22 | 95 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 18 J_Rudoni MF 1 9 17 12 30 | 95 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 40 0 R_Bozenik AM 1 8 13 19 22 | 95 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 22 Lucas_Moura FW 1 4 14 22 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 53 T_Hasal GK 17 1 1 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_M_Niles DF 1 13 7 3 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruben_Vezo DF 1 22 15 8 35 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Morsy MF 1 14 20 6 30 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Solanke FW 1 2 13 20 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1746825184 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40