{"id":3296,"date":"2024-03-07T10:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T10:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2024-03-07T10:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T10:20:12","slug":"jack-kayes-albion-report-xviii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=3296","title":{"rendered":"Jack Kaye's Albion report XVIII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u00a02 \u00a0 MARCH \u00a0 2024 <\/strong>\u00a0 - \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FULHAM \u00a0 3 \u00a0\u00a0- \u00a0 BRIGHTON \u00a0 & \u00a0 HOVE \u00a0 ALBION \u00a0 0 <\/strong>\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PREMIER   LEAGUE   -    at   CRAVEN   COTTAGE,   WEST   LONDON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albion's hectic schedule continued with a short trip to West London to meet Fulham in the Premier at Craven Cottage, the match being covered by BBC Radio Sussex Sport.  The  Seagulls record against Fulham in the Premier League was poor.  In their seven meetings in the Premier, Fulham had won three, with the other four drawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their previous outing the Albion had lost 0-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup on the 28 February and for the visit to Craven Cottage Head Coach Roberto De Zerbi made seven changes to his starting line-up from that game, with Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Tariq Lamptey, Carlos Baleba, Adam Lallana, Julio Enciso and Evan Ferguson coming in for Igor Julio, Cameron Peupion, Jakub Moder, Pascal Gross, Facundo Buonanotte, Simon Adingra and Ansu Fati.  It was clear from Albion's team selection that it was made in mind with the forthcoming Europa League game with AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on the 7 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last  time out Fulham had enjoyed a 2-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on the 24 February and for Albion's visit Head Coach Marco Silva unsurprisingly named an unchanged starting line-up from that game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this season the teams drew 1-1 at the Amex on the 29 October 2023, with Evan Ferguson (26m) netting for the Seagulls and Joao Palhinha (65m) replying for the Cottagers.  Last season Fulham did the double over the Albion, the Cottagers winning 2-1 at Craven Cottage on the 30 August 2022, with their goals coming from Aleksandar Mitrovic (48m) and Lewis Dunk (55m, own goal), with Albion's goal being scored by Alexis Mac Allister (60m, penalty).  In the reverse game at the Amex on the 18 February 2023, Fulham beat the Seagulls 1-0, with their goal coming from Manor Solomon (88m). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pre AS Roma line-up interestingly saw Jan Paul Van Hecke start in a central midfield role alongside Carlos Baleba.  There was a quiet start, with both teams sounding each other out but on 21 minutes poor defensive play involving Adam Webster and Pervis Estupinan enabled Fulham's Harry Wilson to score with a left-foot shot from the edge of the area.  0-1<\/strong>. Thereafter long-range efforts by Julio Enciso and Adam Lallana failed to hit the target but on 32 minutes the hosts increased their lead when in-form striker Rodrigo Muniz eluded his markers, Webster and Lewis Dunk to head home Wilson's cross, giving Albion keeper Jason Steele no chance.  0-2<\/strong>.  The first-half ended with Albion failing to lay a glove on the Cottagers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half-time 0-2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second-half started with Albion making a double substitution, with Simon Adingra replacing Tariq Lamptey and Ansu Fati coming on for Julio Enciso.  Albion came close to reducing the deficit when Dunk's goal-bound header was saved by Fulham custodian Bernd Leno.  The Seagulls made a significant substitution on the hour mark, with Pascal Gross replacing Dunk, with Van Hecke dropping back to resume his customary central defensive role.  The Albion then had a let-off when Baleba gave up possession of the ball to Alex Iwobi who in turn sent Andreas Pereira galloping clear of the Albion back-line but the midfielder fluffed his lines and the chance was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seagulls flickered into life and striker Evan Ferguson had a couple of half-chances which he couldnt convert.  Substitute Facundo Buonanotte was unfortunate to see his snap-shot strike the base of the post but with the visitors pressing, a Fulham counter in time added on saw winger Adama Traore score his first Fulham goal since joining from Wolves at the start of the season.  0-3<\/strong>.  The Seagulls were clearly thinking of their forthcoming trip to Rome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final-score 0-3.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match stats<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Albion had 15 attempts at goal, with 5 on target and won 6 corners, free-kicks conceded - 10.  
Fulham had 12 attempts at goal, with 5 on target and won 2 corners, free-kicks conceded - 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TO  SUM  UP  <\/strong>-  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As anticipated Albion's starting line-up showed that Roberto De Zerbi was already thinking of the trip to Rome five days hence and Albion's performance at Craven Cottage reflected this.  The non-winning sequence against Fulham continues. The Stadio Olimpico in Rome awaits Albion's visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albion line-up (3-4-2-1):-  Jason Steele;  Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk (Capt) (Pascal Gross 59), Adam Webster;  Tariq Lamptey (Simon Adingra 46), Carlos Baleba (Jakub MOder 78), Jan Paul Van Hecke, Pervis Estupinan;  Adam Lallana (Facundo Buonanotte 59), Julio Enciso (Ansu Fati 46);  Evan Ferguson.  
Subs not used:  Bart Verbruggen (G\/K), Igor Julio, Valentin Barco, Danny Welbeck..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fiulham line-up (4-2-3-1):-  Bernd Leno;  Timothy Castagne, Tosin Adarabioyo, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson;  Harrison Reed, Sasa Lukic (Bobby De Cordova-Reid 88);  Harry Wilson (Adama Traore 84), Andreas Pereira (Tom Cairney 69), Alex Iwobi (Willian 69); Rodrigo Muniz (Armando Broja 84).  
Subs not used:  Marek Rodak (G\/K), Kenny Tete, Tim Ream, Fode Ballo-Toure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referee:  Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yellow Cards<\/strong>:  Albion:  2  -  Carlos Baleba, Pervis Estupinan.  Fulham:  1  -  Bobby De Cordova-Reid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possession:  A<\/strong>lbion  -  71%.  Fulham  -  29%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC Sport Player of the Match:  Harry Wilson (Fulham).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendance:  24460.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORTHCOMING  FIXTURES:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7  MARCH  2024  -  AS  ROMA  -  away  -  Europa  League  -  kick-off  17.45.  \"Live\"  on  TNT  Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10  MARCH  2024  -  NOTTINGHAM  FOREST  -  home  -  Premier  League  -  kick-off  14.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack   Kaye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6   March   2024.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jack-kayes-football-reports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3298,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296\/revisions\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}