A L B I O N G A Z E T T E - ( xxxvii )<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11 \u00a0 APRIL \u00a0 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
BURNLEY \u00a0 0 \u00a0 BRIGHTON \u00a0 & \u00a0 HOVE \u00a0 ALBION \u00a0 2 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PREMIER \u00a0 LEAGUE \u00a0 <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n at \u00a0 TURF \u00a0 MOOR, BURNLEY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following a three-week break, the Albion resumed their Premier League programme with a trip to the North-East to meet relegation-threatened Burnley at Turf Moor, the game being\u00a0broadcast by BBC Radio Sussex Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Albion's previous outing saw them beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier at the Amex on the 21 March and for their trip to Burnley the Albion made two changes to their starting line-up from the Liverpool game, with Olivier Boscagli and Yasin Ayari coming in for Lewis Dunk (suspended) and James Milner (injured). \u00a0 Burnley had gained promotion to the Premier last season but had endured a poor campaign\u00a0and were permanently placed in the relegation zone. \u00a0In the reverse fixture at the Amex on the 3 January 2026 it finished 2-0 to the Albion, with their goals coming from Georginio Rutter (29m) and Yasin Ayari (47m). \u00a0 The match started in the wind and rain and Albion created an early opportunity when Yankuba Minteh's surging run down the left ended with a pass to Danny Welbeck whose tame effort\u00a0was easily held by Claret's keeper Martin Dubravka. \u00a0The home side thought they had taken the lead when Jaidon Anthony's fine finish was chalked off for offside following a VAR check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Seagulls then created and squandered a number of chances when Jack Hinshelwood teed up Minteh but the winger failed to convert, then Bashir Humphreys blocked Minteh's shot and Danny Welbeck's effort trickled wide of the post. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Albion deservedly took the lead on 43 minutes when Pascal Gross's exquisite low cross from the left was met by the on-running Mats Wieffer in the area and whose superb shot flashed into the Burnley net for Albion's opener. \u00a01-0.<\/strong> \u00a0 The first action of the second-half saw Burnley have another goal ruled out when VAR\u00a0decided that Bashir Humphreys was offside when scoring. \u00a0The Clarets then went close when a shot from Marcus Edwards cleared the crossbar. \u00a0At the other end a slick Albion\u00a0move involving Minteh and Gross ended with Dubravka making a fine save to deny\u00a0Hinshelwood. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Seagulls clinched victory on 89 minutes when Yasin Ayari's pass found Wieffer on the edge of the box and the Dutchman fired home a fine left-foot shot to clinch the three points for the Seagulls. \u00a02-0<\/strong>. \u00a0The Albion saw out the closing minutes comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final-score 2-0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match stats:<\/strong> \u00a0 SUMMARY<\/strong> \u00a0- \u00a0Albion's revival continued with their fifth Premier League win out of six. The European football dream for next season has been re-kindled and if achieved would be remarkable. \u00a0Mats Wieffer, with two goals was the star at Burnley. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next up, a trip to Tottenham Hotspur next weekend, now managed by former Albion Head Coach Roberto De Zerbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Albion line-up (4-2-3-1):-<\/strong> \u00a0Bart VERBRUGGEN; \u00a0Mats WIEFFER, Jan Paul VAN HECKE, Olivier BOSCAGLI, Ferdi KADIOGLU; \u00a0Yasin AYARI, Pascal GROSS; \u00a0Diego GOMEZ\u00a0(Joel VELTMAN 88), Jack HINSHELWOOD (Carlos BALEBA 75), Yankuba MINTEH\u00a0(Kaoru MITOMA 80); \u00a0Danny WELBECK (Capt) (Georginio RUTTER 75). \u00a0 Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1):<\/strong>- \u00a0Martin DUBRAVKA; \u00a0Bashir HUMPHREYS (Kyle WALKER 82), Hjalmar EKDAL, Maxime ESTEVE (Capt), Quilindechy HARTMAN (Lucas PIRES 82); James WARD-PROWSE, Luis FLORENTINO (Amando BROJA 82); \u00a0Marcus EDWARDS (Mike TRESOR 75), Lesley OGUCHUKWU (Jacob BRUUN LARSEN 67), Jaidon ANTHONY; Zian FLEMMING. \u00a0 Referee: <\/strong>\u00a0Thomas Bramall (Sheffield). \u00a0 Yellow Cards<\/strong>: \u00a0Albion: \u00a01 \u00a0- Jan Paul Van Hecke. \u00a0Burnley: \u00a02 \u00a0- \u00a0Maxime Esteve, Luis\u00a0Florentino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Possession:<\/strong> \u00a0Albion \u00a0- \u00a050%. \u00a0Burnley \u00a0- \u00a050%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BBC Sport Player of the Match:<\/strong> \u00a0Mats Wieffer (Albion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attendance: 20408.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEXT GAME:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18 APRIL 2026 - TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - AWAY - PREMIER LEAGUE -<\/p>\n\n\n\n KICK-OFF 17.30. \"LIVE\" ON SKY SPORTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack Kaye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A L B I O N G A Z E T T E - ( xxxvii ) 11 \u00a0 APRIL \u00a0 2026 BURNLEY \u00a0 0 \u00a0 BRIGHTON \u00a0 & \u00a0 HOVE \u00a0 ALBION \u00a0 2 […]<\/p>\n","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-5744","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\/5744","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=5744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5745,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions\/5745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dunk was serving the first of a two-match suspension after picking up ten yellow cards this season. \u00a0Missing from the touchline was Head Coach Fabian Hurzeler as a result of collecting six yellow cards this campaign and he will also be missing from the\u00a0touchline for the visit to Tottenham Hotspur next weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last time out Burnley had lost 1-3 at Fulham in the Premier on the 21 March and for Albion's visit Head Coach Scott Parker made four changes to his starting line-up from the Fulham game, with Hjalmar Ekdal, Luis Florentino, Marcus Edwards and Lesley\u00a0Oguchukwu replacing Kyle Walker, Josh Laurent, Lyle Foster and Hannibal Mejbri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was still time for Seagulls to miss a great chance of scoring a\u00a0second goal when Hinshelwood steered a shot wide from Welbeck's pass. \u00a0
Half-time 1-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albion had 13 attempts at goal, with 6 on target and won 2 corners, free-kicks conceded - 11. \u00a0
Burnley had 10 attempts at goal, with 5 on target and won 8 corners, free-kicks conceded - 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subs not used: Jason STEELE (G\/K), Maxim DE CUYPER, Igor JULIO, Solly MARCH, Charalampos\u00a0KOSTOULAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subs not used: \u00a0Max WEISS (G\/K), Joe WORRALL, Lourn TCHAOUNA, Lyle FOSTER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth Official:<\/strong> \u00a0Robert Jones. \u00a0
VAR Official:<\/strong> \u00a0Peter Bankes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n