{"id":831,"date":"2023-03-10T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T11:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=831"},"modified":"2023-03-19T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:08:37","slug":"looking-forward-to-leeds-and-back-to-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shavuatov.co.uk\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to Leeds and back to West Ham and Stoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>This week, we have a very important game against Leeds United, who though struggling present a hard task. Then there is Crystal Palace at Home on Wednesday. We start with the views of  the manager <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Roberto de Zerbi's Press conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roberto De Zerbi&#039;s Leeds United Press Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7hSR1MxsHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 MARCH 2023 -<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>BRIGHTON &amp; HOVE ALBION 4<\/strong>&nbsp;( MacAllister&nbsp;1pen, &nbsp;Veltman 1,&nbsp;Mitoma 1 &nbsp; &nbsp;Danny Welbeck 1 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>WEST HAM UNITED<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>0<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">PREMIER LEAGUE - at the AMERICAN EXPRESS COMMUNITY STADIUM,&nbsp;FALMER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Eighth-placed Albion (35 points\/22games) entertained sixteenth-placed West Ham&nbsp;United (23 points\/24 games) in a Premier League game at the Amex, the match being&nbsp;broadcast over the airwaves on BBC Radio Sussex Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Last time out in the Premier the Seagulls had lost 0-1 at home to Fulham on the 18&nbsp;February. To cap a bad day at the office, Head Coach Roberto De Zerbi was shown a&nbsp;red card after the end of the Fulham game and had to contend himself with a seat in&nbsp;the stands for this one. Albion made two changes to their starting line-up from the&nbsp;Fulham game, with Jason Steele and Tariq Lamptey replacing Robert Sanchez and&nbsp;Joel Veltman, the latter two dropping down to the substitutes bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Since their&nbsp;promotion to the Premier League in 2017 the Seagulls were unbeaten against the&nbsp;Hammers in their eleven meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In their previous Premier League outing West Ham had beaten Nottingham Forest&nbsp;4-0 at the London Stadium on the 25 February and for their visit to the Amex, West&nbsp;Ham Manager David Moyes made two enforced changes to his starting line-up from&nbsp;the Forest game, with Alphonse Areola and Emerson Palmieri replacing Lukasz&nbsp;Fabianski and Vladimir Coufal (both injured).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In the reverse fixture earlier this season on the 21 August 2022 at the London&nbsp;Stadium, the Albion ran out 2-0 winners, with their goals coming from Alexis MacAllister, penalty (22m) and Leandro Trossard (66m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Last season, the teams drew&nbsp;1-1 at the London Stadium on the 1 December 2021, with Tomas Soucek (5m)&nbsp;scoring for the Hammers and Neal Maupay (89m) netting late on for the Albion. In&nbsp;the return fixture at the Amex on the 22 May 2022, the Seagulls won 3-1, with their&nbsp;goals being scored by Joel Veltman (50m), Pascal Gross (80m) and Danny&nbsp;Welbeck (90+2m), after Michail Antonio (40m) had put the Hammers ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was all Albion from the start and early on West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola had&nbsp;to make regulation saves to keep out on-target efforts from Evan Ferguson and&nbsp;Solly March. The Seagulls lost the services of defender Tariq Lamptey on 16&nbsp;minutes, due to a knee injury, Joel Veltman substituting. Albion deservedly took&nbsp;the lead on 18 minutes after Hammer's Jarrod Bowen had pushed Kaoru Mitoma&nbsp;over in the box and Alexis Mac Allister converted the resultant penalty-kick for his&nbsp;sixth goal of the season. 1-0. The Hammers bounced back and Albion keeper&nbsp;Jason Steele made a fine save to deflect Bowen's low shot and Steele then made&nbsp;a smart save to deny Tomas Soucek. Just prior to the break Mitoma came close&nbsp;to increasing Albion's lead but a fine defensive intervention by Hammers defender&nbsp;Ben Johnson denied the Japanese international. <strong>Half-time 1-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The second-half started with Albion in the ascendancy and efforts by Mac Allister (twice)&nbsp;and Moises Caiedo went close for the home side. The Seagulls notched a second&nbsp;on 52 minutes when Pascal Gross's corner was flicked on by Mac Allister to&nbsp;Veltman who had the easy task of chesting the ball home from two yards out. <strong>2-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Seagulls continued to control the game and shots by Ferguson (twice) and March&nbsp;went close. Albion's third arrived on 69 minutes when Ferguson and Gross set-up&nbsp;Mitoma to score at the far post. This goal sparked a mass exodus by a number of&nbsp;dispirited West Ham supporters. <strong>3-0<\/strong>. Substitute Julio Enciso joined the fun on 83&nbsp;minutes and within seconds keeper Areola made a fine save to deflect his shot on&nbsp;to the crossbar. On 89 minutes Danny Welbeck, on as a substitute for Pervis&nbsp;Estupinan, made space on the edge of the area before drilling a low shot past&nbsp;Areola and into the net. 4-0. A fine afternoon's work by the Albion and three more&nbsp;valuable points. <strong>Final-score 4-0.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Albion had 20 shots at goal, with 9 on target and won 7 corners, free-kicks&nbsp;conceded - 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">West Ham had 3 shots at goal, with 2 on target and won 3 corners,&nbsp;free-kicks conceded - 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>TO SUM UP<\/strong>&nbsp;- The above statistics speak for themselves. Seagulls dominated&nbsp;West Ham from start to finish. If Albion can bring consistency to their game, then&nbsp;European football is a strong possibility, Credit to Tony Bloom and his board,&nbsp;coaches and players for the happiness and pride they have given to their&nbsp;supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Albion line-up (4-2-3-1):- Jason Steele; Tariq Lamptey (Joel Veltman 16), Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk (Capt), Pervis Estupinan (Danny Welbeck 76); Pascal&nbsp;Gross, Moises Caicedo; Solly March (Facundo Buonanotte 75), Alexis MacAllister, Kaoru Mitoma (Julio Enciso 83); Evan Ferguson (Jeremy Sarmiento 83).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Subs not used: Robert Sanchez (G\/K), Jan Paul Van Hecke, Billy Gilmour,&nbsp;Deniz Undav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1):- Alphonse Areola; Ben Johnson, Nayef&nbsp;Aguerd, Angelo Ogbonna (Kurt Zouma 69), Emerson Palmieri; Tomas Soucek&nbsp;(Flynn Downes 75), Declan Rice (Capt); Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta (Manuel&nbsp;Lanzini 75), Said Benrahma (Pablo Fornals 46); Danny Ings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Subs not used:&nbsp;Krisztian Hegyi (G\/K), Aaron Cresswell, Gianluca Scamacca, Joseph Anang (G\/K).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Yellow Cards: West Ham United: 3 - Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Possession: Albion - 66%. West Ham United - 34%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">BBC Sport Player of the Match: Kaoru Mitoma (Albion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Attendance: 31523.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FA CUP - STOKE CITY V BRIGHTON<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">28 FEBRUARY 2023 -<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>STOKE CITY 0 <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>BRIGHTON &amp; HOVE ALBION 1<\/strong>&nbsp;( Evan Ferguson 1 - 30 minutes ) -<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">EMIRATES FA CUP, FIFTH ROUND&nbsp;- at the BET 365 STADIUM, STOKE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As a change from their Premier League routine, the Albion travelled to the Potteries to&nbsp;meet Sky Bet Championship side Stoke City at the Bet 365 Stadium in the Fifth Round&nbsp;of the Emirates FA Cup, \"live\" in front of the ITV4 cameras and broadcast by BBC Radio&nbsp;Sussex Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In their previous outing the Seagulls had lost 0-1 at home to Fulham in the Premier on&nbsp;the 18 February and for the trip to the Potteries Head Coach Roberto De Zerbi made&nbsp;five changes to his starting line-up from the Fulham game, with Jason Steele, Jan Paul&nbsp;Van Hecke, Tariq Lamptey, Facundo Buonanotte and Jeremy Sarmiento coming in for&nbsp;Robert Sanchez, Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Pervis Estupinan and Solly March.&nbsp;Skipper Lewis Dunk was making his 400th senior appearance for the Seagulls.Argentinian Facundo Buonanotte was given his first Albion start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stoke City occupied a middle of the table position in the Sky Bet Championship and&nbsp;late in 2022 had changed manager, tempting Alex Neil to leave Sunderland to&nbsp;replace the previous incumbent Michael O'Neill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Albion showed their Premier League credentials from the start and after seven&nbsp;minutes Facundo Buonanotte saw his shot turned around the post by Stoke goal-keeper Jack Bonham. Jason Steele in the Albion goal was then tested as he made&nbsp;a fine save from a Tyrese Campbell shot. Campbell then had a low shot gathered&nbsp;by keeper Steele. The Seagulls took the lead on the half-hour with a quality goal,Lewis Dunk threaded through a pass to Kaoru Mitoma on the left, who in turn sent&nbsp;a slide-rule pass into the box to the alert Evan Ferguson and the Irishman slotted&nbsp;the ball home. It was Ferguson's fifth goal of the season.<strong>&nbsp;1-0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Prior to the interval,&nbsp;keeper Steele was called into action again, this time saving a shot from JordanThompson. <strong>Half-time 1-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The first real action of the second-half saw keeper Bonham make a full-length&nbsp;save to deflect a Jeremy Sarmiento drive. Stoke then came close to equalising&nbsp;when Axel Tuanzebe headed inches wide from Thompson's free-kick. Between&nbsp;the 69th and 79th minutes the Albion made four substitutions with a view to&nbsp;maintaining their lead, Joel Veltman for Buonanotte (69m), Deniz Undav for&nbsp;Ferguson (69m), Julio Enciso for Mitoma (75m) and Danny Welbeck for Sarmiento&nbsp;(79m). These changes were productive as Bonham saved from Welbeck, Undav&nbsp;lobbed narrowly wide from 25 yards out and then Welbeck was unlucky to see his&nbsp;shot strike the post from close-in. In the end a comfortable win for the Albion and&nbsp;the third time they have reached the quarter-final stage of the FA Cup in six seasons,&nbsp;where they will meet giant-killers Grimsby Town at the Amex on the 19 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Final-score 1-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Albion had 14 shots at goal, with 3 on target and won 5 corners, free-kicks conceded&nbsp;&nbsp;10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stoke City had 11 shots at goal, with 3 on target and won 3 corners, free-kicks&nbsp;conceded - 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong>&nbsp;- Albion's win showed and reflected their Premier League status and&nbsp;they rightfully progressed to the quarter-final stage of the FA Cup for the third time in&nbsp;six years. Their reward, a home tie with League Two side Grimsby Town on the 19&nbsp;March. Albion now have a great chance of reaching the FA Cup semi-final and&nbsp;another visit to Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Albion line-up (4-2-3-1):- Jason Steele; Pascal Gross, Jan Paul Van Hecke, Lewis&nbsp;Dunk (Capt), Tariq Lamptey; Alexis Mac Allister, Moises Caicedo; Jeremy Sarmiento&nbsp;(Danny Welbeck 79), Facundo Buonanotte (Joel Veltman 69), Kaoru Mitoma (Julio&nbsp;Enciso 75); Evan Ferguson (Deniz Undav 69).<br><br>Subs not used: Robert Sanchez (G\/K),&nbsp;Adam Webster, Andrew Moran, Jack Hinshelwood, Tom McGill (G\/K).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we have a very important game against Leeds United, who though struggling present a hard task. Then there is Crystal Palace at Home on Wednesday. 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