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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 6, season 21)
Brighton & HA
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Jason STEELE71Martin DÚBRAVKA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Martín MONTOYA Torralbo82Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO
MARC CUCURELLA Saseta37Matt RITCHIE
Pascal GROSS47BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez Moura
Shane DUFFY757Presnel KIMPEMBE
Cristian 'Tudor' BALUTA76Fabian SCHÄR
Solomon MARCH76Joe WILLOCK
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO78Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
Aaron CONNOLLY9Chris WOOD
Yves BISSOUMA10Isaac HAYDEN
Neal MAUPAY11Emile SMITH ROWE
Manager
Steven ALZATE12Garang KUOL
Kacper KOZLOWSKI13Freddie WOODMAN
Jakub MODER14Paul DUMMETT
Haydon ROBERTS15Rob HOLDING
Andy MORAN16Jonjo SHELVEY

Brighton & HA 3 Newcastle United 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 22,332, Stadium: Amex Community Stadium, Referee: Nigel MILLER 6½)
61 Connolly, 78 March, 89 IscoScorers46 Wood, 80 Wood
51 Marc Cucurella <=> RobertsSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings82 Saint-Maximin
0Corners2
4Fouls14
1Offsides1
5Shots on6
9Shots off5
14Total shots11
2Shots saved4
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Martín MONTOYA Torralbo
1A strike from CONNOLLY held no problem for the Newcastle United 'keeper.
2WILLOCK made space on the right and pulled the ball to SAINT-MAXIMIN who clipped the ball over.
3BRUNO GUIMARÃES drove a deadly shot just wide from close range.
4A free-kick from CONNOLLY raced over.
6Uncertainty in the Brighton & HA defence enabled WILLOCK to volley the ball just beyond the near post.
8WOOD headed over.
9CONNOLLY was put clear by BISSOUMA and he stepped inside the 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide.
10A thirty yard drive from WOOD caused the Brighton & HA 'keeper no problem.
14A lovely effort from ISCO scraped the woodwork.
20ISCO shot over.
21A weak shot from ISCO rolled agonisingly wide.
23A pin-point pass bobbled toward HAYDEN and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
29A perfect shot from RITCHIE was dealt with by a fine block from the 'keeper.
31CONNOLLY waltzed round HAYDEN and poked a weak shot into the crowd.
35The stunned Newcastle United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from SAINT-MAXIMIN dropped just over.
 
46GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by BRUNO GUIMARÃES who setup WOOD with a simple chance. (1-0 Newcastle United)
48DÚBRAVKA managed to block a fierce shot.
50A delightful save prevented SAINT-MAXIMIN from scoring a lovely goal.
52A penalty box meleé resulted in GROSS driving a low shot wide.
61GOAL!! A great solo effort from CONNOLLY who beat two defenders before firing the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
63BISSOUMA flicked an easy chance past the near post.
77A right foot shot from HAYDEN was stopped by STEELE.
78GOAL!! An inswinging corner was headed clear only for MARCH to hit the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Brighton & HA)
80GOAL!! A shot from WOOD rolled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted 'keeper. (2-2)
82A bad tackle gets SAINT-MAXIMIN a yellow card.
89GOAL!! The Newcastle United 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from RITCHIE and ISCO was able to poke the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Brighton & HA)