English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 24, 2018
Swansea City WDWWD 1
–
Brighton & Hove Albion WDWDW 4
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SWA011
BHA134
American Express Stadium · 30,523 att.

Match Report

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Glenn Murray nets double for Brighton to down Swansea

Glenn Murray scored twice as Brighton gave their survival hopes a shot in the arm and brought Swansea's revival to a halt.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
52.2
Possession
47.8
11
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
334
Accurate Passes
309
434
Passes
408
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
68
31
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
25
11
Clearances
25

Head to Head

SWA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 21Ezequiel SchelottoRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 19José IzquierdoLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 17Glenn MurrayF
  11. 13Pascal GrossRCF

Substitutes

  1. 2BrunoSUB
  2. 20Solly MarchSUB
  3. 18Connor GoldsonSUB
  4. 7Biram KiyalSUB
  5. 25Jürgen LocadiaSUB
  6. 26Tim KrulSUB
  7. 16Leonardo UlloaSUB

SWA · 5-4-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 33Federico FernándezCD
  3. 6Alfie MawsonCD-L
  4. 5Mike van der HoornCD-R
  5. 16Martin OlssonLB
  6. 26Kyle NaughtonRB
  7. 14Thomas CarrollCM-L
  8. 4Ki Sung-YuengCM-R
  9. 17Sam ClucasLM
  10. 12Nathan DyerRM
  11. 18Jordan AyewF

Substitutes

  1. 24Andy KingSUB
  2. 15Wayne RoutledgeSUB
  3. 13Kristoffer NordfeldtSUB
  4. 11Luciano NarsinghSUB
  5. 27Kyle BartleySUB
  6. 19André AyewSUB
  7. 10Tammy AbrahamSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Swansea City 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 36' Substitution, Swansea City. André Ayew replaces Nathan Dyer.
  3. 45' Substitution, Swansea City. Luciano Narsingh replaces Mike van der Hoorn.
  4. 63' Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Swansea City. Tammy Abraham replaces Tom Carroll.
  6. 69' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Swansea City 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Izquierdo.
  7. 73' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Swansea City 0. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a through ball.
  8. 79' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  9. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jürgen Locadia replaces Glenn Murray.
  10. 85' Own Goal by Lewis Dunk, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Swansea City 1.
  11. 90' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Swansea City 1. Jürgen Locadia (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dale Stephens.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Beram Kayal replaces Pascal Groß.

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