UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, December 14, 2023
Marseille DWWWW 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWLWD 1
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American Express Stadium · 30,214 att.

Match Report

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Pedro gives Brighton win over Marseille, top spot in Europa League group

Joao Pedro's late goal earned Brighton & Hove Albion a dramatic 1-0 win over Marseille on Thursday to secure the hosts top spot in Europa League Group B.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
0
4
Saves
0
38.9
Possession
61.1
5
SHOTS
13
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
314
Accurate Passes
547
384
Passes
612
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
51
22
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
5
18
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
4
13
Effective Clearances
14
13
Clearances
14

Head to Head

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Jason SteeleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 3Igor JulioLB
  5. 41Jack HinshelwoodRB
  6. 40Facundo BuonanotteAM
  7. 13Pascal GrossLM
  8. 11Billy GilmourRM
  9. 9João PedroF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 24Simon AdingraAM-R

OLM · 3-4-3

  1. 16Pau LópezG
  2. 99Chancel MbembaCD
  3. 5Leonardo BalerdiCD-L
  4. 18Bamo MeïtéCD-R
  5. 8Azzedine OunahiCM-L
  6. 27Jordan VeretoutCM-R
  7. 12Renan LodiLM
  8. 7Jonathan ClaussRM
  9. 10Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 11Amine HaritCF-L
  11. 9VitinhaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 52' Substitution, Marseille. Iliman Ndiaye replaces Vítinha.
  2. 55' Substitution, Marseille. Amir Murillo replaces Renan Lodi.
  3. 64' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Simon Adingra.
  4. 74' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  5. 74' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
  6. 75' Chancel Mbemba (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, Marseille. Geoffrey Kondogbia replaces Jordan Veretout.
  8. 78' Substitution, Marseille. Ismaïla Sarr replaces Amine Harit.
  9. 79' Azzedine Ounahi (Marseille) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 79' Adam Lallana (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 84' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Marseille 0. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  13. 89' João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  14. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces João Pedro because of an injury.
  15. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces Billy Gilmour.
  16. 90'+4' Ismaïla Sarr (Marseille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+4' Jason Steele (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.