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Brighton and Hove Albion
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AFC Bournemouth
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Dan Gosling ‘33'
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Ryan Fraser ‘55'
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David Brooks ‘74'
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Callum Wilson ‘82'
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Junior Stanislas ‘92'
FT
13th April 2019 3:00 PM
American Express Stadium
#BHABOU
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Commentary By @MattJoyce92
FULL TIME
WHAT A WIN!
At the end there, it could have been six with a clear foul that wasn't given, but I think we will take FIVE!
Absolutely brilliant - our biggest ever Premier League away win!
We were so clinical in that second half, goals from Dan Gosling, Ryan Fraser, Callum Wilson, David Brooks and Junior Stanislas!
After Brighton's red card, we absolutely put them to the sword - ruthless!
Brilliant, love it!
FIVE!
Well, the fans were chanting WE WANT FIVE, they have their wish!
Absolute full credit to Jefferson Lerma, he runs 30-yards to press in the 90th minute and he forces a mistajke which sees Brooks drive into the area, one on one he unselfishly squares for Stanislas to bury it!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!
STANISLAS!!
Save!!!
RYAN!
Another brilliant piece of play, Brooks lays off Solanke in the area, it's such a clever deft flick and the England striker smashes a low one which Ryan saves at the back post!
Close!
Almost five!
Gosling has a shot blocked that looked a certain goal!
We are creating chances at absolute will here!
In the meantime, Steve Cook gets an absolutely top drawer ovation as he is subbed for Jack Simpson.
He's been absolutely brilliant today, and the fans show him some real love!
Unlucky!
Almost five!
We are strolling through Brighton here, Solanke gets a pass from Brooks in the area and lashes one at goal, but it's very well blocked by Dunk!
Instantly subbed as well!
It's a cruel game isn't it!
Wilson is subbed immediately after scoring to make way for Junior Stanislas! He's done brilliantly for our FPL teams as well which is a bonus!
He gets a standing ovation and claps the fans as he makes way, lovely stuff.
WILSON GETS HIS GOAL!
Fraser swings the ball into the box, Wilson brings it down, turns and fires into the bottom corner!
Those two have been superb and it's a great clinical finish!
Absolute magic!!
GOALLLLLLLLL!
WILSON!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TOP DRAWER!
Ten minutes to go...
Well, we haven't had this feeling for a while and it feels superb!
The away fans in great voice, we look more likely to grab a fourth than Brighton get back in the game...
Bissouma is booked...
Clever by Ake!
He dribbled the wrong side of Bissouma and is just hauled down.
Brighton have shown plenty of frustration and have paid for it today.
Substitution...
King makes way for Dominic Solanke in our first sub of the game.
Go and make an impact Dom!
Lovely lovely play!!
Brooks and Fraser play a lovely one-two on the edge and Brooks steams in on goal and makes no mistake, an ice cold finish with his left!!
SUPERB!
We have been pretty clinical today!
GOALLLLLLLLLLL!
BROOKSYYYYYYYYYY!!!!
We have SO MANY photos of Wee Man!
Boruc is booked...
Bizarrely for time wasting - I'm not too sure it was that clear cut.
Either way, a yellow.
Well, that escalated!
So, Locadia gets in the area and can shoot, but instead opts to pass and we cut it out.
THEN the ball reaches Smith and Knockaert just absolutely smashes him, it's a horrible horrible tackle.
He flew in, completely out of control and no intent to play the ball.
Great for us, and Adam Smith is OK so all good.
RED CARD FOR BRIGHTON!!!
KNOCKAERT!!
Gosling booked...
Definite yellow to be fair.
Gosling knew it as well, he dived in on Bissouma, instantly apologised and knew it was a bad foul.
WHAT A PHOTO
CLOSE!
King!
SO SO CLOSE to an absolute screamer!
On the left, he cuts the ball onto his right foot and curls one towards the top corner!
It's almost perfectly struck, but is an inch away from making it 3-0. Almost unbelievable!
30 minutes to go...
We look like we're going to create something every time we go forward now - Brighton have really opened up as they look to get back in the game.
We've limited them to few chances in the game, this is ours for the taking (not jinxing it hopefully!)
Glenn Murray is on for Brighton...
He replaces Andone, who hasn't done too much in the game.
Hopefully we can keep Murray quiet as well!
A superb goal...
Wilson and King combine again, with Wilson playing a superb ball to Fraser 25-yards out!
He's slipped as he's struck it, but Fraser CHIPS Ryan outside the box - stupendous goal!
The crowd go wild behind the goal - well worth watching on afcbTV later, superb!!! 2-0!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!
FRASERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HUGE CHANCE!
King robs Dunk and he gets away on the right!
He doesn't see Wilson screaming for the ball at the back post unmarked!! After a few touches, he does eventually pull it back but it's just cut out by a Brighton defender!
Close!
Battling at both ends to keep it tight...
Two bookings...
When the ball went dead from a throw in, Mepham and Andone have a little tussle off the ball and they put their heads together.
Both players are booked after a long disagreement between both sides. The game is starting to bubble with frustration being shown by both teams...
Back underway...
We're attacking towards our travelling fans - hopefully they can help us on our way to three big points!
Come on lads!
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HALF TIME
We're a goal to the good and look much sharper than the last two fixtures.
Dan Gosling's first goal of the season has handed us a 1-0 advantage and Brighton were booed off at the break!
Well, if we keep it tight, the fans won't be happy and hopefully we can get some joy in this second half.
An accomplished display so far.
Save!
Mat Ryan!
Another brilliant move, it must have been at least 20 passes, and it eventually reaches Steve Cook 30-yards out.
He unleashes a vicious swerving drive which is so well struck, but Ryan gets down low to parry.
Lovely effort, when we're on the ball we look supremely confident.
Love it Artur!
Good chance!
Wilson robs Lewis Dunk and it sets up a lightning counter!
The striker drives towards the area and tees up Brooks, but he tries to find Wilson again and it's intercepted!
That's a big moment in the area - a bit more ruthless and it's a clear scoring opportunity. Unlucky though and great work by Wilson to nick it VERY high up the pitch.
First strike of the campaign!
GET IN!
We intercept a long ball and we're calm to get the ball to Fraser on the left.
It's REALLY good play on the edge of the box with Brooks, Wilson and Gosling all involved, but Wilson was so calm in the area to pick out Gosling who was unmarked!
Again, he showed great composure to take a touch and slap it into the corner!
Get in! 1-0!
GOALLLLLLLLLL!
GOSLINGGGGGGGGGGGG!Half an hour gone...
Well, it's stopped raining.
That's about it really, both teams are struggling to get their rhythm going, but Knockaert is starting to get more of the ball - he's becoming a real threat.
Not a lot has really happened since the last update.
Lerma getting stuck in...
First yellow card...
It's for Nathan Ake.
He's been skinned by Bissouma on the left - he's had a good game so far the Brighton man - and then Ake just clipped him.
The Cherries players are furious though as they were convinced the ball had gone out earlier in that passage of play.
Another chance for the hosts...
Similar to King's...
A cross from the second-phase of a corner is whipped in with real pace and Florin Adone slid in at the back post but JUST missed the ball at the back post.
Close.
Brighton's first real chance...
Great defending by Chris Mepham!
Anthony Knockaert got free on the right-hand side for the first time and drilled in a superb low cross right across the face of goal.
Before an Albion man could bundle it in, Mepham was alert to slide the ball to safety.
A crucial and superb block here.
A tenacious start...
Chance!
Good play!
Fraser holds the ball on the left and waits for Ake to get round him on the overlap.
The defender delivers a great ball into the box for Joshua King to head it six-yards out! Bernardo is right on top of him and the defender does just enough to put King off and he is forced to head it wide.
Another good opening for us though - we look much, much sharper.
The weather is doing all sorts...
It's raining, but there's a bit of wind and hail chucked in as well.
It's resulted in a few players losing their footing and my laptop getting soaked.
If it breaks half way through, you now know the reason why!
Both teams have calmed down as they adapt to the conditions, but we're still having the better of it here.
A decent start...
Ten minutes in and we've had much more of the ball and Brighton haven't had a sniff really.
In the driving rain, we're on top and we look sharper than we have done in the past two weeks.
Just need to get that crucial goal though...
CHANCE FOR US!!
JOSHUA KING!
We break with great speed and a ball down the side gets Fraser away on the left!
His cross with his left foot is absolutely superb and King looks set to meet it at the back stick completely unmarked but it's just an inch too long - you expected the net to ripple!
Unlucky - brilliant incisive play from us though!
Early opening for Brighton...
They keep the ball from kick-off and eventually work it to Yves Bissouma 25-yards out.
He nonchalantly strikes a low drive which goes well wide.
First effort of the game, nothing to worry about for us though.
The shape of the team...
It's a 4-4-2 - not a 3-5-2. They've swerved us!
Nathan Ake is at left-back, with Adam Smith right-back.
Ryan Fraser and David Brooks are the wingers either side.
We're underway...
Come on lads!
A big one needed today!
We'll kick-off and attack away from our fans in this half.
We've just had a nice minutes applause for Kit Napier, a Brighton legend and their third-ever top goalscorer. A nice touch.
Let's go!
The players are in the tunnel...
The atmosphere is building in the stadium.
The Cherries fans are ready and expectant behind the goal to our right, on a chilly afternoon here.
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Bournemouth's goal machine...
The two times he's played at the AMEX in the league, Callum Wilson has scored.
Admittedly, last season's goal looked like he was trying to control it (don't tell him we've said that!) but in the Championship winning campaign he bagged in that memorable 2-0 win.
The Cherries moved four points clear with four games left after that result, hopefully we can get a result that can propel us again today!
Mepham's pre-match interview...
Head to head...
Well, these make for good reading!
We are unbeaten in our past nine league games with Brighton, winning five and picking up four draws.
Earlier in the season, David Brooks produced one of the best individual displays I've seen since being at the club - his header was unbelievable in the 2-0 win at home this campaign.
However, Brighton have lost only one of the last 14 home encounters...
One to watch...
It has to be Anthony Knockaert.
Not only did he score against us in this fixture last season, but he's really hitting top form.
He scored a brilliant winner against their big rivals Crystal Palace last month and was man of the match in the FA Cup against Manchester City at Wembley.
Brighton's side...
TEAM NEWS
Steve Cook welcome back!
After a horrible injury, the defender is straight back in and captains the side - top top news!
Elsewhere, Artur Boruc returns in goal for us this afternoon.
COME. ON. LADS!
Fortress AMEX?
Well, recently it's not been as strong as you'd expect.
The Seagulls have lost three of their past five Premier League home games, but that's as many as they had in their previous 17 at the Amex Stadium.
On top of that, only Huddersfield and Crystal Palace have scored less home league goals than Brighton's 17 this season.
Hope this doesn't jinx it by the way!!
SQUAD
Love it Edward!
A former Cherry to hurt us today?
Everyone has sung Glenn Murray's praises since he moved to the Seagulls and rightly so.
He's bagged 50 goals in 120 games since his return and his goalscoring form has once again caught the eye this season.
But the veteran frontman has gone eight home league games without a goal - his longest drought since October 2011-April 2012.
It's one of those stats you hate as a fan as you think you're the team that will break the duck!
Team news...
Is just 45 minutes away.
We'll announce it here first from the away dressing room at 2pm and of course, we have our long-term absentees Simon Francis, Lewis Cook, Charlie Daniels and Diego Rico all out.
The manager was tight-lipped on Steve Cook but doesn't expect him to return today.
As for Brighton, Solly March could be involved following a calf injury.
Pascal Gross is also training again but the game is probably too soon for him.
Unsurprisingly, we're in red and black!
What can we expect from Brighton this afternoon?
Well, we spoke to an expert - Brighton Argus journalist Andy Naylor.
Andy says they really miss Pascal Gross and Jose Izquerdo, but here's a general overview on what they'll offer today:
"Since about December, Chris Hughton has changed the system to 4-3-3. The idea was to have a bit more control in games, more possession and create more chances.
"This has happened in a lot of games. The problem is it has sometimes been at the expense of their solidity at the back. They were 2-0 up at Fulham and lost 4-2 after conceding four goals in 30 minutes which was unheard of under Hughton. They have also been missing chances."
So despite their cup run, this isn't bad reading for us!
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This game is massive for us...
Away from home, manager Eddie Howe is desperate for us to improve.
The stats don't make great reading, as we've lost 10 of our past 11 top-flight away matches.
You could feel the determination in the camp this week to put things right, and the lads trained ferociously this past week.
Hopefully we'll bring you something to shout about from Brighton today!
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