LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur was able to reverse the scoreline against Brighton & Hove Albion to win 2-1. It was Brighton & Hove Albion to strike first with a penalty of Pascal Groß at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Brennan Johnson gave the win to Tottenham Hotspur in the 90′ minute.
The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 61,445 spectators. The referee was Samuel Barrott with the support of Neil Davies and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.94 degrees Celsius or 42.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 16 Total 6
- 6 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 1
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 113 Attack 82
- 55 Dangerous attack 44
- 20 Ball safe 28
- 0 Penalties 1
- 9 Corners 6
- 4 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 4 Total 4
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Tottenham Hotspur was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Brighton & Hove Albion that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Tottenham Hotspur was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tottenham Hotspur won the match.
Tottenham Hotspur shot 16 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Brighton & Hove Albion shot 6 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards (Pape Matar Sarr and James Maddison). Talking about the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards (Lewis Dunk , Facundo Buonanotte and Pervis Estupiñán ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Tottenham Hotspur has 47 points to sit in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Brighton & Hove Albion will stays with 35 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will host Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 17th of February with a 7-7 head to head statistic.
Brighton & Hove Albion will play away against Sheffield United on the 17th of February with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Sheffield United (3 draws).
Tottenham Hotspur – Formation
Tottenham Hotspur
80'
35'
61'
Tottenham Hotspur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Angelos Postecoglou decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Pedro Porro , Cristian Romero , Micky van de Ven , Destiny Udogie , Pape Matar Sarr , Rodrigo Bentancur , Dejan Kulusevski , James Maddison , Timo Werner and Richarlison .
The home team had on the bench: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg , Oliver Skipp, Radu Drăgușin, Emerson Royal, Fraser Forster, Brennan Johnson , Ben Davies , Yves Bissouma and Heung-min Son .
Substitutions
Tottenham Hotspur made 5 changes: Timo Werner for Brennan Johnson (62′), Dejan Kulusevski for Yves Bissouma (63′), Pape Matar Sarr for Ben Davies (80′), Rodrigo Bentancur for Heung-min Son (62′) and Destiny Udogie for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (80′).
Player of the match: James Maddison
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was James Maddison even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9.
Brighton & Hove Albion – Formation
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Roberto De Zerbi played with: Igor, Jack Hinshelwood, Jason Steele , Tariq Lamptey , Jan Paul van Hecke , Lewis Dunk , Pervis Estupiñán , Pascal Groß , Billy Gilmour , Adam Lallana and Facundo Buonanotte , Danny Welbeck , Kaoru Mitoma .
These were the players on the bench: Adam Webster , Jakub Moder, Carlos Baleba , Ansu Fati , Joël Veltman , Benicio Baker-Boatiey , Mark O’Mahony, Bart Verbruggen and Evan Ferguson .
Brighton & Hove Albion could not rely on the presence of Benicio Baker-Boatiey (injured).
Substitutions
Brighton & Hove Albion made 4 changes: Adam Lallana for Ansu Fati (57′), Danny Welbeck for Evan Ferguson (83′), Facundo Buonanotte for Joël Veltman (83′) and Tariq Lamptey for Carlos Baleba (90′).
Player of the match: Pascal Groß
The player that probably impressed the most for Brighton & Hove Albion was Pascal Groß.
His rating is with 1 goal, 65 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – Brentford – 0-2
- Tottenham Hotspur – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-1
- Nottingham Forest – Newcastle United – 2-3
- Manchester City – Everton – 2-0
- Luton Town – Sheffield United – 1-3
- Liverpool – Burnley – 3-1
- Fulham – AFC Bournemouth – 3-1
