Brighton Vs Crawley Town | EFL Cup - Round 2 - Full Match Live Stream | 2024

Community Stadium Alan Smith alongside me Martin Tyler to call the shots for you and this match today is Brighton and HOV albian against Crawley Town Brighton will play with these players today I think that back four is really important for them they've got to be strong and solid but they've got a bit of protection haven't they they have they should have more than enough I mean they're all good defenders in their own rights but uh in front of them they got players who are going to be working really hard whether they could be a threat on the front foot we'll wait and see and this is today's lineup for the visiting team well it's a variation on the theme really isn't it what we're saying is instead of a back three he's going to have a back five and those wide wing backs as we would call them are going to be more defensive I think he's a bit fearful of the opposition doesn't look that way doesn't it I know he likes to try and convince us that those fallbacks are going to be uh gradian forward but if they're under the cush I think they'll just sit there nice and tight to the three Center halves can really get at the opposition here and it's going to be a goal kick [Applause] to [Applause] [Applause] Connelly tommer gets his foot in there Jose ES sko David prepa Gross Bruno prea Pascal cross and there's the interception [Applause] here's a chance to whip it in just working away to try and find an opening going forward well well a corner to come because of that deflection oh listen to those fans they excited they probably weren't expecting their team to get too many chances today but this might be one of them [Applause] in goes the corner Defender did well to get to it but hasn't really finished the [Applause] job Stevens out into the wide areas now put into the middle good punch from the goalkeeper from the cross maybe the cross came in with a challenge and it's gone out for a [Applause] throw David pra Stevens it's a good piece of Defending to stop the supply into the center and that's headed away for a throw Bruno could get his cross in now well that's good defending now doti he spotted a teammate and he's got the technique as well as the vision to switch the play oh here comes the support it's a good cross cleared away well away from goal test of his control [Applause] now Jose es sko trying a bit too hard trying to force the pass and it went to straight to an opponent good position for the cross and they've spread it out wide here Pascal cross just a mistake really he's not even asked too much of the opponent it's just a mishit pass Pascal cross he could lay it off to the supporting player and they've got a man out wide well he tried to get the ball wide but it's been cut out he has cleared it [Applause] well now that's a [Applause] throw another turnover in play here with that interception [Applause] prea [Applause] Stevens opportunity to cross it now well then it goes good defensive clearance [Applause] there tarma now doti lost the ball Bruno David perer cut out by the [Applause] defender Palmer here's young playe trying to find a way through here probing away room for the cross [Applause] and that'll be a [Applause] throw Jose es [Applause] sko and that's a cross the field to try and switch the play [Applause] using his he's had a go here he really gave it the laces there didn't he Allan yeah he did connect with it beautifully not a bad effort at all [Applause] [Applause] Stevens Bruno whether they're being forced back or whether they're just doing this as a tactic it's hard to understand at the moment because there he's got his shut off now cleared the ball Murray Stevens played back oh space to get the cross in now we have a corner to come VI that deflection well only he will know whether he was going for goal there in the end he nearly [Applause] scored in goes the the corner keeper pushes it away from the goal and they get it away and it's going to be his throw here delivered into the box that is a penalty kick but once the challenge came in he went down without any hesitation got his reward step up the penalty taken now to put his side in front clumsy challenge yeah it was a clumsy Challenge and the lad stepping up he's normally real from 12 [Applause] Ys oh it's the [Applause] post got his laces behind that one took his eye off the ball but not a about effort [Applause] [Applause] [Music] now doti could really get at the opposition here and that's into the gloves of the goalkeeper not the hardest to he'll have to do today by any [Applause] means on the move and able to cut out the pass to young can whip it in now trying to slip it through it's broken down and they'll have to try again and that's the way to defend make sure the opposition can't get on the ball in that part of the pitch pain he can lay it off to the supporting player all about picking the right pass now as he cuts it back Stevens Bruno passcal cross gross well that's good defending Stevens could get his Crossing now trying to pick out someone in the center and that will end the threat at least for the moment David pra Jose es sko well that's gone behind for a corner it's a very good effort earlier wasn't that Allan here it is [Applause] swung in from the corner good defensive clearance [Applause] there that's his game isn't it [Applause] intercepting Jose es sko and there is some backup for him in this position looking for an opening with some good controll Builder it's not a cross that's caused the defense any problems and certainly not the goalkeeper he's got some room out here in the wide position now doti Josh Payne and here's the shot Corner given and they'll be hoping to get this set piece right for a goal that will put them into the lead he's put in the corner it's a corner that's been wasted really stopped at the near post and the referee says free [Applause] kick got have passed the ball a bit better than this if they're going to make progress giv it straight away room now out on the wing Murray he got it back again from his teammate and the cross goes towards the far post oh it's the post cleared Away by the defender he could cross it now it's a good cross well they got it wide very well the chance to get the cross in but it's not turned out to be a very good delivery [Applause] and in it goes that's frustrating to the coaches to see a corner there defended at the front post so easily any danger to the goal has gone with that clearance that's a great [Applause] interception well how defensive have they become at the moment moment just sitting in their own half and letting the opposition pass the ball around in front of them maybe they feel they're not going to be hurt he's coming forward with some danger oh time to get the cross now typified the competitive nature of this game that tackle it's only a throwi in to Connelly Shane Duffy Stevens gross trying to stretch the opposition using the wider areas here cross is [Applause] blocked maybe the Counterattack is on here can find some space here on the flanks trying to find an opening on this Counterattack presented possession to the opposition Now using his physical power to protect the ball it's a poor tackle but it hasn't done any harm and they've still got the ball despite the challenge on them Josh pay he's cut that out well well read gross [Applause] Pascal cross very skilled these passes may look easy but the uh work off the ball's very important building steadily here keeping [Applause] possession that's going to be a corner [Applause] in goes the corner to take the lead and this time yes they do score well it's been coming and they've been playing well enough to deserve this goal nicely created well finished and very well merited ited that's top quality no doubt about it well it's not a coincidence they've scored plenty of times from these kind of corner kick situations well they want to see this again this [Applause] goal it's been tight before that goal but now the manager is so pleased because I reckon he feels his team could go on and win this [Applause] and that has opened the scoring One n here Payne Palmer Josh [Applause] pay and that will be a goal kick we can see it another time Alan this vital match leading goal yeah really nice finish first time he's found that top left hand corner beautifully to Murray chance for a teammate now got a pass the ball a bit better than this if they're going to make progress giv it straight away Duffy Stevens Pascal cross was good progress with this [Applause] attack you could see what he was trying to do with the cross but it's a goal kick [Applause] [Applause] bit of space to go forward into with the ball Palmer comes in strongly cleared the ball now that's a throw doti they're going to get a corner here because of that deflection [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Corner's taken and they get it away excellent interception shots on here they've got a corner and being a goal down they want to make the most of this [Applause] [Applause] Corner played into the middle time to divert it in and shoots gross Murray Pascal gross now a chance to get a bit of width into this attack a lot of defend between them and the goal but they still got the ball that's safely away [Applause] Bruno David Pera to [Applause] Murray defended well well then it goes it's in fine moment for them they've got a firmer grip on the game now they're two [Applause] ahead and no thoughts in his mind to blast it he's just placed it in sidefoot it into the bottom left [Applause] restarting at 2-n Josh [Applause] Payne pay Pascal cross made sure the pass wasn't [Applause] completed it's Young with the ball Jose es [Applause] sko David [Applause] propa and they've got a man out wide can really get at the opposition here fingertips over the bar by the goalkeeper and that'll be a corner no apologies for focusing on this fell what I like about him he's got that short backlift he shoots quickly before the keeper can get set and that's how he got his goal Corner swung in there's still danger here after this half clearance could get his cross in now now the cross has gone behind it's a poor effort now do the fourth official is indicated will minimum of 5 minutes it's an excellent cross he really hit that cross too hard and it sailed away room now out on the wing he's got a chance to cross cleared Away by the defender they've got the ball back by that [Applause] interception David pra [Applause] there's the [Applause] interception Bruno striding forward purposefully a succession of Corners here [Applause] in goes the corner and that header takes the ball out of play Josh Payne [Applause] to Murray this is an exercise impatience as they try to get an opening well that's good defending it's behind for another [Applause] Corner opponent around him that's good screening of the football a bit of pressure on the player that's that's why it's gone out got to keep the ball here under some pressure he's got his tackle in and the ball's gone out [Applause] now prea Bruno David prea they become pass Masters really with great vision here that's a combination of skill and will to hold off the opp and shoots and that is quite a wild effort at goal although he got good contact on the [Applause] ball to Young ma Bruno [Applause] David propa J Bak neatly intercepted using his physical power to protect the ball that's very good good shielding of the ball and here's the shot kept his concentration the goalkeeper and because of that kept hold of the ball and that's it last blast on the whistle from the referee well we thought it would be a lot closer than it's turned out to be but they don't mind they're Delirious really with this Derby result yeah I didn't see this one coming thought it might be quite tight but uh e e