Newcastle 0-1 Brighton: Danny Welbeck strike sends Seagulls up to fifth
Report and match highlights as Brighton win 1-0 at Newcastle; Danny Welbeck scores the only goal of the game 10 minutes before half-time; visitors move up to fifth in the table, while home side slip to eighth
Danny Welbeck’s first-half strike handed Brighton & Hove Albion a backs-to-the-wall 1-0 win at Newcastle United as Fabian Hurzeler’s side moved up to fifth in the Premier League.
The home team dominated proceedings from start to finish, enjoying 60 per cent possession and having 21 efforts on goal, only to fall to a sucker punch 10 minutes before half-time as Brighton caught their hosts out with a quickly taken free kick.
In the blink of an eye, Lewis Dunk’s raking long ball had found Welbeck in space and after a neat exchange of passes with Georginio Rutter, the forward burst into the box and beat Nick Pope for his fifth goal in just eight appearances this season.
However, the afternoon ended on a sour note for Welbeck and the visitors after the forward was stretchered off in agony and needing oxygen with nine minutes to go after an innocuous-looking challenge in the back by Fabian Schar.
Eddie Howe, meanwhile, will be wondering just how his team failed to score as the Magpies went a fourth Premier League game without a win, although in truth as much as they huffed and puffed, the hosts largely failed to test Bart Verbruggen in the Brighton goal with the returning Alexander Isak off the pace after a month on the sidelines.
Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has confirmed his starting XI to face Brighton as the Magpies return to Premier League action with a tricky clash against Brighton & Hove Albion.
Howe’s side are looking to pick up their first Premier League win in four games and host a Seagulls side at St James’ Park that start the
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weekend one place above them in the table, with the two sides level on goal difference.
