Brighton 4-0 Tromso: three first-half goals settle it
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Three first-half goals; 68 minutes in front
- 16 of 21 Brighton shots came inside the box
- Tromso: no shots on target, no corners
The tie was settled before the break
Brighton scored in the 22nd, 33rd and 38th minutes to lead 3-0 at half-time, and they were ahead for 68 of the 90 minutes. The first-half burst did the work. Charalampos Kostoulas's opener in the 22nd minute, which broke a goalless deadlock, was worth +0.6 FN xPts. The later goals only added to a lead that was already secure.
Plenty of shots, most from inside the box
Brighton had 21 shots, and 16 of them came inside the box, so they were getting into good areas all night. Only eight were on target, though, and Jakob Haugaard made four saves. Kostoulas took eight of those shots but put just two on target, and one of those was his opening goal.
Boscagli joins the attack
The goals were shared around. Maxim De Cuyper set up the first, Kostoulas set up Mats Wieffer's in the 38th minute, and De Cuyper scored the second himself. Olivier Boscagli, listed as a defender, made four key passes, the most on the pitch, and added the fourth goal in the 86th minute. His attacking output stood out for a player in that role.
Tromso never tested the keeper
Tromso had five shots, but none were on target, and they did not win a corner. They completed 148 of their 217 passes, a 68% accuracy rate, against Brighton's 759 attempts. Three changes at the start of the second half did not alter that, as no shot on target was recorded in the match.
Player of the match
Olivier Boscagli 8.9Dominant
A goal and four key passes put him first in the FN Score.
Boscagli's four key passes were the most of any player, and he attempted 100 passes as well. Most of his FN Score came from attacking work, and he finished with the 86th-minute goal that made it 4-0. With three goals already in the bank before the break, he stayed involved in the final third deep into the second half.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
Brighton ahead 68 min · level 22 min · Tromso ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
22'
Charalampos Kostoulas
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Maxim De Cuyper +0.2
+0.6
33'
Maxim De Cuyper
Goal
+0.2
38'
Mats Wieffer
Goal · assist Charalampos Kostoulas
+0.1
86'
Olivier Boscagli
Goal
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Tromso is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
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Match stats
BrightonTromso
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Timeline
- 12'
Sub
Vetle Skjaervik → Leon Hien
- 22'
Goal
Charalampos Kostoulas competition goal #1 assist Maxim De Cuyper
- 33'
Goal
Maxim De Cuyper competition goal #1
- 38'
Goal
Mats Wieffer competition goal #1 assist Charalampos Kostoulas
- 44'
Yellow
Alexander Warneryd
- 46'
Sub
Mats Wieffer → Costinha
- 46'
Sub
Lewis Dunk → Pascal Struijk
- 46'
Sub
Alexander Warneryd → Sander Innvær
- 46'
Sub
Jesper Andreas Grundt → Aleksander Lilletun Elvebu
- 46'
Sub
Heine Asen Larsen → Ieltsin Camões
- 66'
Sub
Maxim De Cuyper → Ibrahim Osman
- 66'
Sub
Diego Gómez → Zadok Yohanna
- 81'
Sub
Matt O'Riley → Malick Yalcouyé
- 81'
Sub
→ Casper Öyvann
- 86'
Goal
Olivier Boscagli competition goal #1
Category leaders
- Key passesOlivier Boscagli4
- Duels wonLuka Vušković7/8
- Defensive actionsMathias Tonnessen6
- ShotsCharalampos Kostoulas8 (on target 2)
#Brighton#Tromso#Conference League#Olivier Boscagli#Charalampos Kostoulas#FN Score
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.