Brighton 4-0 Kauno Žalgiris: Georginio Rutter's brace and an assist
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 36 shots, a season high for Brighton
- xG 4.09 v 0.02: chances were one-sided
- Three shots faced, a Brighton season low
Two first-half goals broke the deadlock
Brighton were comfortable winners. Georginio Rutter broke the deadlock in the 41st minute, and Jack Hinshelwood made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, so there were two goals before the break. After the restart Rutter and Matt O'Riley added one apiece, and Kauno Žalgiris spent roughly 49 minutes behind.
Volume, not quality, drove the numbers
Brighton's shot count was a season high, yet their xG per shot of 0.11 matched their average in nine matches this season. The total of 4.09 xG therefore reflects sheer quantity of shooting rather than better individual chances, and the goals they scored sat very close to that figure.
Kauno Žalgiris restricted to three shots
Kauno Žalgiris created very little: three shots in total, the fewest Brighton have faced this season. Their xG stood at just 0.02. Goalkeeper Tomas Švedkauskas made five saves and still picked the ball out of his net four times, a measure of how much pressure his defence were under.
A rotated side still scored freely
Wholesale changes to the starting XI did not blunt Brighton. Rutter, Hinshelwood and O'Riley, all new to the XI, scored, and Ibrahim Osman set up two. Rutter's opener in the 41st minute was worth +0.7 FN xPts, the largest figure of the match, while Kauno Žalgiris' FN xPts fell by 0.5.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Georginio Rutter 8.8Dominant
Two goals and an assist, with both of his shots on target ending up in the net.
FN MOM Georginio Rutter supplied the goals that shaped the match. His 41st-minute opener broke the deadlock, and he then set up Jack Hinshelwood's strike in first-half stoppage time to make it 2-0. A second goal in the 53rd minute made it 3-0. His dribbling was inefficient, with one success from six attempts, and only 11 of his 22 passes were accurate, but the finishing more than made up for it.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
Brighton ahead 49 min · level 41 min · Kauno Žalgiris ahead 0 min
- Younes Ibrahim — off the bench 24 min · 0G 1A
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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
41'
Georginio Rutter
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Ibrahim Osman +0.2 · KZA −0.5
+0.7
45+2'
Jack Hinshelwood
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Georginio Rutter +0.1 · KZA −0.2
+0.3
53'
Georginio Rutter
Goal · assist Ibrahim Osman · KZA 0.0
0.0
67'
Matt O'Riley
Goal · assist Younes Ibrahim · KZA 0.0
0.0
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 2.3Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
Kauno Žalgiris
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect +0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
BrightonKauno Žalgiris
4.09Expected goals (xG)0.02
Compared with usual
Brighton
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2.8 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.78 | |
| xG | 4.09 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 0.02 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 36 | 19.1 | high |
| On target | 9 | 5.8 | high |
| Shots faced | 3 | 10.2 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 80% | 62.8% | high |
| Passes | 675 | 553.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 87.1% | |
| Corners | 13 | 5.9 | high |
| Fouls | 10 | 13.7 | low |
Timeline
- 12'
Yellow
Fabien Ourega
- 41'
Goal
Georginio Rutter competition goal #1 assist Ibrahim Osman
- 45+2'
Goal
Jack Hinshelwood competition goal #1 assist Georginio Rutter
- 46'
Sub
Lewis Dunk → Luka Vušković
- 46'
Sub
Olivier Boscagli → Maxim De Cuyper
- 46'
Sub
Léo Ribeiro → Leon Kreković
- 46'
Sub
Fabien Ourega → Rokas Lekiatas
- 53'
Goal
Georginio Rutter competition goal #2 assist Ibrahim Osman
- 57'
Sub
Pascal Groß → Yasin Ayari
- 57'
Sub
Jack Hinshelwood → Promise David
- 57'
Sub
Franco Baldassarra → Anthony Kalik
- 57'
Sub
Renan Oliveira → Gabriel Debeljuh
- 61'
Sub
Amine Benchaib → Vykintas Slivka
- 67'
Sub
Ibrahim Osman → Younes Ibrahim
- 67'
Goal
Matt O'Riley competition goal #1 assist Younes Ibrahim
Category leaders
- Key passesPascal Groß9
- Duels wonFranco Baldassarra10/14
- DribblesJack Hinshelwood3/4
- Defensive actionsFranco Baldassarra8
- ShotsJack Hinshelwood4 (on target 3)
#Brighton#Kauno Žalgiris#Conference League#Georginio Rutter#Jack Hinshelwood#Match review
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.