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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Withdean Stadium
  • Attendance: 5958
  • Referee: Hill, K

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Brighton are replacing Tommy Fraser with Doug Loft.

88mins

Paul Reid is being taken off, Adam El-Abd has come on in his place.

87mins

Eddie Howe is being taken off, Josh Gowling has come on in his place.

74mins

Goal!! Eddie Howe scores for Bournemouth.

71mins

Brighton are replacing Gary Hart with Jake Robinson.

70mins

Steven Foley-Sheridan is being taken off, Danny Hollands has come on in his place.

65mins

Leon Best is replaced by Steve Fletcher.

64mins

Eddie Howe goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

60mins

Goal!! Brighton have scored with Alex Revell putting it in the back of the net.

53mins

Goal!! Brighton have scored with Dean Hammond putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

It's red. He's off. Marcus Browning has been sent off.

35mins

Goal!! Bournemouth have scored with Steven Foley-Sheridan putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 7:45pm on Tuesday, September 12th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Eddie Howe rescued a point for Bournemouth in the battle between two managerless south coast clubs after they had been reduced to 10 men.

Howe's header with 16 minutes to go came as Brighton threatened to turn the match on its head after a red card just before the break for Bournemouth midfielder Marcus Browning.

The visitors, beginning life under caretaker-manager Stuart Murdoch following the departure of Sean O'Driscoll to Doncaster, were the better team in the first half.

Leon Best, on loan from Southampton, forced Brighton keeper Michels Kuipers into an early save with a fierce angled drive and it was no surprise when the Cherries took a 35th minute lead.

A pass by Shaun Cooper released James Hayter in behind the Brighton defence and he pulled the ball back for Steven Foley-Sheridan to fire into the roof of the net.

Bournemouth's good work in the opening 45 minutes was undone by Browning when he was sent off by referee Keith Hill for stamping on Brighton's 18-year-old midfielder Tommy Fraser.

It was the second time Browning had received his marching orders from Hill. He also saw red in an LDV Vans Trophy tie against Bristol City in 2003.

His departure handed the initiative to Brighton and they took full advantage.

Dean Hammond, captaining the team for the first time in the absence of Richard Carpenter, levelled on 53 minutes with an angled header from a Paul Reid cross.

Brighton were in front just seven minutes later when, in a goalmouth scramble from a corner, Gary Hart missed the chance to prod in Fraser's low cross but Alex Revell made no mistake from close range.

Brighton looked set for a second successive win under caretaker-manager Dean Wilkins but Bournemouth hit back.

Howe found enough room inside the area to head in a free-kick from Warren Cummings to earn the Cherries a point in Murdoch's first match in temporary control.

Brighton and Hove Albion

Bournemouth

Corners

74

Fouls

1514

Goal attempts

97

Shots off target

54

Offsides

36

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