Jack Hinshelwood ya ci burin da ta biyar na Brighton and Hove Albion a kan Crystal Palace ranar Lahadi da kwarin gwiwar wata ƙungiya da ke ci gaba — ya kammala nasara ta huɗu a jere a Premier League, da jimlar magoli 15 da aka ci ba tare da amsa ba a waɗancan wasanni huɗu.

Tursasawarsa daga kusa ta kasance bambam da ƙoƙarin abokin wasansa Diego Gomez mai ƙarfin hali daga tsakiyar filin, wanda ya ba Brighton kai na 2-0 tun daga minti na 7 na derby ta A23. Sakamakon karshe na 5-0 ya nuna irin mulkin ƙungiyar Fabian Hurzeler.

Bayan wasanni bakwai, Brighton na zaune a matsayi na uku a Premier League da maki 16, bayan zakaran da ya gabata Arsenal da jagoran tebur Manchester City — wanda ke da rikodin cikakken nasara. Babu kulob ɗin da ya fi ci magoli ko kuma ya fi karɓi ƙasa.

Hujjar gasar gaske don taken

Mai sharhi na Match of the Day, Dion Dublin, wanda ya lashe taken tare da Manchester United a shekarar 1992-93, ya yi imani cewa Brighton ya cancanci a dauke shi da muhimmanci. "Me ya hana?" ya ce. "Abin da muka gani a kansu a wannan kakar shi ne haɗin kai da zumunci — manajan yana yanke kyawawan shawarwari. Pascal Gross yana jagorantar abubuwa a filin wasa. Kowa yana ba da gudummawar magoli. Suna kama kamar ƙungiya mai ban tsoro sosai a wannan lokaci."

A cikin manyan gasar Turai guda biyar, Barcelona ne kaɗai — wanda ya ci magoli 39 a wasanni tara na La Liga — ya fi Brighton yawan magoli a gasar cikin gida a wannan kakar. Ƙungiyar Hurzeler kuma tana da mafi yawan tasirar dogaro da gol a Premier League, kuma tana matsayi na biyu a xG, tasirar harbi, da manyan damarmakin da aka ƙirƙira.

Rayuwa bayan Welbeck

Brighton sun rasa ɗan wasan tsoho Danny Welbeck wanda ya tafi Chelsea a lokacin rani, bayan mai buga mafi yawan magoli Joao Pedro ya tafi ƙungiyar ɗaya shekara guda da ta gabata. Amma kuma, tsarin ɗaukar ƴan wasa mai dogaro da bayanan lissafi — wanda ke samun ƙarfi daga dangantakar mai kulob Tony Bloom da Jamestown Analytics — ya sami magaɗin da ya dace.

Dan wasan Girka Charalampos Kostoulas, mai shekara 19, ana amfani da shi yawanci a matsayin ɗan maye a kakar da ta gabata, amma ya tashi ya zama babban ɗan wasan kai hari a wannan kakar. Yana da magoli uku da taimako biyu a gasar — adadin da wannan kakar a tsakanin ƴan wasan matasa a Turai, Lamine Yamal kaɗai ya fi shi.

Kostoulas yana da ƙarfin taimako mai zurfi: Hinshelwood, Yasin Ayari, Malick Yalcouye, da Maxim de Cuyper duk sun taka rawar gani, yayin da Gross ɗin da ya farfaɗo ke jagoranci da iko daga matsayi na zurfi. Brighton tana da masu buga magoli 11 daban-daban a gasar a wannan kakar, ban da amfana daga magoli uku na kansu.

Ƙarfin tsaro duk da raunuka

Seagulls sun kiyaye tsarin tsaronsu duk da rasa ɗan baya Jan Paul van Hecke da ɗan tsakiya mai tsaro Carlos Baleba sakamakon raunuka. Luka Vuskovic, wanda aka saya daga Tottenham Hotspur, ya bayyana a matsayin ƙarin aiki mai ban mamaki — ya taimaka Brighton yin rikodin wasan biyar ba tare da karɓi gol ba a gasar — mafi yawan a gasa — yayin da suke ci gaba da rashin sha'awa a gida.

Tarihi yana gaya mana me?

Akwai lokuta bakwai kawai da suka gabata inda ƙungiyar Premier League ta ci magoli 23 ko fiye a cikin farkon wasanni bakwai na kakar. Duka ɗaya face ɗaya sun ƙare a cikin manyan uku, Manchester City ta lashe taken a shekarar 2011-12 da 2022-23. Ƙungiyar da ta zama keɓantacce ita ce Newcastle United ta Kevin Keegan ta 1994-95 — ƙungiya mai yawan ci da aka yi mata laƙabi da "The Entertainers" wadda ta ƙare a matsayi na shida.

Alan Ware, mai gabatarwa tare da podcast na Albion Roar, ya nemi a yi taka tsantsan. "Mafarkinmu shi ne dorewa," ya ce. "Kulob ɗin na son yin cancanta ga Champions League a ƙarshen kakar. Shin muna a gasar taken? Da wuri sosai a yi la'akari da hakan — Ina cewa, a wannan lokaci, abin tunanin tsafi ne. Amma kowace mai son ƙwallon ƙafa yana da 'yancin yin mafarki. Me ya hana? Bari mu nufi sama mu gani abin da zai faru."

Tambayar Manchester City

Matsayin ƙarshe na Brighton a gasar na iya kasancewa yana sauyi ta hanyar abubuwan da suka faru a wajen filin. Wata hukuma mai zaman kanta watan da ya gabata ta sami Manchester City da laifi a duk zargin da ya shafi manyan keta dokokin kuɗi na Premier League tsawon kaka tara. City yana ɗaukaka ƙara a kan hukuncin, ma'ana duk wata hukunci mai yiwuwa — ciki har da rage maki — har yanzu ba a sani ba.

Brighton za su tafi Etihad da dare na Halloween a cikin farko daga cikin wasanni huɗu a jere a waje a duk gasar, kuma tebur na iya bayyana daban da lokacin hutu na ƙasa da ƙasa na Nuwamba ya zo. Kuma a halin yanzu, Seagulls suna zaune a matsayin da aikinsu ya cancanta — kuma a bayyane suke jin daɗin kowane lokaci.