Match ends, Southend United 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
SouthendSouthend United0BrightonBrighton & Hove Albion1
Championship side Brighton secured their League Cup second round spot with a narrow victory over League One outfit Southend.
Winger Kazenga LuaLua was the match winner in injury time with a low finish into the bottom corner of the net.
Daniel Holla almost put the away side ahead in the first half, but saw his free-kick pushed away.
Southend's best chance fell to Anthony Wordsworth whose powerful volley was kept out by goalkeeper Niki Maenpaa.
Brighton boss Chris Hughton told BBC Sussex:
"Probably looking at the game and reflecting on it, these are a team that had a very good season last season, and I am sure they will have another good one and you can see why. A lot of corners and they put us under pressure particularly in the latter part of the game.
"Apart from the super save that Niki (Mäenpää) made there were no clear cut chances that they had. We weren't good enough over the 90 minutes with the ball, and I felt we got in good areas but made the wrong choices.
On LuaLua's goal: ""It was a good finish and at the time in the game everybody was getting tired and was expecting extra-time. A great time to score and one of the bits of quality we showed and it needed something like that to break the deadlock."
Line-ups
Southend
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Bentley
- 2White
- 15Bolger
- 6Prosser
- 3Coker
- 7Worrall
- 18Leonard
- 22DeeganBooked at 39minsSubstituted forWordsworthat 80'minutes
- 8Timlin
- 16HuntSubstituted forMooneyat 70'minutes
- 23PigottSubstituted forWestonat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Wordsworth
- 9Mooney
- 10Payne
- 11Weston
- 13Smith
- 14Hurst
- 26Barrett
Brighton
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Mäenpää
- 23Rosenior
- 3Greer
- 26Rea
- 12BongBooked at 29mins
- 14Calderon
- 18Forster-CaskeyBooked at 58minsSubstituted forHemedat 73'minutes
- 24Ince
- 22Holla
- 30Lua Lua
- 11O'GradySubstituted forBaldockat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Bruno
- 7Kayal
- 9Baldock
- 10Hemed
- 16Ankergren
- 20March
- 28Chicksen
- Referee:
- Iain Williamson
- Attendance:
- 4,485
Match Stats
Home TeamSouthendAway TeamBrighton
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away3
- Corners
- Home8
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away13
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Southend United 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Goal!
Goal! Southend United 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Kazenga Lua Lua (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Baldock.
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Attempt missed. David Mooney (Southend United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
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Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Niki Mäenpää.
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Attempt saved. Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
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Attempt saved. Tommer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Southend United. Anthony Wordsworth replaces Gary Deegan.
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Attempt saved. Myles Weston (Southend United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Southend United. Myles Weston replaces Joe Pigott.
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Liam Rosenior (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Worrall (Southend United).
Substitution
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Sam Baldock replaces Chris O'Grady.
Substitution
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tommer Hemed replaces Jake Forster-Caskey.
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Attempt missed. Luke Prosser (Southend United) header from the centre of the box is too high.
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Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Gordon Greer.
Substitution
Substitution, Southend United. David Mooney replaces Noel Hunt.
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Attempt missed. Rohan Ince (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gary Deegan.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ben Coker.
