After a rocky start to life under Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton & Hove Albion have turned a corner and came into Sundays welcome of Aston Villa on a three-game winning run.
The Seagulls have been a great fit for De Zerbi, the Italian national.
Although he struggled earlier, going winless in his first five games, he has found his groove at Brighton, going to win in his subsequent matches against Chelsea, Arsenal, and Wolves.
Now he has the illumination he was due and went into the weekends game against Unai Emery, the new head coach of Aston Villa.
Unai Emery, in contrast, had only managed two matches, both of which were against Manchester United, a team that had been struggling to maintain consistency under Erik ten Hag.
Emery had a fantastic debut game, defeating the Red Devils 3-1 at home.
Erik ten Hag prevailed by a score of 4-2 in the next match at Old Trafford.
Emery did not have as much time at Aston Villa as De Zerbi who seemed to have settled at his new club.
Two of the newest managers in the Premier League faced off this weekend.
This tactical analysis will show how Unai Emery won his momentum-building game against De Zerbi.
It will be an analysis, looking into all the tactics used by both managers in the game.
Brighton Lineups
De Zerbi has been discovering his ideal formation.
In this match, he went with 4-2-3-1, trying to stabilise the centre of the pitch.
Robert Sanchez, his trusted man started between the posts.
Levi Colwill the youngster, after his display against Arsenal, earned the start ahead of Adam Webster.
He was assisted by Lewis Dunk, the captain of the team.
Pascal Groß, often used as a midfielder started as a right-back, and Pervis Estupiñán started as the left-back.
Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo were the double pivots for De Zerbi’s side.
Although Leandro Trossard had featured as a striker previously under the manager, he started on the left wing.
Adam Lallana has often been used by De Zerbi in the attacking midfield after his takeover.
In this fixture, he sided with Solly March on the right and Trossard on the left.
Danny Welbeck started as the centre-forward, and his form has been excellent in recent times.
De Zerbi made minimal changes to his eleven from the winning team against the Wolves.
Welbeck was replaced for Kaoru Mitoma and Colwill for Webster.
