Leeds United's furthest away trip was not exactly one for the history books - but at the very least an improvement on last season.
The journey to Brighton and Hove Albion's American Express Community Stadium was beleaguered by Storm Arwen, which wrought havoc throughout the British Isles, causing travel disruption and weather warnings aplenty.
Last season, Leeds were beaten twice by the Seagulls, both times by a 1-0 scoreline.
On the south coast, conditions were a touch more forgiving but that did not make for a more free-flowing occasion on the pitch.
During the first half in particular, Leeds appeared disjointed and disorganised; Brighton full-back Tariq Lamptey created five chances for his teammates - all of which went begging.
It was Lamptey's runs on the blindside of Jack Harrison and Junior Firpo which caused Leeds most problems, the sprightly 5ft 5in right-back getting to the byline as often as he liked.
Despite that, centre-forward Neal Maupay could not make use of Lamptey's crosses or cutbacks, squandering two excellent opportunities in the first half. The French forward had scored four in his previous six outings against Leeds - but came up with nothing on Saturday evening.
As the match wore on, Leeds grew into the contest, but only so much that they retained control of the midfield and continued to threaten very little in the final third.
All told, Brighton had 37 touches in the Leeds penalty area and 20 shots at Illan Meslier's goal, but forced the young goalkeeper into a save only four times.
Unsurprisingly, the match finished 0-0.
Brighton's 14 shots off target - excluding their two attempts which were blocked - broke a 2021/22 Premier League record.
Previously, Arsenal's 13 attempts off target in their 2-0 defeat to Brentford on the first weekend of the season was the most profligate a team had been in the Premier League during this campaign.
After the match, Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa and his opposite number Graham Potter faced up to the media.
Potter faced questions over some fans' decision to boo at the full-time whistle, to which he responded rather frostily.
"They're entitled to their opinion, I disagree with them, completely," he said.
"You have to understand the game, you have to understand who we're playing against, how we played, what we did - I think we're sitting eighth in the Premier League but maybe I need a bit of a history lesson about this club."
Potter repeatedly insisted he had no issue with the way his team played, as they enjoyed the bulk of chances, but could not find the Midas touch in front of goal.
Brighton struck the woodwork three times on the night, whilst also recording 1.86 xG according to InfoGol, suggesting their efforts in the final third should have warranted nearly two goals.
