English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 8, 2014
Leicester City LDLLL 0
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Southampton LWWWW 2
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St. Mary's Stadium · 31,297 att.

Match Report

Shane Long bags brace as Southampton's fine form continues

Shane Long brightened up a dank afternoon at St Mary's, netting a brace after coming off the bench against Leicester to continue Southampton's best-ever start to a top-flight season.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
14
4
Saves
0
35.6
Possession
64.4
5
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
236
Accurate Passes
485
325
Passes
579
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
11
16
Crosses
42
0.2
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
78
22
Accurate Long Balls
51
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
20
42
Clearances
20

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-3-3

  1. 23Fraser ForsterG
  2. 17Toby AlderweireldCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 12Victor WanyamaCM
  7. 4Morgan SchneiderlinLM
  8. 8Steven DavisRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Dusan TadicRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Harrison ReedSUB
  2. 24Emmanuel MayukaSUB
  3. 7Shane LongSUB
  4. 18Jack CorkSUB
  5. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  6. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  7. 5Florin GardosSUB

LEI · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 5Wes MorganCD-L
  3. 27Marcin WasilewskiCD-R
  4. 19Esteban CambiassoDM
  5. 15Jeff SchluppLB
  6. 2Ritchie de LaetRB
  7. 10Andy KingAM
  8. 4Danny DrinkwaterLM
  9. 8Matty JamesRM
  10. 23Leonardo UlloaCF-L
  11. 9Jamie VardyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Paul KoncheskySUB
  2. 18Liam MooreSUB
  3. 14Nick PowellSUB
  4. 26Riyad MahrezSUB
  5. 35David NugentSUB
  6. 39Chris WoodSUB
  7. 31Adam SmithSUB

Timeline

  1. 37' Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Substitution, Southampton. Jack Cork replaces Steven Davis because of an injury.
  3. 54' Toby Alderweireld (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Substitution, Leicester City. Liam Moore replaces Ritchie de Laet.
  5. 58' Liam Moore (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Sadio Mané.
  7. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Chris Wood replaces Leonardo Ulloa.
  8. 75' Goal! Southampton 1, Leicester City 0. Shane Long (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graziano Pellè.
  9. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Nick Powell replaces Andy King.
  10. 78' Marcin Wasilewski (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 80' Goal! Southampton 2, Leicester City 0. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Wanyama with a through ball.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Southampton. Harrison Reed replaces Morgan Schneiderlin.

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