English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 12, 2016
Southampton WWLLD 2
–
Stoke City LWWWD 1
1st2ndT
SOU202
STK011
bet365 Stadium · 27,833 att.

Match Report

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Graziano Pelle stars for Southampton with brace against Stoke

Graziano Pelle ended a four-month wait for a goal with a first-half brace as Southampton defeated Stoke 2-1 to go up to seventh.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
39.4
Possession
60.6
11
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
252
Accurate Passes
438
345
Passes
535
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
71
27
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
20
20
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
11
42
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jack ButlandG
  2. 26Philipp WollscheidCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 20Geoff CameronRB
  6. 14Ibrahim AfellayAM
  7. 21Giannelli ImbulaLM
  8. 6Glenn WhelanRM
  9. 18Mame Biram DioufF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 22Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Jakob HaugaardSUB
  2. 5Marc MuniesaSUB
  3. 19Jonathan WaltersSUB
  4. 11JoseluSUB
  5. 7Stephen IrelandSUB
  6. 27Bojan KrkicSUB
  7. 25Peter CrouchSUB

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 44Fraser ForsterG
  2. 21Ryan BertrandCD-L
  3. 17Virgil van DijkCD-R
  4. 33Matt TargettLB
  5. 15Cuco MartinaRB
  6. 4Jordy ClasieCM-L
  7. 14Oriol RomeuCM-R
  8. 11Dusan TadicLM
  9. 8Steven DavisRM
  10. 19Graziano PellèCF-L
  11. 7Shane LongCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Maarten StekelenburgSUB
  2. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  3. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  4. 18Harrison ReedSUB
  5. 10Sadio ManéSUB
  6. 20JuanmiSUB
  7. 2CédricSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Stoke City 0, Southampton 1. Graziano Pellè (Southampton) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Davis with a cross following a corner.
  2. 30' Goal! Stoke City 0, Southampton 2. Graziano Pellè (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  3. 31' Substitution, Stoke City. Bojan replaces Xherdan Shaqiri because of an injury.
  4. 47' Jordy Clasie (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Goal! Stoke City 1, Southampton 2. Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Afellay with a cross.
  6. 55' Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse replaces Jordy Clasie.
  8. 75' Substitution, Southampton. Sadio Mané replaces Dusan Tadic.
  9. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Glenn Whelan.
  10. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Maya Yoshida replaces Matt Targett.
  11. 90'+1' Sadio Mané (Southampton) is shown the red card.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Stoke City. Jonathan Walters replaces Erik Pieters because of an injury.
  13. 90'+3' Steven Davis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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