English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 5, 2016
Sunderland LDWLD 1
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Southampton DWWLL 1
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St. Mary's Stadium · 31,458 att.

Match Report

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Virgil Van Dijk earns Southampton a draw with Sunderland

Virgil Van Dijk stole 10-man Southampton a 1-1 Premier League draw with Sunderland at St Mary's.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
12
4
Saves
2
34.9
Possession
65.1
11
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
148
Accurate Passes
392
265
Passes
496
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
34
0.1
Cross %
0.1
81
Long Balls
68
21
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
7
8
Effective Tackles
5
12
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
33
37
Clearances
40

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 44Fraser ForsterG
  2. 17Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 15Cuco MartinaRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 4Jordy ClasieLM
  8. 14Oriol RomeuRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 11Dusan TadicAM-L
  11. 8Steven DavisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Maarten StekelenburgSUB
  2. 20JuanmiSUB
  3. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  4. 18Harrison ReedSUB
  5. 2CédricSUB
  6. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  7. 49Olufela OlomolaSUB

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Vito MannoneG
  2. 15Younes KaboulCD-L
  3. 23Lamine KonéCD-R
  4. 27Jan KirchhoffDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 24DeAndre YedlinRB
  7. 8Jack RodwellCM-L
  8. 21Yann M'vilaCM-R
  9. 22Wahbi KhazriLM
  10. 9Fabio BoriniRM
  11. 10Dame N'DoyeF

Substitutes

  1. 16John O'SheaSUB
  2. 18Jermain DefoeSUB
  3. 2Billy JonesSUB
  4. 20Ola ToivonenSUB
  5. 7Sebastian LarssonSUB
  6. 38Mikael MandronSUB
  7. 13Jordan PickfordSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 11' Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Virgil van Dijk (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Sunderland. Jermain Defoe replaces Dame N'Doye.
  5. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Juanmi replaces Jordy Clasie.
  6. 65' Substitution, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse replaces Steven Davis.
  7. 76' Substitution, Sunderland. Sebastian Larsson replaces Wahbi Khazri because of an injury.
  8. 79' Jose Fonte (Southampton) is shown the red card.
  9. 83' Substitution, Southampton. Maya Yoshida replaces Sadio Mané.
  10. 85' Goal! Southampton 0, Sunderland 1. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lamine Koné following a set piece situation.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Sunderland. John O'Shea replaces Jan Kirchhoff.
  12. 90'+3' Goal! Southampton 1, Sunderland 1. Virgil van Dijk (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.

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