English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Watford WDLLW 0
–
Southampton LWLLL 2
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SOU112
St. Mary's Stadium · 28,399 att.

Match Report

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Southampton end poor run with comfortable defeat of Watford

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
1
49.4
Possession
50.6
4
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
342
Accurate Passes
351
465
Passes
458
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
36
0.0
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
81
31
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
5
Effective Tackles
19
11
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
25
29
Clearances
30

Head to Head

SOU leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 44Fraser ForsterG
  2. 6José FonteCD-L
  3. 17Virgil van DijkCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 4Jordy ClasieLM
  8. 14Oriol RomeuRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 33Matt TargettAM-L
  11. 8Steven DavisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Cuco MartinaSUB
  2. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  3. 19Graziano PellèSUB
  4. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  5. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  6. 11Dusan TadicSUB
  7. 20JuanmiSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 5Sebastian PrödlCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 29Étienne CapoueCM-L
  7. 23Ben WatsonCM-R
  8. 7José Manuel JuradoLM
  9. 22Almen AbdiRM
  10. 9Troy DeeneyCF-L
  11. 24Odion IghaloCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  2. 21Ikechi AnyaSUB
  3. 19Víctor IbarboSUB
  4. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  5. 8Valon BehramiSUB
  6. 14Juan Carlos ParedesSUB
  7. 15Craig CathcartSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Southampton 1, Watford 0. Shane Long (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Targett with a cross.
  2. 24' Cédric Soares (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Substitution, Watford. Ikechi Anya replaces Almen Abdi.
  4. 67' Sebastian Prödl (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 68' Substitution, Watford. Víctor Ibarbo replaces Nyom.
  6. 71' Substitution, Southampton. Dusan Tadic replaces Sadio Mané.
  7. 72' Substitution, Watford. Craig Cathcart replaces Miguel Britos.
  8. 73' Goal! Southampton 2, Watford 0. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Davis with a headed pass.
  9. 77' Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Substitution, Southampton. Graziano Pellè replaces Steven Davis.
  11. 82' Substitution, Southampton. Maya Yoshida replaces Cédric Soares.

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