English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 9, 2015
Southampton LWWWW 2
–
Newcastle United LLDLL 2
1st2ndT
SOU112
NEW112
St. James' Park · 49,019 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Scott Heppell

Shane Long saves point for Southampton against Newcastle

Southampton substitute Shane Long headed a late equaliser to deny Steve McClaren a winning Premier League start in charge of Newcastle.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
43.7
Possession
56.3
14
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
309
Accurate Passes
396
389
Passes
485
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
9
18
Crosses
35
0.3
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
66
36
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
20
32
Clearances
24

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 18Chancel MbembaCD-R
  4. 19Massadio HaidaraLB
  5. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 5Georginio WijnaldumAM
  7. 4Jack ColbackLM
  8. 8Vurnon AnitaRM
  9. 9Papiss CisséF
  10. 14Gabriel ObertanAM-L
  11. 7Moussa SissokoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Cheick TiotéSUB
  2. 10Siem de JongSUB
  3. 45Aleksandar MitrovicSUB
  4. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  5. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  6. 27Steven TaylorSUB
  7. 16Rolando AaronsSUB

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Maarten StekelenburgG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 33Matt TargettLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 12Victor WanyamaLM
  8. 8Steven DavisRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 9Jay RodríguezAM-L
  11. 11Dusan TadicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Steven CaulkerSUB
  2. 7Shane LongSUB
  3. 15Cuco MartinaSUB
  4. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  5. 18Harrison ReedSUB
  6. 25Paulo GazzanigaSUB
  7. 20JuanmiSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Cédric Soares (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Southampton 1. Graziano Pellè (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cédric Soares with a cross.
  3. 42' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Southampton 1. Papiss Demba Cissé (Newcastle United) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Cuco Martina replaces Cédric Soares.
  5. 48' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Southampton 1. Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Obertan with a cross following a fast break.
  6. 55' Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Jose Fonte (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Jay Rodriguez.
  9. 68' Substitution, Newcastle United. Cheick Tioté replaces Vurnon Anita because of an injury.
  10. 75' Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Papiss Demba Cissé.
  11. 75' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 79' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Southampton 2. Shane Long (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross.
  13. 81' Substitution, Newcastle United. Siem de Jong replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
  14. 87' Steven Davis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Graziano Pellè (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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