UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, September 15, 2016
Sparta Prague LDLDW 0
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Southampton WDLDL 3
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SOU213
St. Mary's Stadium · 25,125 att.

Match Report

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Southampton register fine win at the start of their Europa League campaign

Southampton made a winning start to their Europa League campaign and gave Claude Puel his first win as manager with a 3-0 defeat of Sparta Prague.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
7
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
46
Possession
54
6
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
338
Accurate Passes
425
430
Passes
514
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.5
50
Long Balls
64
17
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
23
19
Clearances
29

Lineups

SOU · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Fraser ForsterG
  2. 17Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 3Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 14Oriol RomeuDM
  5. 33Matt TargettLB
  6. 15Cuco MartinaRB
  7. 11Dusan TadicAM
  8. 16James Ward-ProwseLM
  9. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergRM
  10. 10Charlie AustinCF-L
  11. 7Shane LongCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Nathan RedmondSUB
  2. 9Jay RodríguezSUB
  3. 8Steven DavisSUB
  4. 21Ryan BertrandSUB
  5. 4Jordy ClasieSUB
  6. 6José FonteSUB
  7. 13Alex McCarthySUB

SPP · 3-5-2

  1. 33Tomas KoubekG
  2. 26Costa NhamoinesuCD
  3. 3Michal KadlecCD-L
  4. 25Mario HolekCD-R
  5. 16Michal SacekCM-L
  6. 23Josef SuralCM-R
  7. 6Lukas VachaAM
  8. 14Martin FrydekLM
  9. 4Vyacheslav KaravaevRM
  10. 77Václav KadlecCF-L
  11. 30Lukás JulisCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Matej PulkrabSUB
  2. 21David LafataSUB
  3. 35David BicíkSUB
  4. 11Lukás MarecekSUB
  5. 2Ondrej MazuchSUB
  6. 17Ales CermakSUB
  7. 22Daniel HolzerSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Southampton 1, Sparta Prague 0. Charlie Austin (Southampton) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 27' Goal! Southampton 2, Sparta Prague 0. Charlie Austin (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cuco Martina with a cross.
  3. 45' Substitution, Sparta Prague. David Lafata replaces Lukas Julis.
  4. 64' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Lukás Marecek replaces Lukas Vacha because of an injury.
  5. 70' Vaclav Kadlec (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Dusan Tadic.
  7. 74' Substitution, Sparta Prague. Matej Pulkrab replaces Josef Sural.
  8. 77' Substitution, Southampton. Jay Rodriguez replaces Charlie Austin.
  9. 78' Oriol Romeu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Substitution, Southampton. Steven Davis replaces Oriol Romeu.
  11. 88' Matej Pulkrab (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+2' Goal! Southampton 3, Sparta Prague 0. Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shane Long.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.