English Premier League

FT Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Southampton LDLWD 1
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Swansea City DDLLL 0
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Swansea.com Stadium · 20,858 att.

Match Report

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Southampton beat Swansea in quest to beat drop, West Brom relegated

Southampton struck in the 72nd minute to beat Swansea City 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium to inch closer to Premier League safety for next season.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
7
46.7
Possession
53.3
13
SHOTS
11
8
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
253
Accurate Passes
300
372
Passes
416
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
28
0.6
Cross %
0.1
78
Long Balls
89
22
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
56
Effective Clearances
17
56
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SWA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 33Federico FernándezCD
  3. 6Alfie MawsonCD-L
  4. 26Kyle NaughtonCD-R
  5. 24Andy KingCM-L
  6. 4Ki Sung-YuengCM-R
  7. 16Martin OlssonLM
  8. 52Connor RobertsRM
  9. 18Jordan AyewF
  10. 17Sam ClucasCF-L
  11. 19André AyewCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Thomas CarrollSUB
  2. 13Kristoffer NordfeldtSUB
  3. 12Nathan DyerSUB
  4. 5Mike van der HoornSUB
  5. 11Luciano NarsinghSUB
  6. 10Tammy AbrahamSUB
  7. 35Renato SanchesSUB

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Alex McCarthyG
  2. 5Jack StephensCD
  3. 6Wesley HoedtCD-L
  4. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  5. 14Oriol RomeuCM-L
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-R
  7. 21Ryan BertrandLM
  8. 2CédricRM
  9. 10Charlie AustinF
  10. 22Nathan RedmondCF-L
  11. 11Dusan TadicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  2. 38Sam McQueenSUB
  3. 9Guido CarrilloSUB
  4. 39Josh SimsSUB
  5. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  6. 7Shane LongSUB
  7. 20Manolo GabbiadiniSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Oriol Romeu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Swansea City. Tammy Abraham replaces Martin Olsson.
  4. 64' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Nathan Redmond.
  5. 68' Substitution, Southampton. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Jan Bednarek because of an injury.
  6. 72' Goal! Swansea City 0, Southampton 1. Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  7. 75' Substitution, Swansea City. Luciano Narsingh replaces Kyle Naughton.
  8. 82' Substitution, Swansea City. Tom Carroll replaces Andy King.
  9. 83' Substitution, Southampton. Sam McQueen replaces Dusan Tadic.
  10. 90'+4' Federico Fernández (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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