English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 6, 2018
Southampton LDLDL 1
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Fulham LWWDW 0
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Craven Cottage · 17,327 att.

Match Report

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Southampton secure morale-boosting victory over Fulham

Southampton eased the pressure on manager Mauricio Pellegrino with a deserved 1-0 victory at Fulham in the third round of the FA Cup.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
41.5
Possession
58.5
13
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
309
Accurate Passes
437
398
Passes
555
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.4
63
Long Balls
65
28
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
12
12
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
19
28
Clearances
19

Head to Head

SOU leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

FUL · 4-3-3

  1. 27David ButtonG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 26Tomás KalasCD-R
  4. 4Denis OdoiLB
  5. 2Ryan FredericksRB
  6. 6Kevin McDonaldCM
  7. 8Stefan JohansenLM
  8. 16Oliver NorwoodRM
  9. 9Rui FonteF
  10. 3Ryan SessegnonLF
  11. 20Lucas PiazonRF

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Alex McCarthyG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 35Jan BednarekRB
  6. 8Steven DavisAM
  7. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergLM
  8. 14Oriol RomeuRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 19Sofiane BoufalAM-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Fulham 0, Southampton 1. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 50' Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Substitution, Fulham. Neeskens Kebano replaces Kevin McDonald.
  4. 66' Substitution, Fulham. Sheyi Ojo replaces Tomas Kalas.
  5. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  6. 72' Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 76' Substitution, Fulham. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Rui Fonte.
  8. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Mario Lemina replaces Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
  9. 86' Substitution, Southampton. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Shane Long.

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