English FA Cup

FT Sunday, March 18, 2018
Southampton LWDDL 2
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Wigan Athletic WWDDW 0
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The Brick Community Stadium · 17,110 att.

Match Report

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Winning start for Mark Hughes as Southampton beat Wigan to reach Wembley

Southampton are through to the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 15 years after a 2-0 victory over Wigan in Mark Hughes' first game in charge.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
14
2
Saves
4
48.6
Possession
51.4
15
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
277
Accurate Passes
301
382
Passes
398
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
12
Accurate Crosses
7
26
Crosses
35
0.5
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
54
24
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
7
6
Effective Tackles
13
9
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
26
31
Clearances
26

Head to Head

WGA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

WGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Christian WaltonG
  2. 33Dan BurnCD-L
  3. 22Cheyenne DunkleyCD-R
  4. 3Callum ElderLB
  5. 2Nathan ByrneRB
  6. 18Gary RobertsAM
  7. 5Sam MorsyLM
  8. 6Max PowerRM
  9. 9Will GriggF
  10. 17Michael JacobsAM-L
  11. 11Gavin MasseyAM-R

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 13Alex McCarthyG
  2. 6Wesley HoedtCD-L
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 18Mario LeminaCM-L
  7. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-R
  8. 19Sofiane BoufalLM
  9. 11Dusan TadicRM
  10. 20Manolo GabbiadiniCF-L
  11. 9Guido CarrilloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 62' Goal! Wigan Athletic 0, Southampton 1. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross following a corner.
  2. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  3. 66' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Ryan Colclough replaces Gary Roberts.
  4. 66' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Nick Powell replaces Gavin Massey.
  5. 72' Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Penalty saved! Manolo Gabbiadini (Southampton) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  7. 80' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Noel Hunt replaces Nathan Byrne.
  8. 81' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Guido Carrillo.
  9. 85' Cheyenne Dunkley (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 87' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  11. 90'+1' Goal! Wigan Athletic 0, Southampton 2. Cédric Soares (Southampton) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner following a fast break.

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