Southampton vs Fulham, 2018/2019 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueSouthampton get win over strugglig Fulham to escape bottom three
Southampton moved out of the relegation zone with a crucial 2-0 home win against struggling Fulham on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
- 1': Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
- 4': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Calum Chambers.
- 5': Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Bednarek.
- 14': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
- 14': Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Denis Odoi.
- 15': Foul by Charlie Austin (Southampton).
- 15': Sergio Rico (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Calum Chambers (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Babel.
- 17': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
- 21': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Ryan Bertrand (Southampton).
- 22': Attempt blocked. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oriol Romeu.
- 22': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
- 23': Goal! Southampton 1, Fulham 0. Oriol Romeu (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
- 24': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 24': Maya Yoshida (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
- 26': Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Calum Chambers (Fulham).
- 27': Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Håvard Nordtveit (Fulham).
- 29': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
- 31': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
- 32': Foul by Yan Valery (Southampton).
- 32': Ryan Babel (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Offside, Fulham. Joe Bryan tries a through ball, but Ryan Babel is caught offside.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Ryan Babel (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Calum Chambers.
- 35': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
- 35': Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Charlie Austin (Southampton).
- 36': Kevin McDonald (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt missed. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
- 36': Attempt saved. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 37': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
- 38': Attempt blocked. Ryan Babel (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
- 39': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Calum Chambers.
- 40': Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Charlie Austin.
- 40': Goal! Southampton 2, Fulham 0. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Ryan Babel (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 45': Foul by Denis Odoi (Fulham).
- 45': Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Håvard Nordtveit (Fulham).
- 45'+1': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Southampton 2, Fulham 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Southampton 2, Fulham 0.
- 46': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Håvard Nordtveit.
- 47': Charlie Austin (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Håvard Nordtveit (Fulham).
- 47': Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse following a set piece situation.
- 48': Hand ball by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
- 48': Attempt blocked. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
- 48': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
- 49': Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand following a corner.
- 53': Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 53': Foul by Nathan Redmond (Southampton).
- 53': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Yan Valery.
- 54': Offside, Southampton. Ryan Bertrand tries a through ball, but Nathan Redmond is caught offside.
- 55': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
- 55': Ryan Babel (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Attempt saved. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan Babel.
- 61': Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
- 62': Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
- 62': Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 63': Attempt missed. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 64': Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Charlie Austin.
- 65': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 65': Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Denis Odoi.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Shane Long (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yan Valery.
- 69': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 69': Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Substitution, Fulham. Luciano Vietto replaces Tom Cairney.
- 69': Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Kevin McDonald.
- 70': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Denis Odoi.
- 71': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ryan Babel.
- 72': Offside, Southampton. Oriol Romeu tries a through ball, but Shane Long is caught offside.
- 73': Attempt saved. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shane Long with a headed pass.
- 73': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
- 74': Attempt blocked. Ryan Babel (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 76': Offside, Fulham. Denis Odoi tries a through ball, but Aleksandar Mitrovic is caught offside.
- 77': Attempt missed. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
- 78': Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
- 78': Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Ryan Babel (Fulham).
- 79': Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
- 83': Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Shane Long.
- 83': Attempt missed. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 87': Foul by Luciano Vietto (Fulham).
- 87': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Delay in match Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) because of an injury.
- 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Calum Chambers (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+2': Foul by Håvard Nordtveit (Fulham).
- 90'+2': Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+3': Match ends, Southampton 2, Fulham 0.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Southampton 2, Fulham 0.
Statistics
 FUL |
SOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 59.1 | Possession | 40.9 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 450 | Accurate Passes | 295 |
| 566 | Passes | 380 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 11 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 79 | Long Balls | 59 |
| 32 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 15 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 25 |
| 19 | Clearances | 25 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 27,597
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 27,597
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 38 | +44 | 85 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | +42 | 78 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | +19 | 71 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 38 | +7 | 65 |
Line-Ups
Southampton (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Angus Gunn (GK) |
| 3 | Maya Yoshida |
| 4 | Jannik Vestergaard |
| 35 | Jan Bednarek |
| 23 | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg |
| 14 | Oriol Romeu |
| 21 | Ryan Bertrand |
| 43 | Yan Valery |
| 10 | Charlie Austin |
| 22 | Nathan Redmond |
| 16 | James Ward-Prowse |
Fulham (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Sergio Rico (GK) |
| 13 | Tim Ream |
| 16 | Håvard Nordtveit |
| 23 | Joe Bryan |
| 4 | Denis Odoi |
| 9 | Aleksandar Mitrovic |
| 6 | Kevin McDonald  |
| 10 | Tom Cairney |
| 29 | Frank Anguissa |
| 5 | Calum Chambers |
| 12 | Ryan Babel |
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