English Premier League

FT Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Fulham LWLLL 0
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Southampton WDDLL 2
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SOU202
St. Mary's Stadium · 27,597 att.

Match Report

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Southampton 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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 28Angus GunnG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD
  3. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  4. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  5. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  6. 14Oriol RomeuCM-R
  7. 21Ryan BertrandLM
  8. 43Yan ValeryRM
  9. 10Charlie AustinF
  10. 22Nathan RedmondCF-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseCF-R

FUL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 25Sergio RicoG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 16Håvard NordtveitCD-R
  4. 23Joe BryanLB
  5. 4Denis OdoiRB
  6. 9Aleksandar MitrovicM
  7. 6Kevin McDonaldCM
  8. 10Tom CairneyAM
  9. 29Frank AnguissaLM
  10. 5Calum ChambersRM
  11. 12Ryan BabelCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Southampton 1, Fulham 0. Oriol Romeu (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  2. 40' Goal! Southampton 2, Fulham 0. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 62' Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Charlie Austin.
  5. 69' Substitution, Fulham. Luciano Vietto replaces Tom Cairney.
  6. 69' Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Kevin McDonald.

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