Crystal Palace vs Southampton, 2019-20 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueSouthampton impress again in win over Crystal Palace
Southampton made sure there was no repeat of their weekend collapse against Wolves as they claimed an impressive 2-0 win at Crystal Palace.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
- 2': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 4': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 4': James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 5': Michael Obafemi (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 9': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 9': James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
- 18': Attempt missed. Cenk Tosun (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
- 21': Offside, Crystal Palace. Cenk Tosun tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
- 21': Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Cédric Soares because of an injury.
- 22': Foul by Cenk Tosun (Crystal Palace).
- 22': Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Southampton 1. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Stephens.
- 25': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oriol Romeu.
- 25': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton).
- 25': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27': Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand.
- 27': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 28': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
- 29': Attempt missed. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oriol Romeu.
- 31': Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
- 32': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
- 32': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 35': Attempt saved. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
- 35': Foul by Gary Cahill (Crystal Palace).
- 35': Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Foul by Ryan Bertrand (Southampton).
- 40': Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Michael Obafemi (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
- 45'+2': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Shane Long (Southampton) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Southampton 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Crystal Palace 0, Southampton 1.
- 46': Attempt missed. Cenk Tosun (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 47': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
- 47': Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 47': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace).
- 47': Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 48': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Southampton 2. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
- 50': Offside, Crystal Palace. Cenk Tosun tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
- 50': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
- 50': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by James McCarthy (Crystal Palace).
- 51': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 53': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
- 53': Jack Stephens (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 53': Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by James McArthur.
- 55': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 56': Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Shane Long following a corner.
- 57': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
- 57': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jairo Riedewald.
- 60': Attempt saved. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Obafemi with a through ball.
- 61': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
- 61': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Attempt missed. James McCarthy (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 62': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Max Meyer replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
- 62': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Joel Ward replaces Martin Kelly.
- 63': Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
- 69': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Connor Wickham replaces Cenk Tosun.
- 70': Substitution, Southampton. Danny Ings replaces Shane Long.
- 71': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
- 71': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Oriol Romeu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72': Foul by Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace).
- 72': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
- 74': Nathan Redmond (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Obafemi.
- 75': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by James McArthur.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Obafemi.
- 76': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by James McCarthy.
- 79': Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
- 79': Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 80': Attempt missed. James McArthur (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Connor Wickham.
- 82': Foul by James McArthur (Crystal Palace).
- 82': Michael Obafemi (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Attempt missed. Connor Wickham (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 84': Substitution, Southampton. Che Adams replaces Michael Obafemi.
- 84': Foul by Che Adams (Southampton).
- 84': James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
- 85': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Che Adams.
- 89': Foul by Danny Ings (Southampton).
- 89': James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Offside, Southampton. Nathan Redmond tries a through ball, but Danny Ings is caught offside.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Southampton 2.
- 0': Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Southampton 2.
Statistics
 SOU |
CRY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 0 |
| 0 | Saves | 4 |
| 55.6 | Possession | 44.4 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 6 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 0 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.0 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 317 | Accurate Passes | 231 |
| 451 | Passes | 365 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 19 | Crosses | 4 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 81 | Long Balls | 82 |
| 33 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 22 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 21 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 16 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 23,739
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Attendance: 23,739
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brentford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Crystal Palace (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 24 | Gary Cahill |
| 5 | James Tomkins  |
| 44 | Jairo Riedewald |
| 34 | Martin Kelly |
| 22 | James McCarthy |
| 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté |
| 18 | James McArthur |
| 11 | Wilfried Zaha |
| 9 | Jordan Ayew |
| 20 | Cenk Tosun |
Southampton (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex McCarthy (GK) |
| 4 | Jannik Vestergaard |
| 5 | Jack Stephens |
| 21 | Ryan Bertrand |
| 2 | Cédric |
| 23 | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg |
| 16 | James Ward-Prowse |
| 22 | Nathan Redmond |
| 17 | Stuart Armstrong |
| 20 | Michael Obafemi |
| 7 | Shane Long |
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