English Premier League

FT Friday, November 6, 2020
Newcastle United WWLDW 0
–
Southampton WWDWW 2
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St. Mary's Stadium

Match Report

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Southampton beat Newcastle to go top of Premier League

Southampton moved into first place in England's top flight for the first time since 1988 after a comfortable 2-0 home victory over Newcastle United.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
2
39.3
Possession
60.7
4
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
270
Accurate Passes
464
360
Passes
561
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
48
21
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
23
13
Tackles
32
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
12
13
Effective Clearances
10
13
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NEW leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 5Jack StephensLB
  5. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRB
  6. 8James Ward-ProwseCM-L
  7. 6Oriol RomeuCM-R
  8. 12Moussa DjenepoLM
  9. 17Stuart ArmstrongRM
  10. 32Theo WalcottCF-L
  11. 10Ché AdamsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  2. 7Shane LongSUB
  3. 40Daniel N'LunduluSUB
  4. 27Ibrahima DialloSUB
  5. 23Nathan TellaSUB
  6. 31Kayne RamsaySUB
  7. 11Nathan RedmondSUB

NEW · 5-3-2

  1. 26Karl DarlowG
  2. 6Jamaal LascellesCD
  3. 18Federico FernándezCD-L
  4. 5Fabian SchärCD-R
  5. 15Jamal LewisLB
  6. 23Jacob MurphyRB
  7. 16Jeff HendrickCM
  8. 24Miguel AlmirónCM-L
  9. 36Sean LongstaffCM-R
  10. 10Allan Saint-MaximinCF-L
  11. 13Callum WilsonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Mark GillespieSUB
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkSUB
  3. 9JoelintonSUB
  4. 19Javier ManquilloSUB
  5. 14Isaac HaydenSUB
  6. 4Matthew LongstaffSUB
  7. 7Andy CarrollSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Southampton 1, Newcastle United 0. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
  2. 27' Oriol Romeu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Federico Fernández (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Substitution, Newcastle United. Matthew Longstaff replaces Jeff Hendrick.
  5. 74' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Moussa Djenepo because of an injury.
  6. 78' Substitution, Newcastle United. Andy Carroll replaces Callum Wilson because of an injury.
  7. 79' Substitution, Newcastle United. Joelinton replaces Jacob Murphy.
  8. 82' Goal! Southampton 2, Newcastle United 0. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 88' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Theo Walcott.
  10. 90' Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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