English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 30, 2021
Southampton LLWDL 1
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Watford LDLLW 0
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Vicarage Road · 20,869 att.

Match Report

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Adams strike gives Southampton 1-0 win over Watford

A pinpoint first-half strike by Che Adams gave Southampton a well-deserved away win over Watford in their Premier League clash on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
61.3
Possession
38.7
12
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
364
Accurate Passes
198
482
Passes
297
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
26
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
69
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
12
25
Effective Clearances
27
25
Clearances
27

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 15Craig CathcartCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 11Adam MasinaLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 33Juraj KuckaCM-L
  7. 19Moussa SissokoCM-R
  8. 29Cucho HernándezLM
  9. 23Ismaïla SarrRM
  10. 7Joshua KingF
  11. 10João PedroRCF

Substitutes

  1. 13Nicolas NkoulouSUB
  2. 12Ken SemaSUB
  3. 26Daniel BachmannSUB
  4. 16Dan GoslingSUB
  5. 18Ozan TufanSUB
  6. 3Danny RoseSUB
  7. 6Imran LouzaSUB
  8. 8Tom CleverleySUB
  9. 17Ashley FletcherSUB

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 22Mohammed SalisuCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 2Kyle Walker-PetersLB
  5. 21Tino LivramentoRB
  6. 6Oriol RomeuCM-L
  7. 8James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  8. 11Nathan RedmondLM
  9. 24Mohamed ElyounoussiRM
  10. 10Ché AdamsCF-L
  11. 9Adam ArmstrongCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  2. 27Ibrahima DialloSUB
  3. 32Theo WalcottSUB
  4. 23Nathan TellaSUB
  5. 43Yan ValerySUB
  6. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  7. 4LyancoSUB
  8. 7Shane LongSUB
  9. 15Romain PerraudSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Watford 0, Southampton 1. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
  2. 45'+2' João Pedro (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Watford. Ken Sema replaces Cucho Hernández.
  4. 45' Substitution, Watford. Tom Cleverley replaces João Pedro.
  5. 55' Mohammed Salisu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Mohamed Elyounoussi.
  8. 76' Juraj Kucka (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  10. 82' Substitution, Watford. Ashley Fletcher replaces Jeremy Ngakia.
  11. 90' Substitution, Southampton. Lyanco replaces Oriol Romeu.

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