English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 4, 2023
Leicester City WWLLL 0
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Southampton LLWLL 1
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St. Mary's Stadium · 30,139 att.

Match Report

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Southampton edge out Leicester to move off the bottom

Carlos Alcaraz grabbed the only goal as Southampton beat Leicester City 1-0 at St Mary's Stadium on Saturday to move off the bottom of the table.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
0
65.1
Possession
34.9
11
SHOTS
11
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
486
Accurate Passes
227
615
Passes
330
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
1
23
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.1
51
Long Balls
66
19
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
16
10
Effective Clearances
20
10
Clearances
20

Head to Head

LEI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Gavin BazunuG
  2. 37Armel Bella-KotchapCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 2Kyle Walker-PetersLB
  5. 3Ainsley Maitland-NilesRB
  6. 26Charly AlcarazAM
  7. 45Romeo LaviaLM
  8. 8James Ward-ProwseRM
  9. 10Ché AdamsF
  10. 20Kamaldeen SulemanaAM-L
  11. 32Theo WalcottAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  2. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  3. 9Adam ArmstrongSUB
  4. 22Mohammed SalisuSUB
  5. 19Moussa DjenepoSUB
  6. 18Sékou MaraSUB
  7. 15Romain PerraudSUB
  8. 12Paul OnuachuSUB
  9. 24Mohamed ElyounoussiSUB

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 3Wout FaesCD-L
  3. 15Harry SouttarCD-R
  4. 27Timothy CastagneLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 24Nampalys MendyLM
  8. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallRM
  9. 14Kelechi IheanachoF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 37Mateus TetêAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Wilfred NdidiSUB
  2. 26Dennis PraetSUB
  3. 20Patson DakaSUB
  4. 18Daniel AmarteySUB
  5. 31Daniel IversenSUB
  6. 4Çaglar SöyüncüSUB
  7. 42Boubakary SoumaréSUB
  8. 33Luke ThomasSUB
  9. 9Jamie VardySUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Penalty saved! James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 35' Goal! Southampton 1, Leicester City 0. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Che Adams with a through ball following a fast break.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  4. 43' Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+4' James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Harvey Barnes.
  7. 50' Substitution, Southampton. Mohamed Elyounoussi replaces Carlos Alcaraz because of an injury.
  8. 62' Che Adams (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 63' Substitution, Southampton. Sékou Mara replaces Che Adams.
  10. 63' Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Theo Walcott.
  11. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Nampalys Mendy.
  12. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Tetê.
  13. 77' Adam Armstrong (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
  15. 90'+4' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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