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Match Report

Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at St Marys Stadium where Southampton play host to Swansea City. A crowd of 20,947 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Southampton are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Swansea City appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.


0.00
Southampton kick off!
3.43
Enrique Diez comes in with a late challenge on Les Maclean. The referee calls over Enrique Diez and warns him to calm down! Les Maclean stretches but gets up unharmed.
4.34
Rúben Barbosa passes the ball forward to Les Maclean. Les Maclean flicks the ball to his team mate, Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric shoots from 20 yards but Aleksi Forsstrom is on top of it.
6.24
Les Maclean makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Igor Kharine. Igor Kharine lofts in a cross ball towards Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's miles wide!
8.56
Rúben Barbosa advances with the ball. Rúben Barbosa surges forward with the ball. Rúben Barbosa finds some space and shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Aleksi Forsstrom.
12.47
Rolf Müller passes the ball forward to Fernando Marcos. Fernando Marcos takes it forward alone. Fernando Marcos whips in a cross ball towards Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
14.01
Josue Quintanilla makes a simple pass to Martin de Wit. Martin de Wit makes a simple pass to Daniel Ramirez. Daniel Ramirez knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Rolf Müller.
15.20
Hiro Ito passes the ball forward to Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson. Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson shoots from long range but it flies wide!
18.46
Enrique Diez kicks a strong pass forward to Daniel Ramirez. Daniel Ramirez goes all the way! Daniel Ramirez makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
20.43
Ian Gascoigne makes a probing pass to Hiro Ito. Hiro Ito makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson. Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
21.50
Igor Kharine clumsily knocks into Ian Gascoigne. Igor Kharine is warned by the referee! Ian Gascoigne grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
21.50
Swansea City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
26.52
Swansea City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
28.33
Romero P. Navarro knocks the ball to his team mate, Jonathan Evans. Jonathan Evans knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
32.08
Romero P. Navarro makes a simple pass to Jonathan Evans. Jonathan Evans knocks in a cross ball towards Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric heads the ball goalwards. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
39.28
Hiro Ito surges forward with the ball. Hiro Ito controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is tipped over by Yurtcan Sükür.
40.27
Southampton are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
42.21
Oluwashegun Ikpeba hacks Jonathan Evans from behind! The referee calls over Oluwashegun Ikpeba and warns him to calm down! Jonathan Evans carries on, but is struggling a bit.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!


45.00
The whistle blows and Swansea City get the second half underway!
47.49
Southampton are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Swansea City's defence.
51.35
Hiro Ito passes the ball forward to Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson. Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
54.02
Fernando Marcos deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Igor Kharine. Igor Kharine knocks in a cross ball towards Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric heads the ball goalwards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
55.32
Rolf Müller surges forward with the ball. Rolf Müller chips the ball to his team mate, Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Igor Kharine but the linesman indicates offside!
60.35
Josue Quintanilla surges forward with the ball. Josue Quintanilla flicks the ball to his team mate, Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson. Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Yurtcan Sükür who gathers it comfortably.
61.23
Ian Gascoigne makes a probing pass to Martin de Wit. Martin de Wit controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson. Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson whips in a cross ball towards Daniel Ramirez. Daniel Ramirez is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Yurtcan Sükür!
63.11
Alejandro Pagano hacks Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson from behind! Alejandro Pagano is warned by the referee! Gudmundur Ingi Hermannsson hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
66.13
Oluwashegun Ikpeba knocks the ball forward to Martin de Wit. Martin de Wit advances with the ball. Martin de Wit knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
69.59
Hiro Ito makes a simple pass to Daniel Ramirez. Daniel Ramirez knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Rolf Müller.
72.54
Rúben Barbosa controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Les Maclean. Les Maclean makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Vladimir Seric. Vladimir Seric knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Josue Quintanilla.
77.42
Ian Gascoigne advances with the ball. Ian Gascoigne makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Daniel Ramirez. Daniel Ramirez knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Alejandro Pagano.
81.24
Hiro Ito makes a beautiful solo run. Hiro Ito shoots from 20 yards. It's miles wide!
85.50
Fernando Marcos flicks the ball to his team mate, Jonathan Evans. Jonathan Evans knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ian Gascoigne.
90.00
Alejandro Pagano controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Daniele Green. Daniele Green kicks a strong pass forward to Igor Kharine. Igor Kharine knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Josue Quintanilla.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time


The man of the match was awarded to Hiro Ito of Swansea City

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Goals
Goals: 1 vs 0
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 3 vs 2
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 3 vs 4
Offsides
Offsides: 1 vs 0
Fouls
Fouls: 2 vs 2
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 0 vs 0
Red Cards
Red Cards: 0 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 46.9135802469136 vs 53.0864197530864
Play Area
Home team third: 28.40%, Midfield: 45.68%, Away team third: 25.93%

Scorers