FFO Prem, Southampton vs. Cardiff City (Fri Oct 04) Southampton | Cardiff City 4-1-0-3-2 A | 4-1-2-1-2 P Jamie Smith | Matt Rose | Jose_Sa GK | GK R_Allsop T_Nianzou DF | DF T_Lockyer W_Fofana DF | DF N_Osborne L_Geertruida DF | DF J_Vestergaard S_v_den_Berg DF | DF J_Justin H_Cartwright DM | DM J_Lepenant G_Martinelli AM | MF S_Kalu M_Diaby AM | MF M_Brozovic D_Kulusevski AM | AM T_Lemar A_Isak FW | FW A_Silva V_Boniface FW | FW M_Harris | A_Rodriguez SUB | SUB M_Freese N_Molina SUB | SUB A_Bah E_Fernandez SUB | SUB D_Caleta_Car J_Vela SUB | SUB J_Pelupessy K_Mayi SUB | SUB J_Brekalo Min. 2 :(sou) S_v_den_Berg finds the run of D_Kulusevski ... Driven towards goal by D_Kulusevski! ... R_Allsop with a great save ... And he holds onto it as well! Min. 3 :(sou) D_Kulusevski turns past M_Brozovic ... He has some space now! ... D_Kulusevski rifles it to the far post! ... R_Allsop with the diving save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 4 :(sou) G_Martinelli beats N_Osborne ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... G_Martinelli drives it towards goal! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it sails past the post!! ... R_Allsop never had a chance! Min. 8 :(sou) G_Martinelli has the ball ... He knocks the ball past T_Lockyer ... He puts in A_Isak! ... A_Isak hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! ... R_Allsop parries the shot ... And the defender clears it! Min. 15 :(sou) A_Isak breaks free from J_Vestergaard ... J_Vestergaard intercepts the opposition pass ... And he clears the ball behind goal ... He wasn't taking any risks there ... CORNER! ... D_Kulusevski crosses it in! ... H_Cartwright with the header ... R_Allsop makes a great save ... But he can't hold onto it! ... He gathers it at the second attempt! Min. 16 :(car) M_Brozovic has the ball on the wing, a chance to show his pace ... He knocks the ball past S_v_den_Berg ... He puts in A_Silva! ... A_Silva with the goal bound shot! ... Jose_Sa gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... NO HE DOESN'T!! ... How on Earth did he put that wide? ... He was two yards out! Min. 17 :(sou) G_Martinelli sprints forward with the ball ... N_Osborne wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge Min. 20 :(sou) T_Nianzou looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to S_v_den_Berg ... A great volley from S_v_den_Berg! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! Min. 21 :(car) J_Vestergaard takes advantage of a mistake by W_Fofana ... J_Vestergaard with the punt towards goal! ... Jose_Sa parries it ... The defender clears it Min. 26 :(sou) T_Nianzou with an excellent first touch ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... A_Isak gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... A_Isak with a thundering drive! ... R_Allsop with an easy save ... He just oozes confidence Min. 27 :(sou) D_Kulusevski picks up the pass ... D_Kulusevski tries to beat R_Allsop from outside the area! ... But the ball goes harmlessly wide Min. 28 :(sou) M_Diaby with the nod to W_Fofana ... J_Justin cleanly tackles him ... He judged that well Min. 35 :(sou) M_Diaby with a short pass to find G_Martinelli ... N_Osborne pulls on his opponent's shirt!! ... He's tried to take it off him! ... The Referee blows up for a foul ... It's a yellow, and rightly so ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 36 :(sou) G_Martinelli with a smart pass to V_Boniface ... A heafty challenge by J_Justin ... Which leads to the ball going out for a corner ... CORNER! ... G_Martinelli plays it into the danger area! ... That's a poor one ... J_Vestergaard clears the danger Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(sou) H_Cartwright skips the challenge from T_Lockyer ... M_Harris fouls ... That was disgusting Min. 44 :(sou) V_Boniface finds himself with plenty of time ... V_Boniface hits a great shot! ... It takes a deflection! ... R_Allsop is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... M_Diaby swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! ... G_Martinelli gets a shot in ... GOAL!! ... He receives the congratulations from his team-mates! ... And that takes his tally to 10 for the campaign!! ... That's given Southampton the advantage! ... Southampton 1-0 Cardiff City ... Min. 45 :(sou) A_Isak is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to D_Kulusevski ... D_Kulusevski hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... R_Allsop catches the ball Min. 46 :(sou) M_Diaby plays it long to V_Boniface ... J_Lepenant plays it back ... R_Allsop slips!! ... It goes just wide ... CORNER! ... D_Kulusevski chips the ball in towards the far post! ... M_Diaby with the header ... R_Allsop guesses right Min. 48 :(car) T_Lemar can't keep control of it and loses possession! ... He goes in hard and wins it back! ... He creates some space for an opening! ... T_Nianzou gathers up the loose ball ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Southampton 1-0 Cardiff City Min. 46 :(car) M_Brozovic chips the ball forward to M_Harris ... M_Harris has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And goes out Min. 47 :(sou) G_Martinelli sidesteps J_Vestergaard ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... J_Lepenant is late with that one ... He gets up and shakes the players hand ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 48 :(sou) M_Diaby runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to G_Martinelli ... G_Martinelli with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... Powerful header! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 50 :(car) M_Harris comes to collect the ball ... Great turn!! ... Superb play ... M_Harris attempts the shot! ... GOAL!! ... He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing! ... Now it's all square! ... Southampton 1-1 Cardiff City ... Min. 54 :(sou) V_Boniface flicks it over N_Osborne and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... V_Boniface from 20 yards! ... R_Allsop makes a comfortable save ... He makes it look so easy Min. 54 :(sou) H_Cartwright tries to clear it under pressure with a big clearance! ... He's miskicked it!! ... GOAL!! ... He has put it into his own net!! ... Hindsight being 20-20, was that the best decision? ... Probably not! ... Southampton 1-2 Cardiff City ... Min. 56 :(sou) H_Cartwright takes advantage of a bad back pass from J_Justin ... A delicate chip from H_Cartwright! ... But he puts it wide ... That was a terrible attempt! Min. 57 :(sou) V_Boniface with a burst of pace ... V_Boniface curls it towards the top corner! ... R_Allsop gets his fingertips to it Min. 64 :(sou) A_Isak kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... D_Kulusevski gets on the end of the pass ... D_Kulusevski controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 65 :(sou) D_Kulusevski slides the ball across to A_Isak ... S_Kalu bundles the player over!! ... That's a foul!! ... The ref looks across to his assistant! ... Play on! Min. 65 :(car) N_Osborne with the first time pass to M_Harris ... M_Harris bears down on goal! ... Jose_Sa gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender puts the ball behind ... CORNER! ... M_Brozovic plays it towards the near post! ... L_Geertruida with the clearance Min. 66 :(sou) D_Kulusevski slips past his marker J_Vestergaard ... The ball is whipped into S_v_den_Berg ... S_v_den_Berg hits it ... This one could go anywhere! ... R_Allsop gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender hoofs the ball to safety Min. 67 :(car) T_Lemar chips the ball over the defence and finds A_Silva ... S_v_den_Berg clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play ... The linesman is flagging ... Throw in Min. 68 :(car) T_Lemar breaks free from his marker ... T_Lemar with the header! ... Jose_Sa tips it round the post ... Good save ... CORNER! ... N_Osborne drives it into the box! ... Jose_Sa catches it! Min. 69 :(sou) R_Allsop miskicks! ... M_Diaby is through! ... M_Diaby hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... R_Allsop parries it Min. 70 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Brekalo ... COMING OFF: M_Harris Min. 70 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: A_Bah ... COMING OFF: N_Osborne Min. 70 :(car) T_Lemar with a simple pass to J_Brekalo ... A cheeky lob from J_Brekalo! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 72 :(sou) T_Nianzou beats J_Vestergaard ... He showed great skill there ... Excellent sliding challenge by T_Lockyer ... He timed it well Min. 75 :(sou) R_Allsop with a terrible kick! ... A_Isak is through! ... M_Brozovic rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That's a foul!! ... What's The Referee going to give? ... Play on! Min. 75 :(car) A_Bah makes the tackle ... He gets to his feet quickly ... He's beat the defender to the ball ... A_Bah swings in the shot! ... But Jose_Sa pulls out a save of the game Min. 76 :(sou) L_Geertruida controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... W_Fofana gets onto the end of the pass! ... W_Fofana beats the defender to the ball ... He beats a second defender ... He just has R_Allsop to beat! ... He nutmegs R_Allsop ... It hits the upright!! ... R_Allsop recovers to save it!! Min. 80 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City ... Cardiff City have changed their playing style to D Min. 80 :(sou) A_Isak with an inswinging cross to V_Boniface ... V_Boniface tries to beat R_Allsop! ... It goes wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 83 :(sou) H_Cartwright lashes out at A_Silva ... The Referee has seen it! ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! ... He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more! Min. 83 :(car) A_Silva chests it down ... S_v_den_Berg slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 84 :(sou) H_Cartwright runs down the flank ... He plays the ball across to V_Boniface ... J_Lepenant takes the ball and the player!! ... But the ref waves play on!! Min. 87 :(sou) V_Boniface beats one ... Goes past the second ... He keeps going ... Fantastic skill!! ... V_Boniface with the side footed shot! ... The ball moves through the air! ... R_Allsop moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... R_Allsop catches it with style! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 88 :(sou) L_Geertruida barges T_Lockyer off the ball ... Excellent sliding challenge from J_Lepenant ... He had to time that one perfectly Min. 89 :(sou) T_Nianzou kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... G_Martinelli gets on the end of the pass ... G_Martinelli cracks a laser towards goal! ... But R_Allsop reaches the ball. Good save ... There was a foul on R_Allsop anyway ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : St Marys Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southampton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Diaby (Man of the Match) Scorers : G_Martinelli (44) Sent Off : N/A Booked : H_Cartwright (83) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Harris Scorers : M_Harris (50), H_Cartwright (54 og) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N_Osborne (35), J_Lepenant (47) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southampton | Cardiff City Attempts on Goal : 23 | 8 Off target : 8 | 3 On target : 15 | 5 Possession : 53 | 47 Corners : 4 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 2 Subs Used : 0 | 2 Fouls : 6 | 10 Key Tackles : 4 | 11 Key Passes : 17 | 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Southampton 1 - 2 Cardiff City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Southampton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose_Sa GK 26 1 1 1 22 | 94 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 T_Nianzou DF 1 21 18 7 28 | 94 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 33 0 W_Fofana DF 1 22 16 10 29 | 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 L_Geertruida DF 1 22 17 7 27 | 94 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 0 S_v_den_Berg DF 1 20 17 4 28 | 94 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 32 12 45 H_Cartwright DM 1 15 17 12 26 | 94 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -14 -2 25 G_Martinelli AM 1 4 21 20 27 | 94 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 16 39 M_Diaby AM 1 3 21 19 30 | 94 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 16 D_Kulusevski AM 1 5 20 20 28 | 94 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18 33 A_Isak FW 1 3 16 23 24 | 94 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 8 V_Boniface FW 1 7 17 22 25 | 94 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 A_Rodriguez GK 14 1 1 1 30 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Molina DF 1 22 17 6 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Fernandez DM 1 16 21 11 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Vela AM 1 7 12 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Mayi FW 1 3 6 10 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Cardiff City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Allsop GK 24 1 1 1 28 | 94 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 T_Lockyer DF 1 20 15 7 27 | 94 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 N_Osborne DF 1 18 15 9 20 | 73 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 10 -4 J_Vestergaard DF 1 19 15 12 28 | 94 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 34 0 15 J_Justin DF 1 18 14 7 28 | 94 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 J_Lepenant DM 1 18 19 14 25 | 94 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50 -4 -4 S_Kalu MF 1 4 15 8 21 | 94 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 M_Brozovic MF 1 15 19 9 29 | 94 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 20 0 T_Lemar AM 1 3 19 18 22 | 94 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 9 A_Silva FW 1 6 12 23 28 | 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 M_Harris FW 1 4 13 20 22 | 73 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 M_Freese GK 18 1 1 1 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Bah DF 1 17 15 9 28 | 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 D_Caleta_Car DF 1 17 14 12 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Pelupessy MF 1 6 12 7 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Brekalo FW 1 3 13 18 27 | 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1728067491 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40