Promotional Cup, Southampton vs. Aston Villa (Sun Jan 07) Southampton | Aston Villa 4-4-2 T | 4-4-2 T William McGregor | Duncan Masaldo | K_Vermeer GK | GK M_Sels L_Shaw* DF | DF Thiago_Silva S_Ramos DF | DF Maicon B_Davies DF | DF R_Vlaar C_Jenkinson DF | DF T_Alderwei'ld J_Ward-Prowse MF | MF Paulinho M_Dembele MF | MF S_de_Jong A_Lallana MF | MF J_Cuadrado G_Sigurdsson MF | MF R_Cabella C_Ronaldo FW | FW K_Iheanacho* O_Giroud FW | FW T_Werner* | P_Nardi SUB | SUB M_Bunn K_Trippier SUB | SUB N_Baker A_Williams SUB | SUB T_Robson* Isco SUB | SUB P_Piatti H_Kane SUB | SUB A_Morata Referee: Kevin_Friend (Level_1) Min. 4 :(ast) J_Cuadrado runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to S_de_Jong ... B_Davies takes the ball and the player!! ... But the ref waves play on!! Min. 7 :(sou) C_Ronaldo finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled T_Alderwei'ld ... From long range C_Ronaldo bends the ball towards goal! ... Over the bar Min. 7 :(ast) T_Alderwei'ld twists his ankle! ... He isn't going to continue! Min. 7 :(ast) N_Baker is being brought on ... T_Alderwei'ld is leaving the pitch ... He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing ... Looks like his replacement will play DF Min. 10 :(ast) Maicon has the ball ... He knocks the ball past C_Jenkinson ... He puts in T_Werner*! ... T_Werner* curls the ball in on goal ! ... K_Vermeer is beaten! ... It hits the bar!! ... And goes clear Min. 10 :(sou) O_Giroud skips the challenge from the defender ... T_Werner* with the lunge!! ... And the whistle goes, that’s a foul ... Kevin_Friend warned him Min. 11 :(ast) R_Vlaar brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... S_de_Jong gets on the end of the pass ... S_de_Jong with the crafty shot! ... K_Vermeer parries it Min. 18 :(sou) S_Ramos beats Thiago_Silva ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... S_Ramos tries to lob the keeper ! ... It goes wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 22 :(sou) M_Dembele with a simple pass to O_Giroud ... O_Giroud with a bicycle kick ! ... M_Sels watches it sail safely wide! Min. 23 :(sou) O_Giroud takes possession ... He looks up ... He's in acres of space ... O_Giroud hits a great drive! ... M_Sels falls over ... But M_Sels is relieved to watch it go out of play! Min. 24 :(sou) G_Sigurdsson takes possession of the ball ... He plays the ball across to O_Giroud ... O_Giroud has a dig at goal! ... But the ball goes harmlessly wide Min. 27 :(ast) J_Cuadrado slows the ball down and waits for support ... No one seems to be coming forward ... He heads towards the goal alone! ... J_Cuadrado heads the ball towards goal ! ... But he puts it wide ... He found himself with no room to manoeuvre Min. 28 :(ast) J_Cuadrado with a neat pass into S_de_Jong ... C_Ronaldo with the tackle ... Kevin_Friend will want to speak to him ... Kevin_Friend tries to calm him down Min. 30 :(sou) G_Sigurdsson with a superb first touch ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... B_Davies gets on the end of the pass ... N_Baker gets in the way and wins the ball Min. 33 :(ast) K_Iheanacho* nutmegs L_Shaw* ... B_Davies had better start being careful if he continues to tackle like that ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was unlucky to be booked for that Min. 35 :(sou) M_Dembele brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... O_Giroud gets on the end of the pass ... O_Giroud hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... But M_Sels palms it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 36 :(ast) J_Cuadrado looks around for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to K_Iheanacho* ... K_Iheanacho* goes for the top corner ! ... K_Vermeer with the acrobatic save ... Well saved Min. 39 :(sou) The defender slips and falls over! ... C_Ronaldo is through! ... C_Ronaldo tries to lob the keeper ! ... But M_Sels makes an easy save Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Southampton 0-0 Aston Villa Min. 46 :(ast) K_Iheanacho* could get a shot on goal here ... But S_Ramos slides in two footed. ... Kevin_Friend has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 47 :(sou) O_Giroud looks to play the ball out wide ... He plays the ball across to C_Ronaldo ... Paulinho goes in with high feet!! ... That’s a poor tackle! ... Kevin_Friend shows him a YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! Min. 48 :(sou) O_Giroud is rolling on the ground! ... He gets up again ... Looks like a little bit of play acting Min. 50 :(ast) S_de_Jong fires over a low cross to K_Iheanacho* ... K_Iheanacho* with a graceful, looping effort ! ... K_Vermeer gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! Min. 52 :(sou) G_Sigurdsson gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside N_Baker! ... He has some space now! ... G_Sigurdsson hits the ball first time! ... Looks like it should be M_Sels's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... M_Sels looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... CORNER! ... M_Dembele lofts the ball in! ... L_Shaw* tries to place the shot! ... M_Sels gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... It's pushed behind ! ... CORNER! ... M_Dembele chips the ball in towards the back post! ... S_Ramos gets a shot in ... It’s going over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... And M_Sels reacts well to tip it over ... CORNER! ... C_Ronaldo crosses it in! ... It goes straight into the arms of M_Sels Min. 54 :(ast) N_Baker unselfishly heads the ball back to T_Werner* ... B_Davies takes the player out!! ... The ref turns away!! Min. 55 :(ast) T_Werner* is too quick for the defence ... T_Werner* tries to curl it into the bottom corner ! ... GOAL !! ... Was that a smile we saw on his manager’s face? ... And Aston Villa are leading in the game now ... Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 56 :(ast) N_Baker beats one ... Knocks it past a second ... And finds K_Iheanacho* ... K_Iheanacho* tries the shot ! ... Its sails over! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 61 :(ast) N_Baker runs at the defence ... He nutmegs L_Shaw* ... He showed his class there ... L_Shaw* goes in hard to win the ball back Min. 62 :(sou) M_Dembele has it now ... He takes on R_Vlaar ... He gets past him! ... He puts in G_Sigurdsson! ... G_Sigurdsson with a low drive through the rain! ... He's giving bats everywhere a bad name with that miss! Min. 65 :(sou) C_Ronaldo with a 50-yard pass to O_Giroud ... O_Giroud with a bomb of a shot ! ... M_Sels has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... M_Sels reacts well to save!!! Min. 69 :(sou) O_Giroud finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled S_de_Jong ... A thundering drive by O_Giroud ! ... It hits the side netting! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 70 :(sou) M_Dembele takes possession of the ball ... He plays the ball across to G_Sigurdsson ... G_Sigurdsson with a thundering shot! ... M_Sels can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... M_Sels makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was going over? Min. 74 :(ast) Paulinho is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He throws it to K_Iheanacho* ... K_Iheanacho* tries to beat K_Vermeer! ... K_Vermeer collects it comfortably ... The shot never troubled him Min. 77 :(ast) T_Werner* pushes it past the defender ... L_Shaw* tackles cleanly ... The linesman flags for the foul though! Unbelievable! It looked clean to me Min. 79 :(sou) G_Sigurdsson plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... C_Ronaldo decides to keep possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... Good sliding challenge from T_Werner* ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... M_Dembele floats the ball in! ... The ball comes to C_Jenkinson ... He gets the shot away ... It's beaten M_Sels ... It goes wide !! Min. 87 :(sou) C_Ronaldo runs at goal ... He spots the run of C_Jenkinson ... He's played him in ... But he loses control of it ... R_Vlaar takes possession Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 92 :(sou) C_Ronaldo finds his way through ... He lost his man too easily ... C_Ronaldo swings in the shot! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And goes out ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : St Mary's Stadium Attendance : 33,262 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southampton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : O_Giroud Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : B_Davies (33) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : T_Werner* (Man of the Match) Scorers : T_Werner* (55) Sent Off : N/A Booked : Paulinho (47) Injured : T_Alderwei'ld (7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southampton | Aston Villa Attempts on Goal : 16 | 8 Off target : 10 | 3 On target : 6 | 5 Possession : 58 | 42 Corners : 4 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 1 Subs Used : 0 | 1 Fouls : 11 | 7 Key Tackles : 4 | 3 Key Passes : 10 | 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Southampton 0 - 1 Aston Villa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Southampton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K_Vermeer GK 27 2 3 2 26 | 96 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 L_Shaw* DF 2 25 13 4 28 | 96 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 3 S_Ramos DF 2 23 2 3 23 | 96 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 B_Davies DF 2 22 3 2 25 | 96 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 -3 -3 C_Jenkinson DF 2 22 11 3 25 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 J_Ward-Prowse MF 2 4 24 3 23 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Dembele MF 2 5 23 4 27 | 96 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 A_Lallana MF 2 4 23 12 24 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Sigurdsson MF 2 4 23 12 24 | 96 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 C_Ronaldo FW 2 2 11 22 23 | 96 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 O_Giroud FW 2 2 12 22 26 | 96 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 P_Nardi GK 20 2 3 2 30 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Trippier DF 2 22 4 2 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Williams DF 2 21 2 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Isco MF 2 3 22 9 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Kane FW 2 3 3 21 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Aston Villa Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Sels GK 27 2 2 1 22 | 96 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 Thiago_Silva DF 2 23 1 2 23 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maicon DF 2 23 2 3 22 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 R_Vlaar DF 2 22 4 3 23 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 10 0 T_Alderwei'ld DF 3 22 3 2 27 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paulinho MF 2 3 24 2 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 7 -3 S_de_Jong MF 2 3 23 12 25 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 18 11 J_Cuadrado MF 2 3 23 12 18 | 96 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 38 9 R_Cabella MF 2 3 22 10 25 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Iheanacho* FW 2 3 3 23 22 | 96 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 T_Werner* FW 2 3 3 22 28 | 96 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 13 0 24 M_Bunn GK 26 3 2 2 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Baker DF 2 22 3 2 25 | 89 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 0 T_Robson* DF 2 21 3 4 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P_Piatti MF 2 4 21 12 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Morata FW 2 3 3 22 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1515368446 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35