Match Report
| Southampton | Southampton |  |  | Walsall | Walsall | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Ross Bain | Ross Bain | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marc Banks | M. Banks |  | 48 | G |  | 1 | | G | 53 | | Oleg Thirlwell | O. Thirlwell | |||||||||
| Anton Nordwald | A. Nordwald |  | 54 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 41 | | Dean Scales | D. Scales | |||||||||
| Andy Best | A. Best | | 51 | D | | 3 | | D | 39 | | Stan Williams | S. Williams | |||||||||
| Leon Goldberg | L. Goldberg | | 50 | D | | 4 | | D | 44 | | Tommy Dean | T. Dean | |||||||||
| Rio Brooking | R. Brooking | | 50 | D | | 5 | | D | 50 | | Wes Ince | W. Ince | |||||||||
| Teddy Williamson | T. Williamson | | 47 | M | | 6 | | M | 39 | | Simon Fowler | S. Fowler | |||||||||
| Luke Kitson | L. Kitson | | 39 | M | | 7 | | M | 52 |  | Pierpaolo Berti | P. Berti | |||||||||
| Stan Wise | S. Wise | | 36 | M | | 8 | | M | 44 | | Jonathan Finney | J. Finney | |||||||||
| Ivan Roberts | I. Roberts | | 35 | M | | 9 | | M | 51 | | Scott Le Saux | S. Le Saux | |||||||||
| David Simonsen | D. Simonsen | | 46 | A | | 10 | | A | 47 | | Darren Hamilton | D. Hamilton | |||||||||
| Tommy Gower | T. Gower | | 44 | A | | 11 | | A | 43 | | Gavin Prior | G. Prior | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at St Marys Stadium where Southampton play host to Walsall. A crowd of 4,263 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Southampton and Walsall are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Southampton and Walsall are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Southampton kicking off!
3.43
0-0Simon Fowler chips the ball to his team mate, Darren Hamilton. Darren Hamilton knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Andy Best.
6.34
0-1Stan Williams kicks a strong pass forward to Simon Fowler. Simon Fowler knocks the ball forward to Gavin Prior. Gavin Prior controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's there!! Marc Banks has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
10.48
0-1The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
15.34
Stan Wise controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
16.20
0-1Simon Fowler passes the ball forward to Gavin Prior. Gavin Prior sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
33.44
Ivan Roberts flicks the ball to his team mate, Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
34.49
Andy Best makes a probing pass to Stan Wise. Stan Wise chips the ball to his team mate, Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
42.28
0-1Tommy Dean comes in with a late challenge on David Simonsen. Tommy Dean is warned by the referee! David Simonsen stretches but gets up unharmed.
44.10
Tommy Dean controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jonathan Finney. Jonathan Finney sees a break and surges forward. Jonathan Finney plays a perfect one-two with Darren Hamilton and rushes in on goal... Jonathan Finney takes a shot at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Walsall kick off the second half!
51.23
Simon Fowler comes in with a late challenge on Ivan Roberts. Simon Fowler is warned by the referee! Ivan Roberts hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
53.20
Stan Wise kicks a strong pass forward to Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower knocks in a cross ball towards David Simonsen. David Simonsen powers a header at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
54.29
0-1Stan Wise surges forward with the ball. Stan Wise makes a beautiful pass to the feet of David Simonsen but he's offside!
57.00
0-1Anton Nordwald makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ivan Roberts. Ivan Roberts flicks the ball to his team mate, Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower shoots from distance. Oleg Thirlwell easily smothers it.
61.19
Tommy Dean deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jonathan Finney. Jonathan Finney sees space and advances. Jonathan Finney controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
63.50
Tommy Dean chips the ball to his team mate, Simon Fowler. Simon Fowler knocks the ball forward to Gavin Prior. Gavin Prior knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Anton Nordwald.
66.18
Luke Kitson chips the ball to his team mate, David Simonsen. David Simonsen knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Dean Scales.
75.35
Simon Fowler deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Darren Hamilton. Darren Hamilton knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Anton Nordwald.
77.04
Stan Wise knocks the ball to his team mate, Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
78.11
Simon Fowler passes the ball forward to Gavin Prior. Gavin Prior knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Anton Nordwald.
79.35
Luke Kitson threads the ball through to David Simonsen. David Simonsen knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
81.18
Stan Williams controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jonathan Finney. Jonathan Finney chips the ball to his team mate, Darren Hamilton. Darren Hamilton knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Leon Goldberg.
84.06
Stan Wise makes a probing pass to Tommy Gower. Tommy Gower knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Tommy Dean.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
1
1
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.9%
42.1%
Play Area
27.6%
47.4%
25%
Scorers