Match Report
| Southampton | Southampton |  |  | Aston Villa | Aston Villa | ||||||||||||||||
| Matty Stringer | Matty Stringer | Elliot Manford | Elliot Manford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Swift | A. Swift |  | 74 | G |  | 1 | | G | 75 |  | Ricardo Villa | R. Villa | |||||||||
| Daniel Vela | D. Vela |  | 71 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 72 |  | Kubilay Özalan | K. Özalan | |||||||||
| Clive Wilson | C. Wilson | | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 81 | | Neil Cope | N. Cope | |||||||||
| Alberto Marr | A. Marr | | 69 | D | | 4 | | D | 74 |  | Dambou Moreira | D. Moreira | |||||||||
| Valentín Peralta | V. Peralta |  | 76 | M | | 5 | | D | 77 | | Yurtcan Sükür | Y. Sükür | |||||||||
| Stefan Alexandersson | S. Alexandersson |  | 71 | M | | 6 | | M | 78 |  | Angelo Bucci | A. Bucci | |||||||||
| Scott Ball | S. Ball | | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 72 | | Juan Manuel Caniggia | J. Caniggia | |||||||||
| Steve Wise | S. Wise | | 68 | M | | 8 | | M | 71 | | Karim Foulon | K. Foulon | |||||||||
| Marcel Happel | M. Happel |  | 82 | A | | 9 | | A | 79 |  | Raul Alston | R. Alston | |||||||||
| Claudio M. Galletti | C. Galletti | | 78 | A | | 10 | | A | 74 |  | Walter Rourke | W. Rourke | |||||||||
| Magnus Nordahl | M. Nordahl | | 73 | A | | 11 | | A | 77 | | Mike Stamp | M. Stamp | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at St Marys Stadium where Southampton play host to Aston Villa. A crowd of 17,637 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Southampton are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Aston Villa appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Southampton are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Aston Villa appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Southampton kick off and get the match underway!
2.44
0-0Valentín Peralta knocks the ball to his team mate, Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
3.38
0-0Angelo Bucci surges forward with the ball. Angelo Bucci deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mike Stamp but the linesman indicates offside!
4.23
Neil Cope knocks the ball to his team mate, Angelo Bucci. Angelo Bucci knocks the ball to his team mate, Raul Alston. Raul Alston controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
8.54
Yurtcan Sükür makes a beautiful solo run. Yurtcan Sükür threads the ball through to Raul Alston. Raul Alston shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
9.49
0-0Juan Manuel Caniggia deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Alberto Marr.
10.20
0-1Dambou Moreira makes a probing pass to Angelo Bucci. Angelo Bucci chips the ball to his team mate, Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp lofts in a cross ball towards Raul Alston. Raul Alston connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
18.27
0-1Valentín Peralta deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Marcel Happel. Marcel Happel whips in a cross ball towards Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
22.20
Clive Wilson makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Scott Ball. Scott Ball sees a break and surges forward. Scott Ball shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
26.44
Scott Ball sees a break and surges forward. Scott Ball plays a perfect one-two with Magnus Nordahl and rushes in on goal... Scott Ball takes a shot at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
30.36
Daniel Vela makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Valentín Peralta. Valentín Peralta passes the ball forward to Marcel Happel. Marcel Happel lofts in a cross ball towards Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Ricardo Villa easily picks it out of the air!
34.41
Clive Wilson passes the ball forward to Scott Ball. Scott Ball knocks the ball to his team mate, Marcel Happel. Marcel Happel shoots from outside the area. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
40.59
Stefan Alexandersson passes the ball forward to Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
44.58
Scott Ball controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti passes the ball forward to Magnus Nordahl. Magnus Nordahl shoots from just inside the box. Ricardo Villa easily smothers it.
45.00
Scott Ball makes a probing pass to Magnus Nordahl. Magnus Nordahl knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Aston Villa kick off the second half!
48.03
Steve Wise kicks a strong pass forward to Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti shoots from 20 yards. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
51.08
2-1Karim Foulon barges into Stefan Alexandersson. Karim Foulon is given a warning by the referee! Stefan Alexandersson hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
53.40
Scott Ball flicks the ball to his team mate, Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti whips in a cross ball towards Magnus Nordahl. Magnus Nordahl is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
54.46
Stefan Alexandersson makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
55.58
Neil Cope passes the ball forward to Angelo Bucci. Angelo Bucci knocks the ball to his team mate, Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp makes a probing pass to Raul Alston. Raul Alston shoots from just inside the box. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
59.43
Stefan Alexandersson knocks the ball forward to Magnus Nordahl. Magnus Nordahl tries a spectacular long range effort but it is tipped over by Ricardo Villa.
60.56
Steve Wise controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Neil Cope.
61.56
Kubilay Özalan makes a simple pass to Karim Foulon. Karim Foulon kicks a strong pass forward to Raul Alston. Raul Alston shoots from outside the area but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
69.33
Clive Wilson boots it upfield. Claudio M. Galletti whips in a cross ball towards Magnus Nordahl. Magnus Nordahl connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Magnus Nordahl scores for Southampton!!
77.31
Alberto Marr clumsily knocks into Mike Stamp. The referee calls over Alberto Marr and warns him to calm down! Mike Stamp stretches but gets up unharmed.
79.22
Karim Foulon makes a probing pass to Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
83.50
Angelo Bucci flicks the ball to his team mate, Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
84.13
Kubilay Özalan knocks the ball forward to Karim Foulon. Karim Foulon makes a beautiful solo run. Karim Foulon knocks the ball forward to Mike Stamp but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
90.00
Steve Wise knocks the ball forward to Claudio M. Galletti. Claudio M. Galletti shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
3
2
Shots on Target
8
2
Shots off Target
6
5
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
59.8%
40.2%
Play Area
25.3%
43.7%
31%
Scorers
| Scott Ball 26 Claudio M. Galletti 48 Magnus Nordahl 69 | Raul Alston 10, 56 |