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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 2 (setup 2, season 18)
West Ham United
v.
Southampton
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Gavin KELLY61MARCOS Roberto
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
José BOSINGWA72Andoni IRAOLA
Ivaylo PETKOV3Jlloyd SAMUEL
Stilian PETROV47ELANO Blumer
ALEX Rodrigo857Paulo DA SILVA
Juliano BELLETTI666Darren PURSE
Ivan KLASNIC57Brett EMERTON
Robin VAN PERSIE886CARLOS Jorge MARTINS
Claudio PIZARRO9Roque SANTA CRUZ
Aiyegbeni YAKUBU6106Samuele DALLA BONA
TUNCAY Sanli611Kevin TOWNSON
Manager
Mikael FORSSELL12Erik EDMAN
CURRO TORRES613Antti NIEMI
FRANCIS14Alan SMITH
JUANFRAN15Ben WATSON
DENÍLSON de Oliveira16Kevin McNAUGHTON

West Ham United 4 Southampton 2
(Half-time: 3-2, Attendance: 42,357, Stadium: Upton Park, Referee: Paul MUSSELWHITE 6½)
8 Van Persie, 22 Van Persie, 36 Van Persie, 60 PetkovScorers2 Da Silva, 25 Elano
80 Klasnic <=> Curro TorresSubstitutions62 Elano <=> Smith
Sendings off
Bookings65 Dalla Bona
4Corners1
3Fouls5
2Offsides1
6Shots on4
8Shots off6
14Total shots10
2Shots saved2
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Robin VAN PERSIE
min=1, hf=1
2GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed EMERTON to touch the ball to DA SILVA who whacked a left foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Southampton)
min=3, hf=1
4YAKUBU beat ELANO and blasted the ball to PIZARRO who fired his shot wide.
min=7, hf=1
8GOAL!! A tackle from CARLOS MARTINS gave West Ham United a free-kick twenty-five yards out which VAN PERSIE stroked past the Southampton 'keeper. (1-1)
min=9, hf=1
10TOWNSON made space on the right and dragged the ball to SANTA CRUZ who fired the ball over.
min=14, hf=1
15The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from PIZARRO.
min=18, hf=1
19PIZARRO stormed through the Southampton defence but shot straight at MARCOS.
min=20, hf=1
21A poor shot from PIZARRO rolled agonisingly wide.
min=21, hf=1
22GOAL!! An imaginative BELLETTI played a delightful ball down the right to VAN PERSIE who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 West Ham United)
min=23, hf=1
24SANTA CRUZ's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the West Ham United woodwork.
min=24, hf=1
25GOAL!! A patient Southampton side were rewarded with a fierce shot from ELANO. (2-2)
min=32, hf=1
33SANTA CRUZ played the ball to CARLOS MARTINS who fired it inches over.
min=33, hf=1
34A mix up in the West Ham United defence enabled ELANO to volley an effort wide.
min=35, hf=1
36GOAL!! A long ball from YAKUBU had the Southampton defence back-pedalling and VAN PERSIE made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (3-2 West Ham United)
min=37, hf=1
38A free-kick from SANTA CRUZ flew just beyond the near post.
min=42, hf=1
43A great effort from PIZARRO scraped the woodwork.
min=43, hf=1
44A cross from KLASNIC left PETROV in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
 
min=2, hf=2
48KLASNIC headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
min=10, hf=2
56VAN PERSIE brought the ball round PURSE and flicked a weak shot past the post.
min=12, hf=2
58The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from KLASNIC fell just wide.
min=14, hf=2
60GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and PETKOV knocked the ball over the line. (4-2 West Ham United)
min=18, hf=2
64A corner found TUNCAY who turned the ball wide.
min=19, hf=2
65A high challenge gets DALLA BONA a yellow card.
min=25, hf=2
71PIZARRO ran onto a wonderful ball from YAKUBU but fumbled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
min=30, hf=2
76SANTA CRUZ rushed an easy chance.
min=35, hf=2
81An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of KELLY by IRAOLA.