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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 5 (setup 4, season 27)
Newcastle United
v.
Southampton
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Shay GIVEN1VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Dominic IORFA28Jérôme BOATENG
Ciaran CLARK3Patrice EVRÀ
Riccardo MONTOLIVO74Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE
Davinson SÁNCHEZ Mina757THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Chancel Mangulu MBEMBA66Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO
PABLO Hernández Domínguez67Steve DAVIS
Christian ATSU Twasam8Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
ADRIANO Leite Ribeiro69Robin VAN PERSIE
Richard SOUMAH6107Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, NANI
AYOZE Pérez Gutiérrez116Shane LONG
Manager
Manuel PASQUAL12James WARD-PROWSE
Karl DARLOW136Virgil VAN DIJK
Jonny ROWELL14Olufela OLOMOLA
Jakob JANTSCHER15Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG
Tom HATELEY16Jake HESKETH

Newcastle United 1 Southampton 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,220, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Fred GRAHAM 6½)
45 AtsuScorers30 Thiago Silva, 59 Ronaldo, 88 Højbjerg
Substitutions61 Van Persie <=> Højbjerg, 77 Nani <=> Van Dijk
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners2
4Fouls10
1Offsides3
4Shots on8
6Shots off8
10Total shots16
2Shots saved5
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Jérôme BOATENG
2Uncertainty in the Southampton defence enabled AYOZE to hit the ball just beyond the near post.
8A drive from VAN PERSIE seemed a certain goal but the Newcastle United 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
16The Newcastle United 'keeper saved a swerving shot from RONALDO.
18ADRIANO fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
20A penalty box meleé resulted in ATSU cracking the ball wide.
26A free-kick from ATSU went over the bar.
29DAVIS beat CLARK and fired the ball to LONG who hit his shot wide.
30GOAL!! An imaginative EVRÀ played a wonderful ball down the right to THIAGO SILVA who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Southampton)
35RONALDO booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
38VÍCTOR VALDÉS was able to claw away a fierce effort.
39A pin-point pass found ADRIANO and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
43A wonderful save prevented AYOZE from scoring a good goal.
45GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with ATSU striking the ball into the net. (1-1)
 
46The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ATSU dropped just over.
48RONALDO's header was well saved by GIVEN.
50CLARK beat a number of Southampton players and thundered a golden opportunity over.
53A perfect strike from VAN PERSIE was dealt with by a fine block from GIVEN.
59GOAL!! A EVRÀ run down the left resulted in a lovely cross for RONALDO to tap in. (2-1 Southampton)
65PEPE floated the ball to NANI who forced it inches wide.
69HØJBJERG poked a simple chance past the near post.
74A header from HØJBJERG was kicked off the line by CLARK.
78EVRÀ dribbled past PABLO and rifled a weak shot wide.
81PABLO was put clear by SOUMAH and he stepped inside VÍCTOR VALDÉS but glanced his shot over.
83RONALDO shot over.
88GOAL!! A strike from PEPE was booted off the line only for HØJBJERG to drive the ball in. (3-1 Southampton)
90A weak strike from PEPE trickled agonisingly wide.