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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 21 (setup 4, season 34)
Southampton
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY718Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle WALKER-PETERS2Gregory VAN DER WIEL
James MILNER837Jan VERTONGHEN
Mario LEMINA84Jordan HENDERSON
Jan BEDNAREK75Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Jannik VESTERGAARD6Christian GENTNER
James WARD-PROWSE77Pierre LEES-MELOU
James David RODRÍGUEZ Rubio86Matt RITCHIE
Wout WEGHORST96Federico MACHEDA
ORIOL ROMEU Vidal10John BOSTOCK
Ché ADAMS611Stevan JOVETIC
Manager
Ryan BERTRAND12Dean PARRETT
Harry LEWIS13Yasser LAROUCI
Jack STEPHENS14Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Steve DAVIS15Danny WELBECK
Stuart ARMSTRONG16Joël MATIP

Southampton 1 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 32,526, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Mark CLATTENBURG 6)
52 Oriol RomeuScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings51 Bostock
1Corners4
2Fouls5
1Offsides0
5Shots on7
2Shots off8
7Total shots15
4Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: James MILNER
10The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from WEGHORST.
15The Southampton 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort.
17LLORIS did well to hold onto a wicked shot from WEGHORST.
18RITCHIE shot over.
30VERTONGHEN's shot beat the Southampton 'keeper but rebounded off the Southampton upright.
32FABINHO beat ORIOL ROMEU but hit the ball into the arms of MCCARTHY.
33HENDERSON chipped the ball to JOVETIC who fired it inches wide.
39A mix up in the Southampton defence enabled HENDERSON to hit the ball over the bar.
 
51BOSTOCK booked for a poor challenge.
52GOAL!! On the left wing WARD-PROWSE collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for ORIOL ROMEU to drive it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Southampton)
56RITCHIE scuffed a simple chance.
62An exceptional strike from ADAMS was dealt with by a fine block from the Darlington 'keeper.
64A lovely effort from VERTONGHEN scraped the upright.
65The hapless MCCARTHY could only watch as a backpass from VESTERGAARD dropped just wide.
67MCCARTHY dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Darlington's JOVETIC.
70WARD-PROWSE fired a deadly shot inches over from long range.
71A accurate pass fell to RODRÍGUEZ and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
74A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Southampton 'keeper.
76WEGHORST galloped through the Darlington defence but shot straight at LLORIS.
80VERTONGHEN kicked the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
84The Southampton 'keeper stopped a lovely strike from FABINHO.
87A header by VERTONGHEN at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
88A tame shot from RITCHIE bounced agonisingly wide.