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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 38 (setup 4, season 28)
Southampton
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY717Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
CÉDRIC Ricardo Alves Soares2MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior
Andrea BARZAGLI3Giorgio CHIELLINI
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG47Luka MODRIC
Virgil VAN DIJK757Daniele DE ROSSI
Jannik VESTERGAARD6Thomas VERMAELEN
James WARD-PROWSE77Christian GENTNER
Mohamed ELYOUNOUSSI787Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Manolo GABBIADINI797Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Mario LEMINA106Mario GOMEZ
Nathan REDMOND11Danny WELBECK
Manager
Shane LONG12Samir NASRI
Charlie AUSTIN13Jon FLATT
Jack STEPHENS147Stevan JOVETIC
Sam GALLAGHER15John BOSTOCK
ORIOL ROMEU Vidal166Federico MACHEDA

Southampton 0 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 32,464, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Howard WEBB 7)
Scorers
Substitutions65 Gentner <=> Jovetic, 80 De Rossi <=> Macheda
Sendings off
Bookings16 Di María
2Corners2
12Fouls12
0Offsides5
4Shots on7
3Shots off15
7Total shots22
4Shots saved5
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: CÉDRIC Ricardo Alves Soares
2A perfect strike from DI MARÍA was dealt with by a good block from the Southampton 'keeper.
15A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing MCCARTHY.
16DI MARÍA booked.
20A header by DI MARÍA at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
28WELBECK knocked the ball to DI MARÍA who flicked it inches over.
31BALOTELLI headed inches wide.
32A free-kick from DI MARÍA flew over the bar.
35GOMEZ beat VAN DIJK and whacked the ball to GENTNER who toe-poked his shot wide.
 
48An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of MCCARTHY by BALOTELLI.
49A strike from ELYOUNOUSSI held little difficulty for LLORIS.
55WELBECK scuffed an easy chance.
59GABBIADINI's shot was well held by the Darlington 'keeper.
60A good ball from MARCELO on the right fell to GENTNER who sliced his shot wide.
64A penalty box meleé resulted in WELBECK driving the ball wide.
66DI MARÍA booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
68WELBECK's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Southampton woodwork.
73A twenty yard drive from JOVETIC caused the 'keeper no problem.
82REDMOND stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
85The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from VESTERGAARD fell just over.
88A shot from WARD-PROWSE was headed off the line by CHIELLINI.
89MODRIC waltzed round VESTERGAARD and stroked a weak shot into the crowd.
90+2A mix up in the Darlington defence enabled REDMOND to volley the ball just beyond the near post.