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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 8 (setup 4, season 27)
Southampton
v.
Rotherham United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi BUFFON17RUI Pedro dos Santos PATRÍCIO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérôme BOATENG826Jonathan PARR
Patrice EVRÀ37Danny FOX
Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE46ZHENG Zhi
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA5Kyle BARTLEY
Virgil VAN DIJK766Bradley JOHNSON
James WARD-PROWSE77Péter HALMOSI
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro88Serge GNABRY
Robin VAN PERSIE9Adam LE FONDRE
Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO810RUI Pedro da Rocha FONTE
Shane LONG11André Filipe Alves Monteiro, UKRA
Manager
Olufela OLOMOLA12Eddie NOLAN
VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas13Gabor KIRÀLY
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, NANI146Simon CHURCH
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG15Joe MATTOCK
Jake HESKETH616Tom ADEYEMI

Southampton 3 Rotherham United 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 32,533, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Phil DOWD 7)
16 Ronaldo, 51 Ronaldo, 74 RonaldoScorers
72 Van Persie <=> HeskethSubstitutions46 Ukra <=> Mattock, 56 Halmosi <=> Church
Sendings off
Bookings5 Halmosi, 24 Rui Patrício, 86 Johnson
4Corners3
8Fouls12
8Offsides2
9Shots on2
12Shots off8
21Total shots10
6Shots saved1
62%Possession38%
Man of the match: THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
1A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Rotherham United 'keeper.
5HALMOSI booked.
8A header by VAN PERSIE at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
14MASCHERANO clipped the ball through a ruck of players but RUI PATRÍCIO was a match for it as he dived to his left.
14A corner bobbled toward VAN PERSIE who fired an effort just beyond the far post.
16GOAL!! A Southampton counter-attack allowed PEPE to setup RONALDO with a simple goal. (1-0 Southampton)
18A penalty box meleé resulted in RONALDO knocking a low shot over.
24A clinical tackle on PEPE by RUI PATRÍCIO results in a booking.
28A cross from PEPE left RONALDO in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
30RONALDO beat three Rotherham United players and stroked a shot wide.
30A poor shot from EVRÀ rolled agonisingly wide.
39A fine ball from UKRA on the left bobbled toward LE FONDRE who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
44GNABRY hit a right foot shot inches over from thirty yards out.
 
47GNABRY ran onto a delightful ball from ZHENG but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
49RUI FONTE worked the ball to HALMOSI, FOX collected his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of the Southampton 'keeper.
51GOAL!! A long ball from VAN DIJK down the middle fell to the lurking RONALDO who drove a right foot shot into the net. (2-0 Southampton)
54A free-kick from VAN PERSIE floated inches wide.
62A shot from THIAGO SILVA was smothered by the Rotherham United 'keeper.
74GOAL!! A great solo effort from RONALDO who beat two defenders before striking the ball into the net. (3-0 Southampton)
86RONALDO was put clear by THIAGO SILVA and he pulled away from RUI PATRÍCIO but thrust his shot wide.
86JOHNSON given a yellow card for a high challenge.
89FOX headed just beyond the far post.