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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 6, season 21)
Southend United
v.
Stevenage
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Przemyslaw TYTON17Giedrius ARLAUSKIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Gabriel Sebastian TAMAS727Jack HUNT
Harry KYPRIANOU637Tyrick MITCHELL
Valon BERISHA46Tom CONLON
Salif SANÉ5Luther WILDIN
Denis POLYAKOV6Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO
Alexander RING7Gavin WHYTE
Ayanda PATOSI88Luke FREEMAN
Georgios SAMARAS896Michael SMITH
Bobby ZAMORA106Richard SMALLWOOD
Jon WALTERS711Danny NEWTON
Manager
Philipp HOSINER12Danny ROSE
Boy WATERMAN13Paul FARMAN
Igor VETOKELE14Michael BOSTWICK
Gino PERUZZI Lucchetti15Arthur READ
Daniel SEABORNE16Joel GRANT

Southend United 1 Stevenage 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 12,150, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Jirí LERCH 8)
15 SamarasScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
5Fouls14
0Offsides1
5Shots on2
8Shots off6
13Total shots8
4Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Georgios SAMARAS
3SAMARAS's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
7A wonderful save prevented FREEMAN from scoring a lovely goal.
11A useful ball from KYPRIANOU on the right found PATOSI who sliced his shot over.
15GOAL!! A wonderful shot from TAMAS was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as SAMARAS who placed the ball past the stranded Stevenage 'keeper. (1-0 Southend United)
16A pin-point pass fell to SAMARAS and his deadly shot floated narrowly wide.
31FREEMAN waltzed away from PATOSI and flicked a weak shot over.
31RING played the ball to SAMARAS who headed it wide.
35FREEMAN was put clear by MITCHELL and he stepped inside the Southend United 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
40WALTERS shot over.
 
48SAMARAS made space on the left and dragged the ball to BERISHA who touched the ball over.
49A cross from CONLON left SMITH in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
55SMALLWOOD beat ZAMORA and drove the ball to FREEMAN who pulled his shot wide.
57ARLAUSKIS was able to palm clear a poor header from SAMARAS.
61A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
66The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from FREEMAN.
70A penalty box scramble resulted in PATOSI driving the ball over.
78The Stevenage 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely shot from Southend United's PATOSI.
81BERISHA beat three Stevenage players and blasted a shot inches over.
84A corner was collected by SAMARAS who nodded the ball just beyond the far post.
86FREEMAN nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
89A mix up in the Southend United defence enabled SMITH to thump the ball just beyond the near post.