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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 11 (setup 4, season 38)
Darlington
v.
Southend United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS71Brice SAMBA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Frédéric GUILBERT2Hamza CHOUDHURY
Jan VERTONGHEN37Ethan PINNOCK
Salis ABDUL SAMED46Ryan LEONARD
Joël MATIP756Taylor HARWOOD-BELLIS
IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo6Scott McKENNA
Pierre LEES-MELOU76Muhamed BESIC
Reiss NELSON686CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent
Sasa KALAJDZIC896Charlie KELMAN
Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO10Josh GINNELLY
Danny WELBECK6117Simon COX
Manager
Stevan JOVETIC12Stephen McLAUGHLIN
Jon FLATT13Paulo Dino GAZZANIGA
Neco WILLIAMS6146Milan VAN EWIJK
Yasser LAROUCI615Tom HOPPER
Matt RITCHIE16Lee BUCHANAN

Darlington 2 Southend United 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,959, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Thomas DRAGE 6½)
19 Vertonghen, 53 MatipScorers10 Kelman
69 Nelson <=> Larouci, 82 Matip <=> WilliamsSubstitutions71 Cox <=> Van Ewijk
Sendings off
45 WelbeckBookings
4Corners2
5Fouls18
3Offsides1
11Shots on2
11Shots off5
22Total shots7
9Shots saved1
68%Possession32%
Man of the match: Jan VERTONGHEN
4BESIC stepped inside LEES-MELOU but nudged the ball into the arms of LLORIS.
9KELMAN floated the ball to CARLES GIL who flicked it over.
10GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from BESIC struck the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was headed into the net by KELMAN. (1-0 Southend United)
11A cross from NELSON left KALAJDZIC in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
19GOAL!! After being forced wide VERTONGHEN managed to hammer the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-1)
21KELMAN was put clear by LEONARD and he stepped inside the Darlington 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
24A fine ball from VERTONGHEN on the right fell to KALAJDZIC who mishit his shot just beyond the far post.
33A lovely cross from NELSON, was lashed goalbound by IGOR only for the Southend United 'keeper to block.
34The Southend United 'keeper saved a glorious shot from GUILBERT.
39A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
42MATIP's shot beat SAMBA but rebounded off the Southend United post.
44KALAJDZIC rasped the ball through a ruck of players but SAMBA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
45WELBECK cautioned for a clinical foul on COX.
 
47Uncertainty in the Southend United defence enabled WELBECK to hit an effort inches over.
49A great effort from ABDUL SAMED scraped the woodwork.
53GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed FABINHO to play the ball to MATIP who blasted a looping shot into the net. (2-1 Darlington)
54FABINHO drilled a right foot shot inches over from long range.
59The Southend United 'keeper parried a lovely shot from NELSON.
60KALAJDZIC made space on the right and dragged the ball to NELSON who fired the ball wide.
62MCKENNA beat three Darlington players and slammed a golden opportunity over.
76KALAJDZIC's shot was well saved by the Southend United 'keeper.
79ABDUL SAMED beat VAN EWIJK and whacked the ball to FABINHO who fired his effort wide.