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17¹ KIWIOR whacked a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out. 19¹ YUNUS hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area. 20¹ GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled KIWIOR to fire the ball into the net. (1-0 Southampton) 22¹ HOWSON made space on the left and touched the ball to BRAITHWAITE who clipped the ball over. 23¹ A wonderful save prevented BRAITHWAITE from scoring an exceptional goal. 24¹ The 'keeper saved a clever shot from DAMSGAARD. 27¹ DAMSGAARD was put clear by ORIOL ROMEU and he nutmegged the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide. 29¹ A shot from BRAITHWAITE was smothered by the 'keeper. 31¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in DAMSGAARD cracking a low shot over. 31¹ GOAL!! Middlesbrough's HOWSON beat a number of defenders before firing just inside JOSÉ SÁ's lefthand post. (1-1) 35¹ GOAL!! McNAIR made space for BRAITHWAITE who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, rammed the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Middlesbrough) 42¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming JOSÉ SÁ. 3² YUNUS beat DOHERTY and drilled the ball to ESTÈVE who hit his effort wide. 4² HOWSON booked. 5² The referee cautions HACKNEY. 24² KERKEZ cautioned by the referee. 28² A free-kick from YUNUS flew just wide. 28² LEMINA fluffed a simple chance. 30² A high challenge gets BRAITHWAITE a yellow card. 32² A shot from RODRIGO MUNIZ seemed a certain goal but the Southampton 'keeper managed to parry the ball away. 39² Uncertainty in the Southampton defence enabled KRAFTH to thump the ball just beyond the near post. 43² A good effort from DAMSGAARD scraped the upright.

Southampton   League position: 18 Home league form: OLWX Overall league form: LOXLLWLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups JOSÉ Pedro SÁ 6  1 6½ Zack STEFFEN Matt DOHERTY 8  2 6½ Emil KRAFTH Jakub KIWIOR 7  3 7½ Milos KERKEZ (c)ORIOL ROMEU Vidal 7½ 4 7  Hayden HACKNEY Mohammed SALISU 8  5 6½ Maxime ESTÈVE Jannik VESTERGAARD 6½ 6 6  Patrick McNAIR James WARD-PROWSE 7½ 7 6½ YUNUS Akgün Mikkel DAMSGAARD 7  8 7  Martin BRAITHWAITE(c) (p)Michael OBAFEMI 6½ 9 6½ RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho(p) (f)Mario LEMINA 6  10 6  Jonny HOWSON(f) Ché ADAMS 6  11 6½ Lukas NMECHA Manager Takehiro TOMIYASU    12    James LEA SILIKI Matz SELS    13    Daniel BACHMANN Stuart ARMSTRONG    14    Dael FRY Samuel EDOZIE    15    Isaiah JONES Dan N'LUNDULU    16    Marcus FORSS

Middlesbrough   League position: 19 Away league form: LWLL Overall league form: LLLWLLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Southampton 1 Middlesbrough 2 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 29,557, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Paul Taylor 5½) Kiwior 20¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Howson 31¹, Braithwaite 35¹           Howson 4², Hackney 5², Kerkez 24², Braithwaite 30² 4 5 13 14 5 3 4 6 6 7 10 13 2 4 45% 55% ¶ Man of the match: Mohammed Salisu ¶