English Premier League

Southampton vs Stoke City, 2017/2018 English Premier League

· English Premier League

Jack Butland's late saves help Stoke City hold Southampton to draw

Southampton failed to ease pressure on manager Mauricio Pellegrino as their lengthy wait for a Premier League home win was prolonged by a 0-0 draw.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City).
  • 1': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Konstantinos Stafylidis.
  • 4': Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
  • 6': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Moritz Bauer.
  • 7': Dusan Tadic (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 7': Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City).
  • 10': Foul by Moritz Bauer (Stoke City).
  • 10': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 13': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Wesley Hoedt.
  • 14': Cédric Soares (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City).
  • 19': Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Southampton).
  • 19': Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Delay in match Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) because of an injury.
  • 23': Substitution, Stoke City. Erik Pieters replaces Mame Biram Diouf because of an injury.
  • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Stafylidis (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
  • 26': Foul by Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City).
  • 26': Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Stafylidis (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 28': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Moritz Bauer.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Cédric Soares (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 30': Foul by Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City).
  • 30': Mario Lemina (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Delay in match Mario Lemina (Southampton) because of an injury.
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Joe Allen.
  • 34': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Josh Sims (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wesley Hoedt.
  • 36': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.
  • 41': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
  • 41': Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 41': Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a through ball.
  • 42': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Alex McCarthy.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 45'+4': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
  • 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Guido Carrillo (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cédric Soares with a cross.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Southampton 0, Stoke City 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Southampton 0, Stoke City 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Konstantinos Stafylidis.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Josh Sims (Southampton) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Guido Carrillo with a through ball.
  • 46': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jack Butland.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) right footed shot from long range on the left is too high. Assisted by Geoff Cameron with a headed pass.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Erik Pieters.
  • 54': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
  • 54': Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
  • 55': Dusan Tadic (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
  • 57': Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Guido Carrillo (Southampton).
  • 57': Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
  • 57': Josh Sims (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Josh Sims (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cédric Soares.
  • 60': Offside, Stoke City. Jack Butland tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Peter Crouch with a through ball.
  • 63': Foul by Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City).
  • 63': Mario Lemina (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Substitution, Southampton. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Dusan Tadic.
  • 64': Substitution, Stoke City. Jesé replaces Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Cédric Soares (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 67': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jack Butland.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Mario Lemina (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri following a fast break.
  • 69': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cédric Soares.
  • 70': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Guido Carrillo (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand with a cross.
  • 70': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.
  • 71': Offside, Southampton. Wesley Hoedt tries a through ball, but Jack Stephens is caught offside.
  • 71': Offside, Stoke City. Jack Butland tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand.
  • 73': Foul by Moritz Bauer (Stoke City).
  • 73': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Guido Carrillo (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Redmond with a cross.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 75': Offside, Southampton. Oriol Romeu tries a through ball, but Josh Sims is caught offside.
  • 76': Substitution, Southampton. Sofiane Boufal replaces Josh Sims.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Sofiane Boufal (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Redmond with a cross.
  • 78': Foul by Ryan Bertrand (Southampton).
  • 78': Peter Crouch (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Peter Crouch (Stoke City).
  • 78': Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Guido Carrillo.
  • 80': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
  • 81': Foul by Moritz Bauer (Stoke City).
  • 81': Sofiane Boufal (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Cédric Soares (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Redmond following a set piece situation.
  • 83': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
  • 83': Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
  • 83': Moritz Bauer (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 85': Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Oriol Romeu (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
  • 87': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Badou Ndiaye.
  • 87': Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
  • 88': Attempt missed. Jesé (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Badou Ndiaye.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Cédric Soares (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oriol Romeu.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City).
  • 90'+2': Sofiane Boufal (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Southampton 0, Stoke City 0.
  • 90'+3': Match ends, Southampton 0, Stoke City 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 15
6 Saves 3
34.8 Possession 65.2
12 SHOTS 18
3 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
162 Accurate Passes 329
240 Passes 422
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 10
12 Crosses 44
0.3 Cross % 0.2
57 Long Balls 62
24 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
0 Blocked Shots 7
9 Effective Tackles 10
13 Tackles 18
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
0 Interceptions 0
47 Effective Clearances 13
47 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 30,335

Premier League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 21 +26 49
2 Manchester City 21 +26 43
3 Aston Villa 21 +9 43
4 Liverpool 21 +4 35
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SOU Southampton (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Alex McCarthy (GK)
6 Wesley Hoedt
5 Jack Stephens
21 Ryan Bertrand
2 Cédric
11 Dusan Tadic
18 Mario Lemina
14 Oriol Romeu
9 Guido Carrillo
22 Nathan Redmond
39 Josh Sims

STK Stoke City (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Jack Butland (GK)
15 Bruno Martins Indi
6 Kurt Zouma
20 Geoff Cameron Yellow Card
21 Konstantinos Stafylidis
2 Moritz Bauer
27 Badou N'Diaye
4 Joe Allen
10 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
22 Xherdan Shaqiri
18 Mame Biram Diouf

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