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Commentary
A header from TROSSARD was nodded off the line by KONATÉ.
MÜLLER made space on the right and touched the ball to OPENDA who clipped the ball wide.
A cross from DOUGLAS LUIZ left KVARATSKHELIA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
12¹An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Port Vale 'keeper by FABIÁN.
14¹GOAL!! After a patient build-up KVARATSKHELIA drove the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Southampton)
18¹A pin-point pass found DYBALA and his looping effort flew narrowly wide.
23¹The motionless Southampton 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from NKUNKU fell just wide.
26¹GOAL!! A foul on DOUGLAS LUIZ inside the area gave Southampton a penalty which DYBALA made look easy. (2-0 Southampton)
29¹FRATTESI headed just beyond the near post.
29¹The Port Vale 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Southampton's KVARATSKHELIA.
39¹GUSTO rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
43¹A mix up in the Southampton defence enabled HINCAPIÉ to volley the ball over.
GOAL!! A great drive from FABIÁN was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as DÍAZ who shot the ball past the stranded Port Vale 'keeper. (3-0 Southampton)
A fine ball from GUSTO on the left found NKUNKU who sliced his shot just wide.
11²BARCOLA charged through the Southampton defence but shot straight at the Southampton 'keeper.
12²A shot from TROSSARD seemed a certain goal but the Southampton 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
13²FABIÁN knocked the ball to KVARATSKHELIA who forced it over.
20²TROSSARD beat two Southampton players and thundered a shot over the bar.
21²TROSSARD worked the ball to MÜLLER, OPENDA controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of POPE.
24²GVARDIOL ran onto a great ball from NKUNKU but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post.
26²A free-kick from GABRIEL floated over.
34²A delightful shot from TROSSARD was dealt with by a good block from the Southampton 'keeper.
35²KAMARA stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
37²OPENDA beat GVARDIOL and drove the ball to BARCOLA who fumbled his shot wide.
38²MÜLLER cautioned by the referee.
41²A corner found FABIÁN who fired the ball over the bar.

 
Port Vale
 
League position: 5
Home league form: LWWX
Overall league form: LWWWLXLW
Formation: 4-1-3-2
Line-ups
Walter BENÍTEZ1Nick POPE
Julian RYERSON2Malo GUSTO
Destiny UDOGIE3Josko GVARDIOL
(c)Piero HINCAPIÉ4FABIÁN Ruiz
Gleison BREMER5GABRIEL dos Santos
Davide FRATTESI6Ibrahima KONATÉ
Mohammed KUDUS7Luis DÍAZ
Bradley BARCOLA8DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares
Loïs OPENDA9Paulo DYBALA(c,p)
Thomas MÜLLER10Christopher NKUNKU
(p,f)Leandro TROSSARD11Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA(f)
Dean MurphyManagerBen Stevenson
Stefanos TZIMAS  12Boubacar KAMARA
Marcel MOSWITZER  13  Matz SELS
Tommaso MARTINELLI  14  Lutsharel GEERTRUIDA
Nelson WEIPER  15  Cody GAKPO
DIEGO López  16  Jamie GITTENS
 
Southampton
 
League position: 6
Away league form: LXWL
Overall league form: LLWXWWLW
Formation: 4-2-1-3

Statistics
Port Vale 0 Southampton 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 19,072, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Andre Marriner 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Kvaratskhelia 14¹, Dybala 26¹ (pen), Díaz 3²
 DíazóKamara 10²
  
Müller 38² 
106
511
157
56
68
1114
53
53%47%
Man of the match: Loïs Openda