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6¹ The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from OSCAR. 7¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in MASCHERANO cracking a low shot wide. 8¹ A cynical tackle gets DAWSON a yellow card. 9¹ A accurate pass was collected by MASCHERANO and his looping shot raced narrowly over. 11¹ A shot from SUÁREZ was headed off the line by EVRÀ. 18¹ GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of ROBBEN who fired the ball past the helpless Southampton 'keeper. (1-0 WBA) 22¹ SUÁREZ snapped at a simple chance. 27¹ A free-kick from RODRIGUEZ floated just beyond the far post. 29¹ GIBBS waltzed past BOATENG and stroked a poor shot well wide. 38¹ The WBA 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing shot. 39¹ A delightful shot from ROBBEN was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper. 4² GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the WBA 'keeper enabled GABBIADINI to chip the ball into the empty net. (1-1) 6² BUFFON did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SUÁREZ. 6² A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. 10² ROBBEN ran onto a great ball from OSCAR but hit his effort wide of the goal. 15² A tame strike from ROBBEN rolled agonisingly wide. 19² The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HÖJBJERG dropped just wide. 20² GIBBS shot over. 27² A corner bobbled toward SUÁREZ who nodded the ball over. 28² GOAL!! A long goal-kick from VAN DIJK caught the WBA defence square and GABBIADINI rushed through to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-1 Southampton) 31² RONALDO beat BOILESEN and whacked the ball to GABBIADINI who hit his shot wide. 32² The Southampton 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from SUÁREZ.

Southampton   League position: 3 Home league form: WWLW Overall league form: XLWXWWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Gianluigi BUFFON 6½ 1 7½ Marc-André TER STEGEN Jérôme BOATENG 8½ 2 7  Craig DAWSON Patrice EVRÀ 7  3 5½ Kieran GIBBS Javier MASCHERANO 6½ 4 8  Mario GÖTZE THIAGO Emiliano SILVA 7½ 5 7  Jonny EVANS Virgil VAN DIJK 6½ 6 7  Nicolai BOILESEN Steve DAVIS 7½ 7 7  OSCAR dos Santos NANI 6½ 8 6½ Arjen ROBBEN (p)Manolo GABBIADINI 6½ 9 7  Luis SUÁREZ(c,p) (f)Pierre HÖJBJERG 6  10 5½ Mauro ICARDI(f) Cristiano RONALDO 6  11 6½ Jay RODRIGUEZ Manager ORIOL ROMEU Vidal    12    Nacer CHADLI VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas    13    Ben FOSTER Shane LONG    14    Darren FLETCHER Nathan REDMOND    15    Karim BENZEMA Josh SIMS    16    Salomón RONDÓN

WBA   League position: 2 Away league form: XLXW Overall league form: XWLWWXWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Southampton 2 WBA 1 (Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 32,352, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Kenny Stamatopoulos 6) Gabbiadini 4², Gabbiadini 28² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Robben 18¹           Dawson 8¹ 3 3 12 6 5 3 7 12 3 10 10 22 4 11 50% 50% ¶ Man of the match: Jérôme Boateng ¶