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Commentary

1¹ VILHENA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Southampton post. 2¹ BENTANCUR played the ball to PULISIC who nodded it wide. 5¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward VILHENA and his left foot effort raced narrowly wide. 8¹ The bemused Cardiff City 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from VILHENA dropped just wide. 8¹ GOAL!! With his back to goal PULISIC swivelled and stroked the ball past GRBIC. (1-0 Southampton) 10¹ MAYENDA was put clear by RICHARDS and he beat the Cardiff City 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide. 12¹ OLISE scuffed an easy chance. 25¹ A cross from BENTANCUR left PULISIC in lots of space but he rushed his shot. 25¹ A weak shot from PULISIC trickled agonisingly wide. 38¹ BENTANCUR beat HYSAJ and flicked the ball to OLISE who blasted his effort wide. 43¹ FEKIR booked by BOOTH. 45¹ BENTANCUR headed just beyond the far post. 1² A twenty yard shot from FEKIR caused the Southampton 'keeper little difficulty. 5² GOAL!! ADAMS hit a beautiful thirty yard shot past the stunned Cardiff City 'keeper. (2-0 Southampton) 7² VILHENA ran onto a great ball from COLWILL but hit his effort wide. 9² A useful ball from LYANCO c on the right found MAYENDA who scuffed his shot over. 25² A free-kick from PULISIC went over. 26² A corner bobbled toward PULISIC who turned the ball just wide. 26² ADAMS made space on the left and touched the ball to BENTANCUR who clipped the ball wide. 31² GOAL!! A long clearance by the Cardiff City 'keeper beat the Southampton defence and LEMAR thundered the ball past the oncoming LEWIS. (2-1 Southampton) 34² A strike from MAITLAND-NILES held little difficulty for the Cardiff City 'keeper. 36² LEMAR stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post. 42² ROMAGNOLI placed a deadly shot just beyond the far post from twenty-five yards out. 43² RICHARDS nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.

Southampton   League position: - Home league form: WLWL Overall league form: WLWLXLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Harry LEWIS 7  1 7½ Ivo GRBIC LYANCO Evangelista 7  2 6  Callum PATERSON Alessio ROMAGNOLI 7½ 3 6½ Elseid HYSAJ Rodrigo BENTANCUR 7  4 7  Naby KEÏTA Mohammed SALISU 7  5 6½ Joël MATIP(c) Chris RICHARDS 7  6 7  MURILLO Santiago Michael OLISE 7½ 7 6  Rubin COLWILL Christian PULISIC 6  8 6½ Thomas LEMAR (p)Eliezer MAYENDA 6  9 6½ Nabil FEKIR(p) (c,f)ORIOL ROMEU Vidal 6  10 6  Tonny VILHENA(f) Ché ADAMS 6½ 11 5½ Connor WICKHAM Manager SAÚL Ñíguez    12    Niels NKOUNKOU Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES 6  13    Aidan HARRIS Paul POGBA    14    Curtis NELSON CÉDRIC Ricardo    15    Joe RALLS Jonjoe KENNY    16    Sheyi OJO

Cardiff City   League position: 7 Away league form: XLWL Overall league form: XOWLWWXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Southampton 2 Cardiff City 1 (Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 32,675, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Russell Booth 7½) Pulisic 8¹, Adams 5² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Lemar 31² PulisicóMaitland-Niles 34²         Fekir 43¹ 3 4 6 12 0 0 3 3 14 3 17 6 0 1 57% 43% ¶ Man of the match: Michael Olise ¶