Southampton tops Queens Park Rangers 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton beat Queens Park Rangers to win 2-1.

August 29, 2023

SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton overcome Queens Park Rangers to win 2-1. It was Southampton to strike first with a goal of Samuel Edozie at the 30′. Then it was a goal in the 32′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Adam Armstrong gave the win to Southampton in the 64′ minute with a goal. Southampton was much better in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the St. Mary’s Stadium stadium in Southampton on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. In front of 30,401 spectators. The referee was James Bell who had the assistance of Ian Cooper and George Byrne. The 4th official was Oliver Langford. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.43 degrees Celsius or 56.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.

Match Statistics

Southampton

2 - 1

Queens Park Rangers

! 74 Ball Possession 26

Shots

7 Total 11
3 On Target 5
1 Off Target 3
3 Shots blocked 3

138 Attack 55
67 Dangerous attack 33
86 Ball safe 76

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 3

Fouls

7 Total 13
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Southampton was in firm control of the ball 74% while Queens Park Rangers was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Southampton was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Southampton won the match.

Southampton shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Southampton received 4 yellow cards (Ryan Manning, Ryan Fraser, Stuart Armstrong and Carlos Alcaraz). On the other side, Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Samuel Field and Stephen Duke-McKenna).

Match Timeline

Ryan Manning- Yellow

11'

S. Armstrong- Yellow

19'

Flynn Downes- sub ->Jack Stephens

25'

29'

Samuel Edozie(goal)Ryan Manning

30'

32'

Jack Colback(goal)

Ryan Fraser- sub ->Samuel Amo-Ameyaw

56'

Sékou Mara- sub ->Carlos Alcaraz

56'

Adam Armstrong(goal)Ryan Manning

64'

74'

Albert Adomah- sub ->Paul Smyth

74'

Joe Aribo- sub ->Samuel Edozie

83'

88'

89'

Sam Field- Yellow

Ryan Fraser- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Southampton will host Coventry City on the 9th of April with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Southampton (5 draws).

Queens Park Rangers will play away agasint Plymouth Argyle on the 9th of April with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Plymouth Argyle (6 draws).

Southampton – Formation

Southampton

Gavin Bazunu 31.Republic of Ireland

7.5

Kyle Walker-Peters 2.England

7.0

Ryan Manning 3.Republic of Ireland

8.4

11'

J. Stephens 5.England

6.8

25'

J. Bednarek 35.Poland

6.8

Carlos Alcaraz 22.Argentina

6.7

56'

29'

Nathan Tella 11.Nigeria

S. Armstrong 17.Scotland

7.0

19'

Shea Charles 24.England

7.3

Adam Armstrong 9.England

7.7

64'

C. Adams 10.Scotland

S. Amo-Ameyaw 27.England

6.6

56'

Samuel Edozie 23.England

7.7

83'

30'

Substitutes

Joe Lumley 13.England

J. Bree 14.England

A. Bella-Kotchap 37.Germany

Flynn Downes 4.England

7.3

25'

Joe Aribo 7.Nigeria

83'

Moussa Djenepo 19.Mali

Ryan Fraser 26.Scotland

6.7

56'

90'

Sékou Mara 18.France

6.8

56'

Southampton started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Ché Adams, Nathan Tella, Gavin Bazunu (7.5), Kyle Walker-Peters (7.0), Jan Bednarek (6.8), Jack Stephens (6.8), Ryan Manning (8.4), Carlos Alcaraz (6.7), Shea Charles (7.3), Stuart Armstrong (7.0), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (6.6), Adam Armstrong (7.7) and Samuel Edozie (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Flynn Downes (7.3), Joe Aribo, Joe Lumley, James Bree, Sékou Mara (6.8), Moussa Djenepo, Ryan Fraser (6.7), Kami Doyle and Armel Bella-Kotchap.

Southampton could not rely on the presence of Flynn Downes (injured).

Substitutions

Southampton made 4 changes: Jack Stephens for Flynn Downes (25′), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw for Ryan Fraser (56′), Carlos Alcaraz for Sékou Mara (56′) and Samuel Edozie for Joe Aribo (83′).

Best player: Ryan Manning

The most impressive player for Southampton was Ryan Manning even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 110 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Queens Park Rangers

Asmir Begovic 1.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.4

Steve Cook 5.England

6.7

Sam Field 8.England

7.5

89'

Morgan Fox 15.Wales

6.4

Jack Colback 4.England

7.3

74'

32'

Osman Kakay 2.Sierra Leone

7.0

Ilias Chair 10.Morocco

7.5

Andre Dozzell 17.England

7.0

82'

K. Paal 22.Suriname

7.5

Chris Willock 7.England

Paul Smyth 11.Northern Ireland

7.1

74'

S. Armstrong 30.Republic of Ireland

6.7

Substitutes

Jordan Archer 13.Scotland

Jake Clarke-Salter 6.England

Ziyad Larkeche 21.France

E. Dixon-Bonner 19.England

Stephen Duke-McKenna 24.Guyana

6.6

74'

88'

Alexander Aoraha 36.Iraq

Albert Adomah 37.Ghana

6.6

74'

Queens Park Rangers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Gareth Ainsworth played with: Chris Willock, Asmir Begović (6.4), Osman Kakay (7.0), Steve Cook (6.7), Morgan Fox (6.4), Kenneth Paal (7.5), Andre Dozzell (7.0), Jack Colback (7.3), Samuel Field (7.5), Paul Smyth (7.1), Sinclair Armstrong (6.7), Ilias Chair (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jake Clarke-Salter, Jordan Archer, Elijah Dixon-Bonner, Ziyad Larkeche, Stephen Duke-McKenna (6.6), Alexander Aoraha, Albert Adomah (6.6), Rayan Kolli and Steven Bala.

Queens Park Rangers could not rely on the presence of Albert Adomah (injured).