SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton prevails over Huddersfield Town 5-3 after playing a incredible match. Southampton was surely better in terms of ball possession (71%) 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 3:00 pm local time. In front of 29,863 spectators. The referee was David Webb who was helped by Rob Smith and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was David Rock. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 15 Total 17
- 7 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 8
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 96 Attack 98
- 70 Dangerous attack 45
- 32 Ball safe 20
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 4
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Southampton had a superior ball possession 71% while Huddersfield Town was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Southampton was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Southampton won the match.
Southampton shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town shot 17 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Southampton received 2 yellow cards (Jan Bednarek and Ryan Manning). On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards (Ben Jackson, Brodie Spencer and Jack Rudoni).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Southampton has 64 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Huddersfield Town will stays with 31 points to remain in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Southampton will host Hull City on the 27th of January with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (4 draws).
Huddersfield Town will host Sunderland on the 14th of February with a 1-1 head to head record.
Southampton – Formation
Southampton started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Gavin Bazunu
, Kyle Walker-Peters , Taylor Harwood-Bellis , Jan Bednarek , Ryan Manning , Will Smallbone , Flynn Downes , Stuart Armstrong , Adam Armstrong , Ché Adams and Ryan Fraser .The home team had on the bench: Jack Stephens, Joe Lumley, Sékou Mara
, Joe Rothwell , Kamaldeen Sulemana , Samuel Edozie , Shea Charles, Tyler Dibling and David Brooks .Southampton could not rely on the presence of Joe Rothwell (injured) and Kamaldeen Sulemana (injured).
Substitutions
Southampton made 5 changes: Flynn Downes for Joe Rothwell (33′), Ché Adams for David Brooks (46′), Stuart Armstrong for Kamaldeen Sulemana (71′), Adam Armstrong for Sékou Mara (79′) and Ryan Fraser for Samuel Edozie (71′).
Player of the match: Sékou Mara
The most impressive player for Southampton was Sékou Mara.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 5 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 6.His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 79′.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jonathan Worthington played with: Radinio Balker, Lee Nicholls
, Matthew Pearson , Tom Lees , Yuta Nakayama , David Kasumu , Alex Matos , Jonathan Hogg , Brodie Spencer , Jack Rudoni and Josh Koroma , Sorba Thomas .The following players were sitting on the bench: Bojan Radulović
, Ben Wiles , Brahima Diarra , Chris Maxwell, Tom Edwards, Patrick Jones , Ben Jackson , Tom Iorpenda and Giosue Bellagambi.Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Ben Jackson (injured).
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 5 changes: Brodie Spencer for Ben Jackson (67′), Josh Koroma for Patrick Jones (77′), Alex Matos for Ben Wiles (87′), Jonathan Hogg for Brahima Diarra (87′) and David Kasumu for Bojan Radulović (87′).
Player of the match: Sorba Thomas
The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Sorba Thomas.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 27 passes (67% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 8. He performed 15 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Leicester City – 1-2
- Sunderland – Plymouth Argyle – 3-1
- Southampton – Huddersfield Town – 5-3
- Queens Park Rangers – Norwich City – 2-2
- Middlesbrough – Bristol City – 1-2
- Leeds United – Rotherham United – 3-0
- Ipswich Town – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Hull City – Swansea City – 0-1
- Cardiff City – Preston North End – 0-2
- Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City – 3-1