SOUTHAMPTON. Millwall prevailed over Southampton to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Millwall to strike first with an early goal of Japhet Tanganga at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 34′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Zian Flemming gave the win to Millwall in the 44′ minute with a penalty. Southampton was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (80%).
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 30,629 spectators. The referee was Thomas Bramall who was helped by Matthew Wilkes and Akil Howson. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.39 degrees Celsius or 47.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 80 Ball Possession 20
Shots
- 14 Total 8
- 7 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 151 Attack 50
- 120 Dangerous attack 17
- 65 Ball safe 56
- 0 Penalties 1
- 13 Corners 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 7
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Southampton was in firm control of the ball 80% while Millwall was struggling with a 20% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Southampton was more pushing with 120 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Millwall was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Southampton shot 14 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Millwall shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Southampton received 4 yellow cards (Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jack Stephens and Samuel Edozie). On the opposite side, Millwall received 3 yellow cards (Matija Sarkic , George Honeyman and Japhet Tanganga).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Southampton stays with 67 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Millwall will has 36 points to hold in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Southampton will play away against Birmingham City on the 2nd of March with a 4-4 head to head record.
Millwall will host Watford on the 2nd of March with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Watford (5 draws).
Southampton – Formation
Southampton
90'
71'
34'
Southampton started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Russell Martin decided to play with the following team: Gavin Bazunu , Taylor Harwood-Bellis , Jack Stephens , Jan Bednarek , Kyle Walker-Peters , Joe Aribo , Will Smallbone , Stuart Armstrong , David Brooks , Ché Adams and Ryan Fraser .
The home team had on the bench: Ryan Manning , Adam Armstrong , Samuel Edozie , Joe Lumley, James Bree, Sékou Mara, Joe Rothwell , Kamaldeen Sulemana and Shea Charles.
Southampton could not rely on the presence of Samuel Edozie (injured).
Substitutions
Southampton made 5 changes: Ryan Fraser for Samuel Edozie (19′), Ché Adams for Adam Armstrong (59′), Joe Aribo for Joe Rothwell (60′), David Brooks for Kamaldeen Sulemana (71′) and Jack Stephens for Ryan Manning (71′).
Player of the match: David Brooks
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Southampton was David Brooks.
His rating is with 46 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.
Millwall – Formation
Millwall
Millwall started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Neil Harris played with: Matija Sarkic , Ryan Leonard , Japhet Tanganga , Jake Cooper , Danny McNamara , George Honeyman , Billy Mitchell , George Saville , Ryan Longman , Zian Flemming and Michael Obafemi .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Murray Wallace, Tom Bradshaw , Duncan Watmore, Casper De Norre , Brooke Norton-Cuffy , Aidomo Emakhu, Romain Esse, Bartosz Bialkowski and Wes Harding.
Substitutions
Millwall made 3 changes: Michael Obafemi for Tom Bradshaw (46′), Ryan Longman for Brooke Norton-Cuffy (62′) and Zian Flemming for Casper De Norre (86′).
Player of the match: Japhet Tanganga
The most impressive player for Millwall was Japhet Tanganga.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Huddersfield Town – 1-2
- Sunderland – Swansea City – 1-2
- Southampton – Millwall – 1-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Bristol City – 2-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Rotherham United – 2-1
- Middlesbrough – Plymouth Argyle – 0-2
- Ipswich Town – Birmingham City – 3-1
- Hull City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Stoke City – 2-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Norwich City – 1-1
