Southampton 2-0 Fulham (2018-19 Premier League)

Wed 27 Feb 2019 19:45	Southampton	(2) 2-0 (0)	Fulham	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Hampshire Attendance: 27,597 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Romeu  23' Ward-Prowse  40'	Report

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SOUTHAMPTON (3-4-2-1) GK 28 Angus Gunn DRC 35 Jan Bednarek DC 3 Maya Yoshida DLC 4 Jannik Vestergaard MR 43 Yan Valery MC 14 Oriol Romeu MC 23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (c) ML 21 Ryan Bertrand AMRC 16 James Ward-Prowse AMLC 22 Nathan Redmond ST 10 Charlie Austin 64' Substitutes: GK 1 Alex McCarthy DF 5 Jack Stephens DF 33 Matt Targett MF 11 Mohamed Elyounoussi MF 17 Stuart Armstrong FW 7 Shane Long 64' FW 22 Sam Gallagher Manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl

FULHAM (4-3-1-2) GK 25 Sergio Rico DRC 4 Denis Odoi DC 16 Håvard Nordtveit DC 13 Tim Ream DL 23 Joe Bryan MRC 5 Calum Chambers MC 6 Kevin McDonald 62' 69' MLC 29 André Zambo Anguissa AMC 10 Tom Cairney (c) 69' ST 12 Ryan Babel ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović Substitutes: GK 31 Fabri DF 22 Cyrus Christie MF 44 Ibrahima Cissé FW 3 Ryan Sessegnon 69' FW 11 Floyd Ayité FW 19 Luciano Vietto 69' FW 30 Lazar Marković Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Assistant referees: Gary Beswick Adam Nunn Fourth official: Roger East Previous Meeting: Fulham 3-2 Southampton (2018-19 Premier League) (24 Nov 2018) Following Meeting: Fulham 0-1 Southampton (2019-20 EFL Cup 2nd Round) (27 Aug 2019) Trivia This was Claudio Ranieri's last match in charge before his sacking the following day Aleksandar Mitrović makes his 50th appearance in all competitions for Fulham Statistics Southampton Fulham Possession 41% 59% Shots on target 4 4 Shots off target 9 2 Shots blocked 3 6 Corner kicks 7 4 Fouls conceded 15 13 Offsides 2 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 380 566 Passing success 78% 80% Tackles 22 15 Tackles success 68% 67% Total crosses 19 11 Successful crosses 16% 9% Interceptions 10 9 Clearances 25 19 Images 1-0: Oriol Romeu opened the scoring in the 23rd minute as his shot sqiurmed through a crowd of bodies to find the back of the net 2-0: Sergio Rico could only parry a shot from Nathan Redmond, and James Ward-Prowse was first to the rebound and scored the second and final goal of the match five minutes before half-time 2018-19 season Pre-season: Crawley (h) • Reading (n) • Fenerbahçe (n) • Lyon (n) • Sampdoria (n) • Celta Vigo (h) Cup of Traditions - Semi-final: Athletic Bilbao (n) • Final: Fiorentina (n) Additional friendly - ATK (n) Premier League: Crystal Palace (h) • Tottenham (a) • Burnley (h) • Brighton (a) • Man City (a) • Watford (h) • Everton (a) • Arsenal (h) • Cardiff (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Chelsea (a) • Leicester (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (h) • Newcastle (a) • Wolves (h) • Huddersfield (h) • Arsenal (a) • Burnley (a) • Tottenham (h) • Brighton (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Man Utd (h) • West Ham (a) • Southampton (a) • Chelsea (h) • Leicester (a) • Liverpool (h) • Man City (h) • Watford (a) • Everton (h) • Bournemouth (a) • Cardiff (h) • Wolves (a) • Newcastle (h) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Exeter (h) • 3rd round: Millwall (a) • 4th round: Man City (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Oldham (h)