Southampton v Everton, 26 November 2017

Score4-1 to Southampton
RefereeKevin Friend
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt Mary's Stadium
Attendance30,461

View Southampton v Everton head to head

Kick-off: 1.30pm Southampton had now lost one of the last nine home Premier League meetings (won five).

4 Southampton

1 Everton

Goals:

Dušan Tadić 18 G
Charlie Austin 52 G
Charlie Austin 58 G
Steven Davis 87 G

Goals:

Gylfi Sigurdsson 45 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Wesley Hoedt
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Midfielder Steven Davis
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Sofiane Boufal
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Charlie Austin

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Michael Keane Defender
Phil Jagielka Defender/Midfielder
Jonjoe Kenny Defender/Midfielder
Morgan Schneiderlin Defender/Midfielder
Leighton Baines Defender/Left back
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Aaron Lennon Midfielder
Dominic Calvert-Lewin Midfielder/Forward
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Mirallas Forward

Substitutions:

Mario Lemina for Dušan Tadić 78
Shane Long for Charlie Austin 80
Maya Yoshida for Sofiane Boufal 86

Substitutions:

Ashley Williams for Leighton Baines 27
Ademola Lookman for Kevin Mirallas 64
Nikola Vlašić for Michael Keane 75

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Maya Yoshida
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Defender/Midfielder Sam McQueen
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Forward Manolo Gabbiadini
Forward Shane Long

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joel Robles
Defender Ashley Williams
Midfielder Beni Baningime
Midfielder Nikola Vlašić
Forward Ademola Lookman
Forward Wayne Rooney
Forward Sandro Ramírez

Comments:

League position: 10th Southampton had failed to score in ten of their Premier League home games so far in 2017. Only Portsmouth (11 in 2007) had failed to score in more in a calendar year. Prior to this game, the Saints had scored only nine goals in this Premier League season; their fewest after the first 12 games of a Premier League season since 1998-99. This was Charlie Austin's 250th career league appearance (127 goals). Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino said: "I was really pleased for my players because we have been working really well and I think we deserved to win. Sometimes it has been frustrating when we've been unable to convert good performances to victories, but today we played a really good game. Especially in the second-half, after Everton equalised, the team continued the same ideas to play with tempo, with the ball on the floor and we scored four good goals."

Comments:

League position: 16th Everton had now conceded 20 goals and failed to keep a clean sheet in seven games played under caretaker manger David Unsworth. They had now conceded 28 goals in the Premier League so far in this season; their most after 13 games of a league season since 1958-59 (40). The Toffees were now without a win in their last 15 away games in the Premier League; their worst such run since December 1997. Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth said: "Absolutely gutted. The second-half performance from all our team was unacceptable. I'm sorry for all the Everton fans who came down here and all the ones who were watching as well. We can't keep performing like this, it's just not good enough. We are in a tough moment and we have a massive week ahead of us."

4 Southampton

Goals:

Dušan Tadić 18 G
Charlie Austin 52 G
Charlie Austin 58 G
Steven Davis 87 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Wesley Hoedt
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Midfielder Steven Davis
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Sofiane Boufal
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Charlie Austin

Substitutions:

Mario Lemina for Dušan Tadić 78
Shane Long for Charlie Austin 80
Maya Yoshida for Sofiane Boufal 86

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Maya Yoshida
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Defender/Midfielder Sam McQueen
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Forward Manolo Gabbiadini
Forward Shane Long

Comments:

League position: 10th Southampton had failed to score in ten of their Premier League home games so far in 2017. Only Portsmouth (11 in 2007) had failed to score in more in a calendar year. Prior to this game, the Saints had scored only nine goals in this Premier League season; their fewest after the first 12 games of a Premier League season since 1998-99. This was Charlie Austin's 250th career league appearance (127 goals). Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino said: "I was really pleased for my players because we have been working really well and I think we deserved to win. Sometimes it has been frustrating when we've been unable to convert good performances to victories, but today we played a really good game. Especially in the second-half, after Everton equalised, the team continued the same ideas to play with tempo, with the ball on the floor and we scored four good goals."

1 Everton

Goals:

Gylfi Sigurdsson 45 G

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Michael Keane Defender
Phil Jagielka Defender/Midfielder
Jonjoe Kenny Defender/Midfielder
Morgan Schneiderlin Defender/Midfielder
Leighton Baines Defender/Left back
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Aaron Lennon Midfielder
Dominic Calvert-Lewin Midfielder/Forward
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Mirallas Forward

Substitutions:

Ashley Williams for Leighton Baines 27
Ademola Lookman for Kevin Mirallas 64
Nikola Vlašić for Michael Keane 75

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joel Robles
Defender Ashley Williams
Midfielder Beni Baningime
Midfielder Nikola Vlašić
Forward Ademola Lookman
Forward Wayne Rooney
Forward Sandro Ramírez

Comments:

League position: 16th Everton had now conceded 20 goals and failed to keep a clean sheet in seven games played under caretaker manger David Unsworth. They had now conceded 28 goals in the Premier League so far in this season; their most after 13 games of a league season since 1958-59 (40). The Toffees were now without a win in their last 15 away games in the Premier League; their worst such run since December 1997. Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth said: "Absolutely gutted. The second-half performance from all our team was unacceptable. I'm sorry for all the Everton fans who came down here and all the ones who were watching as well. We can't keep performing like this, it's just not good enough. We are in a tough moment and we have a massive week ahead of us."