Sunderland v Southampton, 11 February 2017

Score4-0 to Southampton
RefereePaul Tierney
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStadium of Light
Attendance39,931

View Sunderland v Southampton head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm This became Southampton's biggest-ever win at Sunderland. The previous best was a 3-0 victory in League Division One at Roker Park on 2 March 1968 when Ron Davies (2) and Terry Paine scored the Saints' goals.

0 Sunderland

4 Southampton

Goals:

Goals:

Manolo Gabbiadini 30 G
Manolo Gabbiadini 45 G
Jason Denayer own goal 88 OG
Shane Long 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vito Mannone
Defender Jason Denayer
Defender Billy Jones
Defender Lamine Koné
Defender John O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Seb Larsson
Defender/Midfielder Didier Ndong
Defender/Midfielder Bryan Oviedo
Midfielder Darron Gibson
Midfielder Adnan Januzaj
Forward Jermain Defoe

Starting lineup:

Fraser Forster Goalkeeper
Cédric Soares Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Maya Yoshida Defender
Ryan Bertrand Defender/Midfielder
Steven Davis Midfielder
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder
Nathan Redmond Midfielder/Forward
Oriol Romeu Midfielder/Forward
Dušan Tadić Midfielder/Forward
Manolo Gabbiadini Forward

Substitutions:

Steven Pienaar for John O'Shea 46
Fabio Borini for Seb Larsson 58
Wahbi Khazri for Darron Gibson 81

Substitutions:

Shane Long for Manolo Gabbiadini 73
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for Dušan Tadić 82

Cards:

Wahbi Khazri 90 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mika
Defender Joleon Lescott
Defender Javi Manquillo
Midfielder George Honeyman
Midfielder Steven Pienaar
Forward Fabio Borini
Forward Wahbi Khazri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mouez Hassen
Defender Florin Gardoș
Defender/Midfielder Sam McQueen
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Midfielder Josh Sims
Forward Shane Long
Forward Jay Rodriguez

Comments:

League position: 20th Sunderland had now failed to score a first-half goal in 19 games so far in this Premier League season; a joint high with fellow strugglers Crystal Palace. The Black Cats' previous game was a 4-0 win at Crystal Palace; their biggest away win in the Premier League since 1999. This was their biggest home defeat since Aston Villa's 4-0 win in the Premier League on 14 March 2015. Wahbi Khazri was booked in the fourth minute of added time in the second-half. Sunderland manager David Moyes said: "We had a great chance to maybe move out of the bottom three had the games gone for us, but unfortunately it didn't fall for us. Southampton themselves had fragile confidence, but they got a goal off their centre-forward's arm."

Comments:

League position: 11th This equalled Southampton's biggest-ever away win in the top division. They also won 4-0 at Queens Park Rangers on 2 February 1985 and Leicester City on 8 December 2001, and 6-2 at Chelsea on 2 September 1967. Manolo Gabbiadini became the 16th player to score three goals in his first two Premier League appearances; the first since Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimović in August 2016. He also became the second player to score in both of his first two Premier Leagye appearances for Southampton after Henri Camara in 2005. On the last two occasions that the Saints had scored four goals in an away game in the Premier League, the opponents were relegated at the end of the season (Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2003-04 and Aston Villa in 2015-16). Shane Long scored in the second minute of added time in the second-half. Southampton manager Claude Puel said: "Today, first of all, was about the clean sheet. We showed a very good spirit and attitude in a difficult game."

0 Sunderland

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vito Mannone
Defender Jason Denayer
Defender Billy Jones
Defender Lamine Koné
Defender John O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Seb Larsson
Defender/Midfielder Didier Ndong
Defender/Midfielder Bryan Oviedo
Midfielder Darron Gibson
Midfielder Adnan Januzaj
Forward Jermain Defoe

Substitutions:

Steven Pienaar for John O'Shea 46
Fabio Borini for Seb Larsson 58
Wahbi Khazri for Darron Gibson 81

Cards:

Wahbi Khazri 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mika
Defender Joleon Lescott
Defender Javi Manquillo
Midfielder George Honeyman
Midfielder Steven Pienaar
Forward Fabio Borini
Forward Wahbi Khazri

Comments:

League position: 20th Sunderland had now failed to score a first-half goal in 19 games so far in this Premier League season; a joint high with fellow strugglers Crystal Palace. The Black Cats' previous game was a 4-0 win at Crystal Palace; their biggest away win in the Premier League since 1999. This was their biggest home defeat since Aston Villa's 4-0 win in the Premier League on 14 March 2015. Wahbi Khazri was booked in the fourth minute of added time in the second-half. Sunderland manager David Moyes said: "We had a great chance to maybe move out of the bottom three had the games gone for us, but unfortunately it didn't fall for us. Southampton themselves had fragile confidence, but they got a goal off their centre-forward's arm."

4 Southampton

Goals:

Manolo Gabbiadini 30 G
Manolo Gabbiadini 45 G
Jason Denayer own goal 88 OG
Shane Long 90 G

Starting lineup:

Fraser Forster Goalkeeper
Cédric Soares Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Maya Yoshida Defender
Ryan Bertrand Defender/Midfielder
Steven Davis Midfielder
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder
Nathan Redmond Midfielder/Forward
Oriol Romeu Midfielder/Forward
Dušan Tadić Midfielder/Forward
Manolo Gabbiadini Forward

Substitutions:

Shane Long for Manolo Gabbiadini 73
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for Dušan Tadić 82

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mouez Hassen
Defender Florin Gardoș
Defender/Midfielder Sam McQueen
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Midfielder Josh Sims
Forward Shane Long
Forward Jay Rodriguez

Comments:

League position: 11th This equalled Southampton's biggest-ever away win in the top division. They also won 4-0 at Queens Park Rangers on 2 February 1985 and Leicester City on 8 December 2001, and 6-2 at Chelsea on 2 September 1967. Manolo Gabbiadini became the 16th player to score three goals in his first two Premier League appearances; the first since Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimović in August 2016. He also became the second player to score in both of his first two Premier Leagye appearances for Southampton after Henri Camara in 2005. On the last two occasions that the Saints had scored four goals in an away game in the Premier League, the opponents were relegated at the end of the season (Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2003-04 and Aston Villa in 2015-16). Shane Long scored in the second minute of added time in the second-half. Southampton manager Claude Puel said: "Today, first of all, was about the clean sheet. We showed a very good spirit and attitude in a difficult game."