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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Friends Provident St. Mary's Stadium
  • Attendance: 20792
  • Referee: Hall, A

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Nigel Quashie is booked for unsporting behaviour.

87mins

Ricardo Fuller is being taken off, Nathan Dyer has come on in his place.

80mins

Crewe are replacing Michael Higdon with Steve Foster.

80mins

Crewe are replacing Luke Varney with Eddie Johnson.

75mins

The referee has booked Michael Higdon.

71mins

Mark Rivers is replaced by Steve Jones.

66mins

Goal!! Southampton have scored with Nigel Quashie putting it in the back of the net.

54mins

Southampton are replacing Kenwyne Jones with Brett Ormerod.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

11mins

Goal!! Djamel Belmadi scores for Southampton.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 27th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Southampton midfielder Djamel Belmadi ran the show as the south coast side cruised to a comfortable home win against Crewe Alexandra

Belmadi, whose one-month contract runs out on Monday, looks to have earned himself a longer deal after producing a man of the match performance as he scored a wonder goal before turning provider for the second.

Belmadi's weaving run past four Crewe defenders coupled with a delicate chip past keeper Ross Turnbull, delighted the home fans in the tenth minute as he gave Southampton an early lead.

In a one-sided affair the influential Belmadi almost carved out a second goal in the 24th minute but Ricardo Fuller had a header saved from his cross.

Seconds later on-loan keeper Turnbull, making his Crewe debut after a midweek move from Middlesbrough, was fully stretched as he pushed away Nigel Quashie's fizzing 30-yard shot.

Southampton striker Kenwyne Jones blew another great chance eight minutes before the break when he wriggled free of Richard Walker's challenge to go through one-on-one with Turnbull.

But despite hitting the target, Jones was unlucky to see his effort crash back off the post.

Southampton continued to dominate after the break and defender Darren Powell almost opened his Saints account on 63 minutes.

The former Crystal Palace defender rose highest in the box following Tomasz Hajto's free-kick, only to see his header come back off the post.

Seconds later Fuller had a goal ruled out for offside, as Crewe continued to thwart Saints from adding a second.

But moments later the home side finally made the breakthrough, Belmadi again involved.

The classy Algerian winger made strides down the left and crossed for Quashie to smash in a low right-foot shot from the edge of the area.

Belmadi capped his wonderful afternoon by playing in David Prutton late on, only for the midfielder to blaze high and wide.

Southampton Team

Crewe Alexandra Team

Southampton

Crewe Alexandra

Corners

112

Fouls

109

Goal attempts

217

Shots off target

77

Offsides

62

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