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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
  • Attendance: 22890
  • Referee: Attwell, S

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

The referee has booked Louis Carey.

84 mins

Goal!! Jason Euell scores for Southampton.

77 mins

Cole Skuse is being taken off, Marvin Elliott has come on in his place.

76 mins

Dele Adebola goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

70 mins

Stern John is being taken off, Vincent Pericard has come on in his place.

70 mins

Inigo Idiakez is replaced by Jhon Viafara.

56 mins

Youssef Safri goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46 mins

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

46 mins

Scott Murray is replaced by Ivan Sproule.

46 mins

David Noble is being taken off, Steve Brooker has come on in his place.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by S Attwell

42 mins

Southampton are replacing Gregory Vignal with Andrew Surman.

41 mins

The referee has booked Gregory Vignal.

35 mins

Goal!! Stern John scores for Southampton.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 5th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Jason Euell rolled back the years to move Southampton a huge step closer to safety and derail Bristol City's promotion charge.

Euell scored one goal and laid on the other as the Saints cruised to a surprisingly easy victory.

But for the heroics of City's brilliant Brazilian goalkeeper Adriano Basso the league leaders would have been on the end of a hammering.

Southampton dominated almost from the first kick and could have been 3-0 in front even before Stern John's scrappy 35th minute opener.

John should have opened the scoring after just four minutes when he was expertly picked out by a cross from Mario Licka, but headed hopelessly wide from four yards.

Basso produced a flying save to keep out Indigo Idiakez's curling free-kick soon after.

John wasted another golden chance in the 11th minute when he brilliantly controlled a Gregory Vignal centre, but dragged his shot wide.

It was Idiakez's turn to miss a hitter in the 20th minute when he put a free header into the side-netting from Jermaine Wright's cross.

Southampton finally took the lead ten minutes before half-time when John was on hand to hammer into the roof of the net after Euell's cross had been headed across goal by Bradley Wright-Phillips.

City managed only one shot on target in a strangely one-sided first half, prompting manager Gary Johjnson to call from the bench Steve Brooker and Ivan Sproule for the start of the second period.

The changes made little difference to the flow of the game and Southampton were only denied a greater victory by Basso's exertions.

Basso produced a stunning one-handed save to keep out Licka's close-range volley in the 69th minute.

City's man of the match then pulled off two breathtaking stops in the space of a few seconds to deny Wright-Phillips.

First Basso saved at the feet of Wright-Phillips, who looked certain to score, and then tipped the former Manchester City striker's long-range shot wide.


Euell eventually put the game beyond City when he tapped home from close range after Basso could only parry another Wright-Phillips shot.

Southampton Team

Bristol City Team

Southampton

Bristol City

Corners

12 4

Fouls

10 25

Goal attempts

15 5

Shots off target

6 2

Offsides

1 5

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