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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
  • Attendance: 20300
  • Referee: Beeby, R

Live Commentary

90 mins

Jhon Viafara is booked for dissent.

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

88 mins

Jon Parkin is booked for unsporting behaviour.

85 mins

Southampton are replacing Bradley Wright-Phillips with Marek Saganowski.

82 mins

Goal!! Jon Parkin scores for Stoke.

81 mins

Youssef Safri goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

79 mins

Liam Lawrence is replaced by Anthony Pulis.

79 mins

Dominic Matteo is replaced by John Eustace.

75 mins

Goal!! Southampton have scored with Jhon Viafara putting it in the back of the net.

73 mins

Mamady Sidibe is replaced by Jon Parkin.

71 mins

Goal!! Grzegorz Rasiak scores for Southampton.

55 mins

Mamady Sidibe goes into the referees book for dissent.

46 mins

Clint Hill goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46 mins

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

46 mins

Rudi Skacel is replaced by Alexander Ostlund.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by R Beeby

41 mins

The referee has booked Ricardo Fuller.

36 mins

Goal!! Andrew Surman scores for Southampton.

10 mins

Goal!! Stoke have scored with Ricardo Fuller putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, August 25th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Championship leaders Stoke City suffered a disappointment on the South coast where Southampton recorded their first win of the season after three successive defeats.

Home-grown Andrew Surman was Southampton's hero, scoring once and making two others after Stoke had gone ahead.

It was typical of Southampton's recent misfortunes that the man who put Stoke ahead in the tenth minute was Jamaican international Ricardo Fuller, who held off Darren Powell before scoring with a right-foot shot.

Saints manager George Burley left out transfer-seeking Kenwyne Jones, who is on the brink of a move to either Sunderland or Derby County next week.

But they made light of his absence by equalising in the 36th minute. Youssef Safri set it up and Surman scored with a low left-foot shot from the edge of the area.

Both sides had the chance to be ahead by half-time and a header from Ryan Shawcross seemed to have crossed the line when Rudi Skacel headed clear from under the bar.

But it was Southampton that went ahead in the 71st minute and again Surman was involved, jinking past two tackles on the left of the area before floating a perfect centre for Poland international striker Grzegorz Rasiak to head home from 12 yards for his second of the season.

Southampton looked to have sealed an impressive win in the 75th minute when Shawcross could only head another dangerous centre from Surman into the path of Jhon Viafara, who miscontrolled before beating Steve Simonsen with a low right-foot shot.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis sent on three substitutes, including his 20-year-old son Anthony Pulis, but it was another of his replacements Jon Parkin who set up an exciting finish by heading home an 82nd minute corner.

Southampton Team

Stoke City Team

Southampton

Stoke City

Corners

15 5

Fouls

12 20

Goal attempts

22 8

Shots off target

11 2

Offsides

0 3

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