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  • Kick-off: 17:15
  • Venue: Friends Provident St. Mary's Stadium
  • Attendance: 24061
  • Referee: Kettle, T

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Southampton are replacing Ricardo Fuller with Rory Delap.

87mins

Jackie McNamara is booked for unsporting behaviour.

85mins

Wolverhampton are replacing Kenny Miller with Leon Clarke.

79mins

It's red. He's off. Claus Lundekvam has been sent off.

78mins

Ki-Hyeon Seol is being taken off, Seyi George Olofinjana has come on in his place.

76mins

Tomasz Hajto goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

73mins

Kenwyne Jones is replaced by Theo Walcott.

65mins

The referee has booked Kenny Miller.

58mins

The referee has booked Mark Kennedy.

55mins

The referee has booked Dennis Wise.

53mins

Ki-Hyeon Seol goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

50mins

Djamel Belmadi is replaced by Dennis Wise.

47mins

Darren Powell goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

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

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

18mins

Claus Lundekvam is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Southampton and Wolves battled out a tight 0-0 draw in this tense Championship opener.

Antti Niemi was in particularly impressive form for the Saints, producing top-quality saves to deny both Joleon Lescott and Kenny Miller.

His task was made all the more difficult when defender Claus Lundekvam was sent off for a second bookable offence late in the second half.

All the talk before the game was of both sides' potential title aspirations but neither team seemed willing or able to break the deadlock and get off to a flying start.

Saints included six new faces from the team that lined up against Manchester United in the final game of last season.

Polish international Tomasz Hajto made his debut alongside Darren Powell and Lundekvam in the Saints defence.

And hotly tipped youngster Kenwyne Jones was given a starting berth upfront with new boy Ricardo Fuller.

Wolves included their main summer acquisition, former Celtic man Jackie McNamara, in what was an impressive looking back four.

And it was the visitors who had the best of the first-half exchanges, as Mark Kennedy delivered two thunderbolt 25-yard efforts which Niemi did well to parry wide.

Lescott was also unlucky when he saw his free header tipped round the post by the Finnish international.

The introduction of Dennis Wise in the second half yielded a greater attacking threat for Southampton as his biting midfield display drove them forward.

Club captain Nigel Quashie saw a low left-foot drive well saved by Wolves keeper Michael Oakes and Fuller missed two glaring opportunities in the space of two minutes.

Lundekvam put pressure on the Southampton back line when he was given his marching orders for a cynical trip on Miller. Quashie and Wise were incensed though that an earlier Paul Ince challenge was not picked up by referee Trevor Kettle.

However, Harry Redknapp threw whiz kid Theo Walcott into the fray with 15 minutes to go but for all of his trickery, Saints still couldn't find a way past Oakes in the Wolverhampton goal.

Southampton Team

Wolverhampton Wanderers Team

Southampton

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Corners

510

Fouls

1418

Goal attempts

1313

Shots off target

75

Offsides

31

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