Southampton 3-0 Sparta Praha: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 15 September 2016
Result
Southampton 3-0 Sparta Praha
Europa League · Thursday 15 September 2016, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0
Southampton 3-0 Sparta Praha: match report
Southampton beat Sparta Praha 3-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 September 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Charlie Austin opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Southampton's goals came from Charlie Austin (5', penalty), Charlie Austin (27') and Jay Rodríguez (90+2'). Sparta Praha did not score.
Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Southampton lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sparta Praha in a 3-5-2.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Charlie Austin
- 27'Goal · Charlie Austin
- 70'Yellow card · V. Kadlec
- 78'Yellow card · Oriol Romeu
- 88'Yellow card · Matej Pulkrab
- 90+2'Goal · Jay Rodríguez
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-3-1-2)
Fraser Forster, Maya Yoshida, Cuco Martina, Virgil van Dijk, Matt Targett, Oriol Romeu, James Ward-Prowse, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Shane Long, Charlie Austin, Dusan Tadic
Sparta Praha line-up (3-5-2)
Tomas Koubek, Michal Kadlec, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Martin Frydek, Michal Sacek, Mario Holek, Costa Nhamoinesu, Lukáš Vácha, Josef Šural, Lukas Julis, Václav Kadlec