Southampton 3-0 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 12 December 2009
Result
Southampton 3-0 Tranmere Rovers
League One · Saturday 12 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Southampton 3-0 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Southampton won against Tranmere Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 12 December 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Dan Harding opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Southampton's goals came from Dan Harding (51'), Rickie Lambert (64', penalty) and Rickie Lambert (71'). Tranmere Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 6th on 32 points from 20 and Tranmere Rovers 23rd on 17 points from 20. Southampton went on to finish that season 6th with 83 points, and Tranmere Rovers 20th with 51.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Tranmere Rovers's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Ian Goodison
- 35'Yellow card · Rickie Lambert
- 49'Yellow card · Morgan Schneiderlin
- 51'Goal · Dan Harding
- 64'Penalty goal · Rickie Lambert
- 64'Yellow card · Marlon Broomes
- 71'Goal · Rickie Lambert
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap