Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Southampton were beaten by West Bromwich Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Southampton's goal came from Ingo Goetze (41'). West Bromwich Albion scored through M. Phillips (43') and H. Robson-Kanu (50').
Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 8th on 24 points from 18 and West Bromwich Albion 9th on 23 points from 18. Southampton went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.
Southampton lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Phillips of West Bromwich Albion (9.0), ahead of Hal Robson-Kanu (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 4 draws and 3 for West Bromwich Albion.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Virgil van Dijk
- 36'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 41'Goal · Ingo Goetze
- 43'Goal · M. Phillips
- 50'Goal · H. Robson-Kanu
- 52'Yellow card · H. Robson-Kanu
- 75'Yellow card · Craig Dawson
- 77'Yellow card · Sofiane Boufal
- 89'Second yellow · Virgil van Dijk
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-3-3)
Fraser Forster, Cuco Martina, Maya Yoshida, Virgil van Dijk, Sam McQueen, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Shane Long, Sofiane Boufal
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, Allan Nyom, Claudio Yacob, Darren Fletcher, Matt Phillips, Nacer Chadli, Chris Brunt, Hal Robson-Kanu