Swansea City 3-0 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 October 2008
Result
Swansea City 3-0 Southampton
Championship · Saturday 25 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Swansea City 3-0 Southampton: match report
Swansea City defeated Southampton 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Darren Pratley opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Darren Pratley (12'), Jordi Gómez (58') and Thomas Butler (72'). Southampton did not score.
Discipline: Swansea City received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swansea City were 11th on 17 points from 12 and Southampton 21st on 12 points from 12. Swansea City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Southampton 23rd with 45.
Going into the match Swansea City's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Southampton's D-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Jordi Gómez
- 12'Goal · Darren Pratley
- 30'Yellow card · L. James
- 57'Yellow card · Simon Gillett
- 58'Goal · Jordi Gómez
- 72'Goal · Thomas Butler
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap