Southampton 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 April 2016
Result
Southampton 3-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 9 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Southampton 3-1 Newcastle United: match report
Southampton beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 April 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Southampton's goals came from Ingo Goetze (4'), Graziano Pellè (38') and Victor Wanyama (55'). Newcastle United scored through Andros Townsend (65').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Southampton were 8th on 47 points from 32 and Newcastle United 19th on 25 points from 31. Southampton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.
Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Graziano Pellè of Southampton (8.5), ahead of Shane Long (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 3 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Newcastle United's D-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Ingo Goetze
- 38'Goal · Graziano Pellè
- 55'Goal · Victor Wanyama
- 65'Goal · Andros Townsend
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fraser Forster, Cuco Martina, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Jordy Clasie, Victor Wanyama, Sadio Mané, Shane Long, Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pellè
Newcastle United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daryl Janmaat, Steven Taylor, Chancel Mbemba, Paul Dummett, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jonjo Shelvey, Moussa Sissoko, Robert Elliot