PMH vs SOU
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PMH vs SOU As It Happened
Key moments so far
- Danny Ings gives Saints the lead WITH A DOUBLE at Fratton Park
- Cédric adds Saints' third before substitute Redmond makes it four
- Brett Pitman went very close to giving the hosts an early lead
- It had been a dominant spell for the League One side before the opener
FULL TIME: Portsmouth 0-4 SAINTS
That went well 😏 What a night for Saints - safely through to the Carabao Cup FOURTH round with FOUR unanswered goals at Fratton Park! Ings (2), Cédric and Redmond were the men on target, as Saints chalked up a FOURTH successive away win without conceding a goal.
IT'S FOUR!!!!
Redmond gets in on the act, carrying the ball deep into Portsmouth territory, stepping inside and rifling an unstoppable shot past MacGillivray! What a night this is turning into 😍
GOOOAL!!!
Nathan Redmond (88’) | 0 – 4
Southampton substitution: Shane Long replaces Danny Ings
Ings's work is done - what a night for our number nine!
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Cédric seals it!
Ings gets away down the left and the ball falls Cédric's way from a Portsmouth tackle. The defender was in unfamiliar territory but didn't show it - he crashes a first-time shot home for number three!
GOOOAL!!!
Cédric (76’) | 0 – 3
Cédric's cross goes uncoverted
Now in the Portsmouth box, Cédric squeezes the ball across the box but no red and white shirt is on hand to finish the job.
Vital block from Cédric
The ball drops kindly for Curtis to try his luck from the edge of the box and he strikes it well, but Cédric sticks out a leg to deflect it wide.
Southampton substitution: Nathan Redmond replaces Michael Obafemi
First change for Ralph Hasenhüttl - Redmond has 20 minutes to impress in his first south coast derby.
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Bertrand's free-kick is overhit
Saints have the chance to deliver a cross into the box, but it's too strong from Bertrand and Obafemi cannot keep it in.
Yellow Card for Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
Bertrand goes into the book after Yoshida brings down Marquis - presumably for dissent.
Portsmouth substitution: Paul Downing replaces Oliver Hawkins
Defender Hawkins has been struck down by injury and is unable to continue.
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Saints survive teasing corner
Williams whips in a fine delivery that Burgess gets a glancing touch to, but the ball flashes across the six-yard box.
Yellow Card for Brett Pitman (Portsmouth)
Now it's Pitman who's carded for bringing down Obafemi. Frustration from the Pompey man, who had just lost possession.
Yellow Card for Oliver Hawkins (Portsmouth)
Hawkins goes into the book for bringing down Ward-Prowse and halting a Saints counter.
Williams fires over
Not for the first time, there's a lack of composure from the home team when they have the chance to pull the trigger, as this time it's Williams who shoots high and wide.
Ward-Prowse's shot is blocked
It's been a controlled start to the second half for Saints, who are enjoying plenty of possession, but Ward-Prowse's shot at the end of it is blocked at close quarters on the edge of the box.
We're back under way...
Let's hope for more of the same in the second half! 💪
HALF TIME: Portsmouth 0-2 SAINTS
Danny Ings's double at Fratton Park gives Saints a comfortable lead at the break in the south coast derby.
GOOOAL!!!
Danny Ings (44’) | 0 – 2
Pompey looking to end the half strong...
Marquis takes aim from distance and fires wide as the hosts look to end the half as strongly as they started the first before Ings's goal.
Ward-Prowse tests the keeper
Ward-Prowse forces a good save from Macgillivary before Adams collects the ball in the box but stumbles and the hosts can clear.
Burgess heads away a cross
Everything good is going through Ings, who switches the play to Cédric and the Portuguese's cross is headed out by Burgess.
Burgess sweeps the ball wide
Pompey keep the ball alive following a corner and thankfully Burgess can't quite steer his effort on target inside the box.
Bertrand's cross evades Ward-Prowse
Bertrand sends in a dangerous looking cross that Ward-Prowse can't quite reach, Curtis brings the ball away and is fouled by Obafemi in his own half.
Højbjerg's effort blocked off the line
Ings's movement causing problems and he gets in again to force a save from Macgillivray, before Højbjerg looks to have put us 2-0 ahead, only for Oli Hawkins to make a BIG block on the line.
GET IN THERE!!!!!
Ings forces a save from Macgillivray, before getting the ball back from Ward-Prowse and he curls the ball beyond the keeper from the edge of the box. WHAT A MOMENT!
GOOOAL!!!
Danny Ings (20’) | 0 – 1
McCarthy somehow keeps it out
Haunstrup's corner is met by the near post run of Pitman, who sees his header saved by McCarthy before Bednarek helps to keep it out. McCarthy then reclaims the ball.
The ball skips away from Ings
Ward-Prowse's cross-field pass is intended for Ings but the ball skips away from his path on a greasy surface and it's a goal kick.
Curtis curls the ball well wide
It's the hosts piling on the early pressure, buoyed by a hostille crowd, but this time Curtis tries to arch a right-footed shot into the far corner and it drifts away.
Pitman draws a fine fingertip save
A deep free-kick is half cleared and Pitman strikes a ferocious volley that forces a brilliant fingertip save from McCarthy.
Marquis hits the post
Williams releases Marquis and he almost catches McCarthy out with a curled, right-footed strike that hits the outside of the post.
Pitman's shot is tame
The ball is headed on to Pitman on the edge of the area, but he controls it before volleying it towards goal and it's easy for McCarthy.
Close is down after Ward-Prowse's challenge
The referee plays an advantage after Close hooks the ball away, before Ward-Prowse catches him late. Cédric clears the ball out for a throw-in that comes to nothing.
Pompey earn a free-kick in their own half
Obafemi concedes a foul inside the Pompey half but the ball is long towards Marquis and Bednarek is able to shepard the ball out.
Yoshida's ball is pursued by Ings but runs out
Saints pressing up the pitch early on. Yoshida plays a ball into the box which Ings is in pursuit of but Burgess sees it out to safety.
We're under way!
After a seven-year hiatus, the south coast derby is under way! COME ON!!
19.41i think we'll see an intense game. today it will be a tight game and it's not important what league the opponents are playing in.
RALPH HASENHÜTTLsouthampton boss
Be loud and proud, Saints fans!
It's almost time for kick-off at Fratton Park for the first south coast derby since 2012. A chance for someone to etch their name into Saints folklore in one of the most ferocious derbies in the country.
19.25Arriving at Fratton Park!
Watch as the Southampton squad arrived at Fratton Park for tonight's south coast derby in the Carabao Cup
19.03The hosts line-up...
Starting XI: Macgillivray, Haunstrup, Bolton, Burgess, Naylor (c), Close, Williams, Curtis, Pitman, Marquis, Hawkins
Subs: Bass, Downing, McCrorie, Walkes, Evans, Cannon, Maloney.
SAINTS TEAM CONFIRMED
Starting XI: McCarthy, Cédric, Yoshida, Bednarek,Bertrand, Romeu, Højbjerg (c), Ward-Prowse, Ings, Obafemi, Adams.
The lads are in! 😇
Take a look through our image gallery as the Saints squad take a look around upon their arrival at Fratton Park.
18.1318.09I GO FOR A COFFEE AND EVERYONE SAYS 'MAKE SURE YOU WIN THAT GAME' OR YOU ARE IN A LIFT WITH A SOUTHAMPTON FAN AND HE SAYS 'YOU ARE DOING WELL NOW, BUT YOU HAVE TO WIN THAT GAME'. THEY MAKE YOU FEEL HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND WE ALL KNOW IT.
ORIOL ROMEUON THE SOUTH COAST DERBY
The scene is set at Fratton Park
Counting down until kick-off here at Fratton Park. ARE YOU READY?! 🙌
18.06An hour until the team news!
There's not too long to wait until you know our starting XI for the south coast derby! We'll bring you it right here at 6.45pm!
Goals, goals, goals!
Take a look back at a selection of memorable Saints goals in the south coast derby! It's hard to pick a favourite...
16.4116.37it could ignite the season. we need to do that sooner rather than later so maybe the game has come at a good time. but for that to happen we have got to start the game well and do all the things we know we need to do.
ben closeportsmouth midfielder
Lambert recalls his south coast derby memories
Somehow not PUMPED yet?! Southampton legend Rickie Lambert sat down to talk through his memories of playing in the south coast derbies.
16.3116.28it's important we focus on what's important and that is winning the game at all costs.
danny ingson playing the game and not the occasion
Hasenhüttl: Let's make the fans proud
Hear from the Southampton boss ahead of tonight's south coast derby, as we look to record our first victory at Fratton Park since 1984.
16.26IT'S DERBY DAY! 🔴⚪
That's right, it's the first south coast derby since back in 2012, as Southampton travel to face Portsmouth at Fratton Park in the Carabao Cup third round. It promises to be a ferocious, passionate and intense affair as always and there is one thing that matters; to win. COME ON YOU SAINTS!
PMH vs SOU Line Ups
Portsmouth
| 1 |
Craig MacGillivray (GK)
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|---|---|
| 6 |
Christian Burgess
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| 38 |
Brandon Haunstrup
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| 9 |
Oliver Hawkins
Paul Downing (59′)
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| 13 |
James Bolton
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| 11 |
Ronan Curtis
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| 33 |
Ben Close
Ross McCrorie (82′)
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| 4 |
Tom Naylor (C)
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| 8 |
Brett Pitman
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| 7 |
Ryan Williams
Gareth Evans (78′)
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| 10 |
John Marquis
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Substitutes
| 2 |
Anton Walkes |
|---|---|
| 35 |
Alex Bass |
| 26 |
Gareth Evans |
| 29 |
Leon Maloney |
| 15 |
Ross McCrorie |
| 14 |
Andrew Cannon |
| 5 |
Paul Downing |
Southampton
| 1 |
Alex McCarthy (GK)
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|---|---|
| 3 |
Maya Yoshida
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| 21 |
Ryan Bertrand
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| 2 |
Cédric Soares
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| 35 |
Jan Bednarek
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| 16 |
James Ward-Prowse
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| 14 |
Oriol Romeu
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| 23 |
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (C)
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| 10 |
Che Adams
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| 9 |
Danny Ings
Shane Long (83′)
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| 20 |
Michael Obafemi
Nathan Redmond (72′)
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Substitutes
| 28 |
Angus Gunn |
|---|---|
| 7 |
Shane Long |
| 43 |
Yan Valery |
| 5 |
Jack Stephens |
| 17 |
Stuart Armstrong |
| 22 |
Nathan Redmond |
| 19 |
Sofiane Boufal |
PMH vs SOU Match Stats
Head to Head Stats
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Possession (%)3862
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Shots1611
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Shots on target49
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Corners71
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Passes Complete192441
