Southampton vs C Palace 2022-23 English Premier League

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54': Eberechi Eze
68': Eberechi Eze

Eze scores twice as resurgent Palace beats Southampton 2-0

— Eberechi Eze scored twice and resurgent Crystal Palace beat last-place Southampton 2-0 on Saturday in the Premier League for its third straight victory since the return of manager Roy Hodgson.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
43': Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+2': First Half ends, Southampton 0, Crystal Palace 0.
52': Roméo Lavia (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
54': Goal! Southampton 0, Crystal Palace 1. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
62': Substitution, Southampton. Moussa Djenepo replaces Theo Walcott.
62': Substitution, Southampton. Paul Onuachu replaces Joe Aribo.
68': Goal! Southampton 0, Crystal Palace 2. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cheick Doucouré.
74': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Will Hughes replaces Odsonne Édouard.
80': Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Carlos Alcaraz.
80': Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
85': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Albert Sambi Lokonga replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
85': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Luka Milivojevic replaces Cheick Doucouré.
90': Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Substitution, Crystal Palace. James Tomkins replaces Marc Guéhi.
90'+3': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Jordan Ayew.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 30,309

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	35	64	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

Statistics

CRY		SOU
13	Fouls	6
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	6
4	Saves	0
41.8	Possession	58.2
10	SHOTS	11
2	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
274	Accurate Passes	420
362	Passes	499
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	2
7	Crosses	14
0.1	Cross %	0.1
59	Long Balls	39
23	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	3
17	Effective Tackles	7
22	Tackles	15
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	16
17	Effective Clearances	7
17	Clearances	7

Line-Ups

Southampton (4-4-2)

No.	Name
31	Gavin Bazunu (GK)
37	Armel Bella-Kotchap
35	Jan Bednarek
2	Kyle Walker-Peters
3	Ainsley Maitland-Niles
45	Romeo Lavia
8	James Ward-Prowse
20	Kamaldeen Sulemana
32	Theo Walcott
7	Joe Aribo
26	Carlos Alcaraz

Substitutes:

Sékou Mara, Stuart Armstrong, Moussa Djenepo, Romain Perraud, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Samuel Edozie, Alex McCarthy, Paul Onuachu, Duje Caleta-Car.

Crystal Palace (4-3-3)

No.	Name
21	Sam Johnstone (GK)
6	Marc Guéhi
16	Joachim Andersen
3	Tyrick Mitchell
2	Joel Ward
28	Cheick Doucouré
15	Jeff Schlupp
10	Eberechi Eze
22	Odsonne Édouard
9	Jordan Ayew
7	Michael Olise

Substitutes:

James Tomkins, Albert Sambi Lokonga, James McArthur, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jairo Riedewald, Luka Milivojevic, Will Hughes, Chris Richards, Owen Goodman.