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Aleksandar Mitrovic reached a career-high top-flight tally of 12 goals with Fulham's 2nd astatine SouthamptonSouthampton's 11-year enactment successful the Premier League ended successful tame manner arsenic their relegation was confirmed with decision astatine location by Fulham.
Aleksandar Mitrovic, making his instrumentality from an eight-game ban for pushing referee Chris Kavanagh, sealed Saints' destiny with a stooping header aft Carlos Vinicius' opener.
The hosts could person fewer complaints astir the result aft producing a muted show contempt knowing they had to triumph to person immoderate accidental of pulling disconnected an improbable endurance mission.
They did person a Carlos Alcaraz onslaught disallowed for a marginal offside conscionable earlier Vinicius broke the deadlock but the assured Cottagers were comfortably the amended side.
Willian's first-half volley was cleared disconnected the enactment by chap Brazilian Lyanco, who had earlier been fortunate to flight a video adjunct referee's punishment cheque for handball.
But Vinicius tucked location aft Lyanco's clearance ricocheted to him kindly disconnected Harrison Reed and Mitrovic nodded successful his 12th league extremity of the play from Harry Wilson's cross.
Southampton, lethargic throughout, had nary effect aft falling down and volition beryllium playing Championship shot adjacent play for the archetypal clip since 2012.
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Southampton
Squad number1Player nameMcCarthy
Squad number2Player nameWalker-Peters
Squad number35Player nameBednarek
Squad number4Player nameLyanco
Squad number3Player nameMaitland-Niles
Squad number8Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number45Player nameLavia
Squad number32Player nameWalcott
Squad number26Player nameAlcaraz
Squad number17Player nameS Armstrong
Squad number12Player nameOnuachu
Squad number9Player nameA Armstrong
Squad number18Player nameMara
Squad number19Player nameDjenepo
Squad number20Player nameSulemana
Squad number24Player nameElyounoussi
Fulham
Squad number17Player nameLeno
Squad number2Player nameTete
Squad number4Player nameTosin
Squad number31Player nameDiop
Squad number33Player nameRobinson
Squad number6Player nameReed
Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha
Squad number8Player nameWilson
Squad number10Player nameCairney
Squad number20Player nameWillian
Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius
Squad number7Player nameKebano
Squad number9Player nameMitrovic
Squad number11Player nameSolomon
Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid
Squad number28Player nameLukic
Line-ups
Southampton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1McCarthy
- 2Walker-Peters
- 35Bednarek
- 4Lyanco
- 3Maitland-NilesSubstituted forA Armstrongat 82'minutes
- 8Ward-Prowse
- 45LaviaBooked astatine 53mins
- 32WalcottSubstituted forSulemanaat 62'minutes
- 26AlcarazSubstituted forElyounoussiat 73'minutes
- 17S ArmstrongSubstituted forDjenepoat 73'minutesBooked astatine 77mins
- 12OnuachuSubstituted forMaraat 62'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Caleta-Car
- 7Aribo
- 9A Armstrong
- 14Bree
- 18Mara
- 19Djenepo
- 20Sulemana
- 24Elyounoussi
- 31Bazunu
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 17Leno
- 2Tete
- 4Tosin
- 31Diop
- 33Robinson
- 6Reed
- 26João PalhinhaSubstituted forLukicat 77'minutes
- 8WilsonSubstituted forKebanoat 78'minutes
- 10CairneySubstituted forDe Cordova-Reidat 69'minutes
- 20WillianSubstituted forSolomonat 78'minutes
- 30Alves MoraisSubstituted forMitrovicat 65'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Rodák
- 5Duffy
- 7Kebano
- 9Mitrovic
- 11Solomon
- 12Cédric Soares
- 14De Cordova-Reid
- 28Lukic
- 38Harris
Live Text
Match ends, Southampton 0, Fulham 2.
Second Half ends, Southampton 0, Fulham 2.
Attempt saved. Manor Solomon (Fulham) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
Foul by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham).
Lyanco (Southampton) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Kenny Tete (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Moussa Djenepo (Southampton).
Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Moussa Djenepo (Southampton).
Foul by Manor Solomon (Fulham).
Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Lyanco.
Foul by Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Manor Solomon (Fulham).
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
Attempt blocked. Roméo Lavia (Southampton) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Djenepo.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Issa Diop.
Attempt blocked. Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
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