Match 5 of 10: Burnley FC vs Southampton

Result:  1 – 1

Goal Scorers:

  • Burnley FC: Ashley Barnes 90+4′ (P)
  • Southampton: Nathan Redmond 55′

Match Statistics:

Burnley FC Team Stats Southampton
15 Shots 10
6 Shots On Target 4
54% Possession 46%
457 Passes 408
68% Pass Accuracy 65%
10 Fouls 9
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
4 Corners 2

Highlights:

Premier League

  • Southampton’s enhancement under Ralph Hasenhüttl is genuine: they were great incentive against individual strugglers Burnley and not exactly a moment from picking up triumph, just to be denied by a last-wheeze botch that gave the home side their first penalty in excess of a season.
  • That was just graceful equity, for Sean Dyche’s penalty distrustfulness seethed once again in the primary half when Alex McCarthy cut down Ashley Barnes as he endeavored to reach Phil Bardsley’s long ball.

  • It resembled the long hold up may be finished and Burnley would get the opportunity to go in front, yet rather Anthony Taylor booked the Burnley striker for reproduction, which was difficult to comprehend as the contact was clear and McCarthy neglected to achieve the ball.
  • Matters were exacerbated notwithstanding when Southampton deservedly took a second-half lead and looked like clutching it until Jack Stephens dealt with in stoppage time when endeavoring to clear from Ashley Westwood. The defender ran for a header with his arm raised, the ball struck it and Barnes was as diminished as anybody to secure the penalty.

  • Southampton made the vast majority of the early shots previously Burnley botched a wonderful chance when Dwight McNeil played in Chris Wood. The striker did the diligent work by coolly hauling the ball back to strand Stephens and give himself a sight of goal, just to blast inefficiently high.
  • At that point the snapshot of contention touched base as Barnes was cut down and booked. That was unforgiving for in spite of the fact that there was no aim to foul on the goalkeeper’s part he slammed into his rival, and to recommend Barnes envisioned or welcomed contact was absurd.
  • At any rate Burnley finished the primary half with a superior offer of the amusement, and may even have turned round ahead had Wood possessed the capacity to achieve Barnes’ volleyed cross crosswise over goal.

  • Wood reached a cross right off the bat in the second half; shockingly it was a Southampton corner and it took a goalline leeway from Bardsley to keep a claim goal.
  • The guests had again begun amazingly and picked up their reward when Nathan Redmond opened up Burnley through the center, avoiding Jack Cork and exploiting James Tarkowksi’s aversion to beat Heaton from the edge of the zone.
  • Definitely, Dyche sent on Peter Crouch to attempt and save the diversion, similarly as he would have finished with Sam Vokes before a week ago’s swap with Stoke. Hunker was promptly included, utilizing his stature to enable set to up a short proximity shooting chance for Barnes, who saw McCarthy make a shrewd response spare.
  • Barnes was much unluckier in the end minutes when his volley on the turn struck the crossbar. It seemed as though it was not going to be his day, but rather then Stephens put his hand up to help.

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Match 6 of 10: Crystal Palace vs Fulham

Result:  2 – 0

Goal Scorers:

  • Crystal Palace: Luka Milivojevic 25′ (P), Jeffrey Schlupp 87′

Match Statistics:

Crystal Palace Team Stats Fulham
17 Shots 8
6 Shots On Target 0
37% Possession 63%
346 Passes 606
76% Pass Accuracy 85%
9 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
11 Corners 1

Highlights:

Premier League

  • Time is running out for Fulham. With the weeks flying by and massacres heaping up, their expectations of conjuring an inexplicable break are blurring and for all that Claudio Ranieri endeavored to keep the mind-set light in the wake of seeing another appalling exertion out and about from his innocent side, he probably observed indications of a gathering who have just begun to acknowledge their destiny.
  • It was the absence of battle that was most disturbing once a grim mistake from Cyrus Christie had sent Crystal Palace on their way to a critical success in the fight to remain in the Premier League. Floated by an exuberant appearance from Michy Batshuayi, Palace completely justified a triumph that facilitated assignment weight and left Ranieri’s side looking forsaken in nineteenth place, seven behind fourth-base Burnley and with the dividers shutting in as 13 amusements remain.

  • Any inspiration Fulham produced after that exciting rebound against Brighton and Hove Albion last Tuesday is no more. They did not have the nous to manage the strain and a first away success of the period was never going to occur, despite the fact that Ranieri mourned the minute when Aleksandar Mitrovic squandered a wonderful chance to give Fulham an early lead.
  • It was a shock to see a striker of Mitrovic’s airborne ability lighten his lines when Joe Bryan’s cross discovered him plain in the six-yard box. Regularly so fatal noticeable all around, he wore the look of a man who realized he couldn’t depend on his colleagues in guard to diminish the impact of his iniquity. The striker has seen enough to realize that botches are never far away and it was not some time before the division’s most noticeably awful backline gave their hosts a blessing.

  • There was no trace of risk when James McArthur hit an askew go into Fulham’s zone in the 25th moment. However the nearness of Christian Benteke agitated Christie, who tossed out an arm in a bound endeavored to clear. Michael Oliver, the official, was practically remorseful as he punished the wing-back, allowing Luka Milivojevic to beat Sergio Rico from the spot.
  • It was single direction traffic after Milivojevic had struck an incredible penalty past Rico, who was by a long shot the busier of the two goalkeepers. Conviction took off through Palace after a brazen beginning and Benteke, who turned resolved to set aside a few minutes in the wake of being given his first beginning since 1 September, was appalling to see an overhead kick crash against the bar.

  • Maybe the landing of another Belgian forward on due date day has blended Benteke after a troublesome battle. Royal residence have more challenge in assault subsequent to marking Batshuayi and Hodgson was thankful to have the Chelsea loanee available for later once Benteke had tired, particularly as Wilfried Zaha was suspended.

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Match 7 of 10: Cardiff City vs Bournemouth

Result:  2 – 0

Goal Scorers:

  • Cardiff City: Bobby Reid 5′ (P), 46′

Match Statistics:

Cardiff City Team Stats Bournemouth
12 Shots 9
5 Shots On Target 2
26% Possession 74%
218 Passes 617
61% Pass Accuracy 83%
17 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
6 Corners 7

Highlights:

  • Cardiff City guaranteed their first win of 2019 by beating Bournemouth 2-0 in their first home amusement since the vanishing of Emiliano Sala.
  • Bobby Reid scored a support on his 26th birthday celebration to help Cardiff City end their four-amusement winless Premier League streak with a 2-0 triumph over Bournemouth as the club paid tribute to missing striker Emiliano Sala.
  • It was Cardiff’s first win of 2019 and one they completely merited after effectively shackling a Bournemouth side who put four past Chelsea in their past excursion.
  • Reid changed over a fifth-minute penalty and was a steady hazard to Bournemouth’s protectors, who neglected to contain him when he multiplied the Bluebirds’ lead only seconds into the second half.

  • The outcome was insufficient to lift Cardiff out of the assignment zone – they are two points behind seventeenth put Burnley – yet on an enthusiastic night they pulled together and conveyed an outcome and an execution that the entire club distressfully required. Sala turned into Cardiff’s record marking a month ago when he moved from Nantes, however while crossing the English Channel his plane in this manner vanished.
  • Steve Cook took care of a high ball in the penalty territory to redirect it far from Oumar Niasse after only five minutes and Reid sent the following spot-kick straight down the center to beat Artur Boruc.
  • Bournemouth developed into the diversion with Josh King and Andrew Surman pulling the strings and Ryan Fraser twisted a shot around the post from 18 yards with Cardiff’s safeguards moving in an opposite direction from him.

  • Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge made a radiant spare to turn Surman’s plunging 20-yard shot onto the crossbar and at the opposite end Adam Smith protected Josh Murphy’s cross brilliantly, clearing the ball far from Callum Paterson when the winger would doubtlessly have scored at short proximity.
  • The second half was only 13 seconds old when Aron Gunnarsson’s long ball forward split the Bournemouth resistance and Reid took a touch to manage it past Boruc before tucking it into the unfilled net.
  • Bournemouth squeezed during the time half without giving Etheridge any genuine alarms and Eddie Howe’s men unquestionably missed the inventiveness of David Brooks as they endured a second annihilation in four matches.

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