Southampton F.C. 0–9 Leicester City F.C.

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Southampton v Leicester City
SouthamptonLeicester2019Programme.png
The match programme cover
Event2019–20 Premier League
Southampton Leicester City
0 9
Date25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)
VenueSt Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Man of the MatchJamie Vardy (Leicester City)
RefereeAndre Marriner (Birmingham)
Attendance28,762
WeatherRainy
15 °C (59 °F)
88% humidity[1]

The 2019–20 Premier League match between Southampton and Leicester City at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, took place on Friday 25 October 2019. Leicester won the match 9–0, matching with Manchester United's 9–0 win against Ipswich Town in 1995, and 15 months later, on February 2, 2021, Southampton were beaten 9–0 again, this time against the former. The 2021 loss vs Manchester United made Southampton the first team to lose 9–0 in back-to-back seasons.[2] The result also set the new record for the biggest away win in the history of English top-flight football.[3]

Background[]

Leicester started the match in third, level with Chelsea on 17 points but ahead on goal difference. Southampton were in 17th place, tied on 8 points with Newcastle United but also ahead on goal difference.[citation needed]

Match[]

Summary[]

Ben Chilwell opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Ryan Bertrand of Southampton was dismissed for a studs-up challenge in the build-up to the goal, confirmed by VAR, two minutes later. Leicester were 3–0 up by the 19th minute, thanks to Youri Tielemans and Ayoze Pérez. Pérez added the fourth on the 39th minute, with Jamie Vardy scoring on the stroke of half-time to send Leicester into the break ahead 5–0. Pérez completed his hat-trick on the 57th minute, with Vardy adding his second and Leicester's seventh a minute later. James Maddison scored a 85th minute free-kick before Jamie Vardy completed his own hat-trick with a penalty four minutes into stoppage time. The final whistle blasted after the penalty was made.[4] It was only the second time in Premier League history that two players scored a hat-trick for one team in the same game,[3] last coming in an Arsenal 6–1 win over Southampton on 7 May 2003 with Jermaine Pennant and Robert Pires scoring three goals apiece.[5]

Match details[]

Southampton0–9Leicester City
Report
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 28,762
Referee: Andre Marriner (Birmingham)
Southampton
Leicester City
GK 28 England Angus Gunn
CB 35 Poland Jan Bednarek
CB 3 Japan Maya Yoshida
CB 4 Denmark Jannik Vestergaard Substituted off 45'
RWB 43 France Yan Valery Substituted off 70'
CM 16 England James Ward-Prowse
CM 14 Spain Oriol Romeu
CM 23 Denmark Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (c)
LWB 21 England Ryan Bertrand Red card 12'
CF 9 England Danny Ings Substituted off 45'
CF 22 England Nathan Redmond
Substitutes:
GK 1 England Alex McCarthy
DF 5 England Jack Stephens Substituted in 45'
DF 38 Austria Kevin Danso Substituted in 45'
MF 17 Scotland Stuart Armstrong Substituted in 70'
MF 19 Morocco Sofiane Boufal
FW 7 Republic of Ireland Shane Long
FW 10 England Ché Adams
Manager:
Austria Ralph Hasenhüttl
GK 1 Denmark Kasper Schmeichel (c)
RB 21 Portugal Ricardo Pereira
CB 6 Northern Ireland Jonny Evans
CB 4 Turkey Çağlar Söyüncü
LB 3 England Ben Chilwell
DM 25 Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi
RM 17 Spain Ayoze Pérez Substituted off 74'
CM 8 Belgium Youri Tielemans
CM 10 England James Maddison
LM 15 England Harvey Barnes Substituted off 72'
CF 9 England Jamie Vardy
Substitutes:
GK 12 Wales Danny Ward
DF 2 England James Justin
DF 5 Jamaica Wes Morgan
MF 7 England Demarai Gray Substituted in 74'
MF 11 England Marc Albrighton Substituted in 72'
MF 20 England Hamza Choudhury
MF 26 Belgium Dennis Praet
Manager:
Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers

Man of the Match:
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)

Assistant referees:
Scott Ledger
Simon Long
Fourth official:
Andrew Madley
Video assistant referee:
Mike Dean
Assistant video assistant referee:
Andy Halliday

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • No extra time or penalties
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics[]

Statistic Southampton Leicester City
Goals scored 0 9
Total shots 6 25
Shots on target 3 15
Ball possession 27% 73%
Corner kicks 2 7
Fouls conceded 3 12
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 1 0

Post-match[]

The match was played at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton.

Leicester moved up to second in the table, while Southampton dropped to 18th. As the match took place two days before the first anniversary of the 2018 Leicester helicopter crash, several players dedicated the win to their late owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in that incident.[6] Southampton players and coaching staff later donated their wages from the day of the game to a charity run by the club, Saints Foundation.[7]

Later that season, the two sides would play each other again in the return fixture at the King Power Stadium, in January 2020. Southampton went on to win the match 2–1.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Weather History for Southampton, United Kingdom". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Southampton 0–9 Leicester City". Premier League. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Sutcliffe, Steve (25 October 2019). "Southampton 0–9 Leicester City: Foxes equal record for biggest Premier League win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ Butler, Michael (25 October 2019). "Southampton 0 Leicester City 9: as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Arsenal hit Saints for six". BBC Sport. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  6. ^ Wakefield, Mark (26 October 2019). "The heartfelt messages Leicester City players past and present sent after record-equalling win". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Southampton 0–9 Leicester City: Saints players give wages to charity". BBC Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  8. ^ Bulin, Matt (11 January 2020). "Leicester City 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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