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Southampton 2-0 Blackburn - October 25, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 10

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

October 25, 2003

31 620

Southampton

2 - 0

Blackburn

James Beattie

60'

Léandre Griffit

87'

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60' - Goal James Beattie60

60' - Red card Andy Cole

67' - Substitution Vratislav Greskois substituted by Matt Jansen photo Paul Gallagher

67' - Substitution Brett Emertonis substituted by Paul Gallagher

71' - Substitution David Thompsonis substituted by Lucas Neill

81' - Substitution Jo Tessemis substituted by Léandre Griffit81

87' - Goal Léandre Griffit87

89' - Substitution James Beattieis substituted by Chris Marsden89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

2 - 0

Blackburn

Southampton Blackburn

Team line-ups

Southampton

14 Niemi

Antti Niemi

Finland

B.date31/05/1972

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

11 Svensson

Michael Svensson

Sweden

B.date25/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

5 Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2 Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

3 Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age35 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

33 Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Tessem81

Jo Tessem

Norway

B.date28/02/1972

Age31 years

H1m90

positionVersatile Midfielder

12 Svensson

Anders Svensson

Sweden

B.date17/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

18 Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age27 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

10 McCann

Neil McCann

Scotland

B.date11/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Beattie6089

James Beattie

England

B.date27/02/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
14	G	Antti Niemi		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Michael Svensson		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Claus Lundekvam		30	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jason Dodd		32	447	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Graeme Le Saux		35	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Paul Telfer		32	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jo Tessem	81	31	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Anders Svensson		27	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Rory Delap		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Neil McCann		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	James Beattie	6089	25	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Blackburn

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

4 Taylor

Martin Taylor

England

B.date09/11/1979

Age23 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

7 Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

15 Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

3 Gresko67

Vratislav Gresko

Slovakia

B.date24/07/1977

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

12 Reid

Steven Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/03/1981

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

24 Ferguson

Barry Ferguson

Scotland

B.date02/02/1978

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

20 Thompson71

David Thompson

England

B.date12/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

23 Emerton67

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

8 Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

9 Cole60

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		32	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Martin Taylor		23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Garry Flitcroft		30	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andy Todd		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vratislav Gresko	67	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Steven Reid		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Barry Ferguson		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	David Thompson	71	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Brett Emerton	67	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kerimoglu Tugay		33	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andy Cole	60	32	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
30	M		Léandre Griffit	8781	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M		Chris Marsden	89	34	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Lucas Neill	71	25	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Paul Gallagher	67	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Matt Jansen	67	26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Neil McCann

Fabrice Fernandes

OUT

Graeme Le Saux

Danny Higginbotham

OUT

Jo Tessem

Brett Ormerod

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Strachan vs Blackburn

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2003

Strachan vs Souness

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

178

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Souness vs Southampton

4 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 25, 2003

Souness vs Strachan

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 25, 2003

Referee

Steve Bennett

6 victories	1 draw	9 losses	Southampton16 matches	General total	Blackburn19 matches	9 victories	5 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Southampton2 matches	Season total	Blackburn1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 09, 2005					Latest figure on May 09, 2010

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Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 4 consecutive losses in Premier League running (since 28/09/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/01/2002-09/02/2002 time period (4 matches).

Blackburn keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 16/08/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/02/1998-18/04/1998 time period (12 matches).

Blackburn keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win running (since 24/09/2003).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSouthampton 0-0 Bolton Wanderers03/05/2003

DSouthampton 0-0 Birmingham City23/08/2003

VSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United31/08/2003

VSouthampton 2-0 Wolverhampton13/09/2003

DSouthampton 1-1 FCSB24/09/2003

LSouthampton 0-1 Middlesbrough27/09/2003

Overall

VTottenham 1-3 Southampton20/09/2003

DSouthampton 1-1 FCSB24/09/2003

LSouthampton 0-1 Middlesbrough27/09/2003

LNewcastle United 1-0 Southampton04/10/2003

LFCSB 1-0 Southampton15/10/2003

DEverton 0-0 Southampton19/10/2003

Current form

Away

VTottenham 0-4 Blackburn11/05/2003

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Blackburn23/08/2003

DChelsea 2-2 Blackburn30/08/2003

VPortsmouth 1-2 Blackburn20/09/2003

LGençlerbirligi 3-1 Blackburn24/09/2003

LLeeds United 2-1 Blackburn04/10/2003

Overall

VPortsmouth 1-2 Blackburn20/09/2003

LGençlerbirligi 3-1 Blackburn24/09/2003

LBlackburn 0-2 Fulham28/09/2003

LLeeds United 2-1 Blackburn04/10/2003

DBlackburn 1-1 Gençlerbirligi15/10/2003

LBlackburn 0-1 Charlton20/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	0
Goalless streak	1	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	12	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	11

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	9
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
0.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.89
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

James Beattie	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Andy Cole
James Beattie	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Andy Cole
James Beattie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
James Beattie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
James Beattie	6 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 9 matches	Andy Cole

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

13 v

6 d

2 l

47 gf

21 ga

Away

21 matches

4 v

3 d

14 l

12 gf

32 ga

Total

42 matches

17 v

9 d

16 l

59 gf

53 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

14 v

3 d

4 l

32 gf

12 ga

Away

21 matches

2 v

6 d

13 l

21 gf

47 ga

Total

42 matches

16 v

9 d

17 l

53 gf

59 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 01, 1978
Home	5 - 0	April 01, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 02, 1937
Away	3 - 1	December 10, 1938

Latest head to head

February 08, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Blackburn

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

November 09, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Southampton

1 - 1

Blackburn

April 01, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Blackburn

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

November 03, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Southampton

1 - 2

Blackburn

April 17, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Southampton

3 - 3

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Matt Le Tissier	6 goals	1992 - 1997
Egil Ostenstad	3 goals	1996 - 1998
Marians Pahars	2 goals	1999 - 2001
Paul Allen	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Steve Basham	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Nicky Banger	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Alan Shearer	6 goals	1993 - 1995
Tim Sherwood	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Mark Atkins	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Ashley Ward	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Jason Wilcox	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Kevin Moran	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Jason Dodd	12 matches	1993 - 2002
Francis Benali	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Matt Le Tissier	11 matches	1992 - 1999
Matt Oakley	9 matches	1996 - 2003
Ken Monkou	8 matches	1992 - 1997
Claus Lundekvam	8 matches	1996 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Tim Sherwood	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Henning Berg	11 matches	1993 - 2003
Stuart Ripley	10 matches	1992 - 1998
Tim Flowers	10 matches	1993 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	9 matches	1992 - 1999
Colin Hendry	9 matches	1992 - 1998