Victory-breath for Southampton! The “Saints” managed to bend the Leicester (1-0) and get a huge three points which increases their hopes of staying. THE Southampton now level in the relegation zone with 21 with the Bournemouth and Evertonwhile there are only three more Leicester which now messes up for good!
Better in the first half, the home team pushed for a quick lead and finally won a penalty in the hand of Castañe in the 31st minute, however the specialist Ward-Prowse saw him Ward to stop him and keep the zero. Nevertheless, in the 35th minute o Alcarath he got his… teammate’s blood back, beating the opposing keeper for the 1-0 that remained until the end of the half.
The second half started with a huge chance for Leicester, but his header Ieanazzo went past the right post (49′), while in 66′ the same footballer failed to score again and equalize! Leicester were better pressing and threatening, closing in on Southampton who were clearly looking to hold on to their lead and in the end they did, taking a great win!
In detail, the program of the 26th matchday:
Saturday (4/3)
Manchester City-Newcastle 2-0
(15′ Foden, 66′ Bernardo Silva)
Arsenal-Bournemouth 3-2
(Partey 62′, White 70′, Nelson 90+8′ – Billings 1′, Senesi 57′)
Aston Villa-Crystal Palace 1-0
(Andersen 27′ own goal)
Wolves-Tottenham 1-0
(Traore 82′)
Brighton-West Ham 4-0
(Mc Allister 18′, Feltman 51′, Mitoma 69′, Welbeck 89′)
Chelsea-Leeds 1-0
(Fofana 53′)
Southampton-Leicester (19:30)
Sunday (5/3)
Nottingham Forest-Everton (16:00)
Liverpool-Manchester United (18:30)
Monday (6/3)
Brentford-Fulham (22:00)
The schedule for the next (27th) matchday:
Saturday (11/3)
Bournemouth-Liverpool (14:30)
Everton-Bradford (17:00)
Leicester-Chelsea (17:00)
Leeds-Brighton (17:00)
Tottenham-Nottingham Forest (17:00)
Crystal Palace-Manchester City (19:30)
Sunday (12/3)
West Ham-Aston Villa (16:00)
Manchester United-Southampton (16:00)
Fulham-Arsenal (16:00)
Newcastle-Wolves (18:30)
Source: Sport Fm
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