Saints 4-1 Hull City - A statistical breakdown

[Minty]

A quick summary from the Opta stats (via Squawka.com)

 

Attempts: 15 (10)

On target: 7 (2)

 

Crosses attempted: 17 (15)

Crosses completed: 9 (2)

Cross %: 53% (13%)

 

Dribbles attempted: 22 (5)

Dribbles completed: 11 (2)

Dribble %: 50% (40%)

 

Passes attempted: 542 (342)

Passes completed: 454 (249)

Pass %: 83.7% (73%)

 

Headed duels contested: 33

Headed duels won: 22

Header %: 66.7%

 

Interceptions: 19 (17)

Clearances: 40 (14)

Fouls committed: 10

Fouls suffered: 15

Bookings: 1

 

On an individual basis, while Lallana’s goal understandably took the plaudits, Morgan Schneiderlin’s performance was statistically awesome: a goal, 93% pass completion, 3 interceptions, 4 clearances, and 2 out of three dribbles completed.

 

JWP deserves a mention too – 91% pass completion (incl. 2 key passes), two successful crosses and 5 attempted tackles, 3 more than any other player, demonstrating how well he put himself about.

 

Clyne will have impressed Hodgson too, completing all 3 of his crosses, 86% pass completion, 2 interceptions, 3 clearances and no fouls conceded.

Edited 9 November, 2013 by Minty
Hull's stats added in brackets just to highlight the gap!

[dubai_phil]

Passes attempted: 542

Passes completed: 454

Pass %: 83.7%

 

How do those numbers compare to Hull?

[Minty]

How do those numbers compare to Hull?

249/342 completed (73%)

[dubai_phil]

249/342 completed (73%)

 

So again, as with Fulham almost double the number of passes. That is truly impressive by any standards

[Minty]

Added Hulls stats to the opening post... passing is obviously way ahead, but look at the crosses... cross completion is obviously a combination of accurate delivery, movement of the attackers, and agility/positioning of the defender, so credit all round to our players to dominate such a stat.

[richard]

I like reading the stats when they show that Southampton are really good at football. If they were like: possession was split 57% / 43%, that would be really dull. Morgan's stats from today are fantastic though. The fact that he performs like that every week just shows what a great footballer he is, and that he really deserves to be in the French squad.

[KelvinsRightGlove]

Really mods?