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Southampton 0-0 Burnley: Player ratings – 12/08/18

By Chris Hughes

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Mohamed Elyounoussi of Southampton points during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Burnley FC at St Mary's Stadium on August 12, 2018 in Southampton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Mohamed Elyounoussi of Southampton points during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Burnley FC at St Mary's Stadium on August 12, 2018 in Southampton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /
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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: Oriol Romeu of Southampton makes a pass during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Burnley FC at St Mary’s Stadium on August 12, 2018 in Southampton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: Oriol Romeu of Southampton makes a pass during the Premier League match between Southampton FC and Burnley FC at St Mary’s Stadium on August 12, 2018 in Southampton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) /

Midfielders

Ryan Bertrand – Left-wing-back/left-midfielder – 6.5

Bertrand played as both a wing-back and as a more natural left-back for the draw with the Clarets, and was relatively quiet as the away side did well to subdue the threat of both the Englishman and his partner-in-crime. Far from a bad game, but quiet.

Oriol Romeu – Centre-midfielder – 7

The Spaniard got the surprise nod ahead of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg but gave Hughes a serious selection headache with a nice game. He made three tackles and recorded over an 85% passing accuracy – good figures after his inconsistent last campaign.

Mario Lemina – Centre-midfielder – 6

Annoyingly, Lemina has looked rather disinterested in pre-season for whatever reason and things didn’t massively change in the Saints’ PL opener yesterday. Like normal he put up some good passing numbers but he didn’t have a great game.

Cedric Soares – Right-wing-back/right-midfielder – 6

Cedric started the game despite his lack of pre-season minutes, nullifying the rumours that he could be on his way out. Nonetheless, he only played 55 minutes as Mark Hughes switched formations and he was sacrificed as a result. Much like Bertrand, his first-half was quiet as Burnley defended well.

Stuart Armstrong – Attacking-midfielder – 7

Armstrong was arguably Southampton’s best player in pre-season and he was decent again yesterday, with a crunching tackle forcing him off with a suspected knock as Mark Hughes changed things before the hour. Hopefully he’s fit again for Everton.