Southampton vs Everton: A tactical and statistical review of Saints’ win
By Marc Walker
Redmond and Bertrand influential
Saints started many of their attacks in the first-half by feeding Nathan Redmond and Ryan Bertrand down the left wing.
They were up against James Rodriguez and Ben Godfrey – the former who naturally does not track back and the latter who is a centre-back playing as a full-back.
Redmond went on to complete five dribbles and had 67 touches of the ball, whilst Bertrand had a 94% pass success rate. Both went about their work superbly, and probably won’t get the praise they deserve given that every Saints player did themselves proud.
As with Ings today though, it is notable that Ralph Hasenhuttl has the players fighting for each other.