Position8of 20
Points52in 38
Won, drawn, lost13-13-12
Goals43for, 46 against
FormLLDLW
Results
2002-03Sun 11 May
FT
Wed 7 May
FT
Sat 3 May
FT
Sat 26 Apr
FT
Mon 21 Apr
FT
Sat 19 Apr
FT
Sat 5 Apr
FT
Sat 22 Mar
FT
Sat 15 Mar
FT
Sat 1 Mar
FT
Sat 22 Feb
FT
Sat 8 Feb
FT
Sat 1 Feb
FT
Tue 28 Jan
FT
Sat 18 Jan
FT
Sat 11 Jan
FT
Wed 1 Jan
FT
Sat 28 Dec
FT
Thu 26 Dec
FT
Sat 21 Dec
FT
Sat 14 Dec
FT
Sat 7 Dec
FT
Mon 2 Dec
FT
Sat 23 Nov
FT
Sat 16 Nov
FT
Sat 9 Nov
FT
Sat 2 Nov
FT
Sun 27 Oct
FT
Mon 21 Oct
FT
Sat 5 Oct
FT
Sat 28 Sep
FT
Sat 21 Sep
FT
Sat 14 Sep
FT
Wed 11 Sep
FT
Sat 31 Aug
FT
Wed 28 Aug
FT
Sat 24 Aug
FT
Sat 17 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 81stof 81 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 3wins in a row, the longest run of 2002-03
- 2clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2002-03
- 53%of the team's league goals scored by James Beattie
- 29%of matches won since 2001-02
- 8–0Biggest win since 2001-02: Southampton 8–0 Sunderland
- 0–9Heaviest defeat: Southampton 0–9 Leicester
In Europe
10 matches in the European cups since 2015-16Won, drawn, lost4-3-3
Goals12– 6
Vesta and Southampton
266 league matches since 2017-18- 51%of Southampton's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 29wins in 82 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 13%won with 13%: Chelsea 0–2 Southampton
- 13%won with 13%: Southampton 1–0 Manchester City
- 14%won with 14%: Chelsea 0–1 Southampton
- 58%lost at 58%: Southampton 0–1 Burnley
- 58%lost at 58%: Southampton 0–1 Newcastle United
- 56%lost at 56%: Southampton 0–2 Watford
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2002-03, 33 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| Against | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
- 7points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 6points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 10points won after going behind
- 19points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes, for 33 of the 38 matches played. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2002-03Strength
Rating 1,268Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2002-03| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James BeattieForward | 38 | 3,198 | 23 | 2 |
| Wayne BridgeCentre-back | 34 | 3,050 | 1 | 3 |
| Michael SvenssonCentre-back | 34 | 3,016 | 2 | 1 |
| Fabrice FernandesMidfielder | 37 | 2,972 | 3 | 3 |
| Claus LundekvamCentre-back | 33 | 2,907 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris MarsdenMidfielder | 30 | 2,637 | 1 | 5 |
| Matt OakleyMidfielder | 31 | 2,508 | 0 | 4 |
| Paul TelferMidfielder | 32 | 2,388 | 0 | 0 |
| Antti NiemiGoalkeeper | 25 | 2,246 | 0 | 1 |
| Anders SvenssonMidfielder | 33 | 2,220 | 2 | 2 |
| Rory DelapMidfielder | 24 | 1,899 | 0 | 2 |
| Brett OrmerodForward | 31 | 1,765 | 5 | 4 |
| Paul JonesGoalkeeper | 14 | 1,174 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason DoddCentre-back | 15 | 1,136 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo TessemMidfielder | 27 | 1,111 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul WilliamsCentre-back | 12 | 904 | 0 | 0 |
| David PruttonMidfielder | 12 | 888 | 0 | 0 |
| Marians PaharsForward | 9 | 463 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny HigginbothamCentre-back | 9 | 375 | 0 | 0 |
| Agustin DelgadoForward | 6 | 185 | 1 | 0 |
| Francis BenaliCentre-back | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris BairdLeft-back | 3 | 157 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin DaviesForward | 9 | 150 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry MonkCentre-back | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Kanchelskis– | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Tahar El KhalejCentre-back | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

