English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 22, 2026
Stoke City LLLWL 1
–
Southampton WDWWL 3
1st2ndT
STK101
SOU123
St. Mary's Stadium · 29,185 att.

Team Stats

21
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
41.8
Possession
58.2
14
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
260
Accurate Passes
411
326
Passes
475
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
48
15
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
7
18
Effective Clearances
14
18
Clearances
14

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Daniel PeretzG
  2. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  3. 15Nathan WoodCD-R
  4. 3Ryan ManningLB
  5. 14James BreeRB
  6. 10Finn AzazAM
  7. 27Kuryu MatsukiLM
  8. 4Flynn DownesRM
  9. 9Cyle LarinF
  10. 7Léo ScienzaAM-L
  11. 18Tom FellowsAM-R

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Viktor JohanssonG
  2. 23Ben GibsonCD-L
  3. 16Ben WilmotCD-R
  4. 17Eric BocatLB
  5. 2Ben JohnsonRB
  6. 10Bae Jun-HoAM
  7. 8Ethan GalbraithLM
  8. 27Djibril SoumaréRM
  9. 15George HirstF
  10. 7Sorba ThomasAM-L
  11. 20Sam GallagherAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Southampton 1, Stoke City 0. Cyle Larin (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Flynn Downes with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 19' James Bree (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Goal! Southampton 1, Stoke City 1. Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Gallagher with a cross.
  4. 33' Delay in match because of an injury Sam Gallagher (Stoke City).
  5. 33'
  6. 33' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  7. 33'
  8. 38' Sam Gallagher (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 50' Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 53' Ryan Manning (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 62' Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 62' Substitution, Stoke City. Róbert Bozeník replaces George Hirst.
  13. 70' Substitution, Stoke City. Svante Ingelsson replaces Sam Gallagher.
  14. 78' Substitution, Southampton. Divin Mubama replaces Cyle Larin.
  15. 78' Substitution, Southampton. Lewis Dobbin replaces Léo Scienza.
  16. 80' Delay in match because of an injury Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City).
  17. 80'
  18. 81' Substitution, Stoke City. Tomás Rigo replaces Djibril Soumaré.
  19. 81' Substitution, Stoke City. Maksym Talovierov replaces Eric Bocat.
  20. 81' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  21. 81'
  22. 82' Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 86' Svante Ingelsson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  24. 89' Goal! Southampton 2, Stoke City 1. Divin Mubama (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
  25. 90' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Tom Fellows.
  26. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Svante Ingelsson (Stoke City) for a bad foul.
  27. 90'+4' Goal! Southampton 3, Stoke City 1. Ryan Manning (Southampton) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  28. 90'+5' Substitution, Southampton. Romeo Akachukwu replaces Finn Azaz.
  29. 90'+5' Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Bragg replaces Kuryu Matsuki.

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