English League Championship

FT Sunday, May 26, 2024
Southampton LLWDW 1
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Leeds United WLLDW 0
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Wembley Stadium · 85,862 att.

Match Report

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Southampton edge Leeds to win Championship playoff final

Southampton won promotion back to the Premier League on Sunday after beating Leeds United 1-0 in the Championship playoff final at Wembley Stadium.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
6
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
42.6
Possession
57.4
7
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
306
Accurate Passes
429
378
Passes
510
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.3
36
Long Balls
44
8
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.2
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
9
22
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
13
24
Effective Clearances
8
24
Clearances
8

Head to Head

SOU leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Illan MeslierG
  2. 4Ethan AmpaduCD-L
  3. 14Joe RodonCD-R
  4. 3Junior FirpoLB
  5. 22Archie GrayRB
  6. 24Georginio RutterAM
  7. 8Glen KamaraLM
  8. 44Ilia GruevRM
  9. 7Joël PiroeF
  10. 10Crysencio SummervilleAM-L
  11. 29Wilfried GnontoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Daniel JamesSUB
  2. 49Mateo JosephSUB
  3. 12Jaidon AnthonySUB
  4. 28Karl DarlowSUB
  5. 17Jamie ShackletonSUB
  6. 33Connor RobertsSUB
  7. 6Liam CooperSUB
  8. 25Sam ByramSUB
  9. 30Joe GelhardtSUB

SOU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  4. 21Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  5. 7Joe AriboCM-L
  6. 16William SmallboneCM-R
  7. 4Flynn DownesAM
  8. 26Ryan FraserLM
  9. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRM
  10. 9Adam ArmstrongCF-L
  11. 36David BrooksCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Kamaldeen SulemanaSUB
  2. 3Ryan ManningSUB
  3. 10Ché AdamsSUB
  4. 23Samuel EdozieSUB
  5. 11Ross StewartSUB
  6. 14James BreeSUB
  7. 24Shea CharlesSUB
  8. 13Joe LumleySUB
  9. 19Joe RothwellSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Leeds United 0, Southampton 1. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Will Smallbone with a through ball.
  2. 35' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces David Brooks because of an injury.
  3. 39' Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Ryan Fraser (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Leeds United. Daniel James replaces Wilfried Gnonto.
  8. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Ché Adams replaces Ryan Fraser.
  9. 73' Substitution, Leeds United. Connor Roberts replaces Glen Kamara.
  10. 74' Substitution, Leeds United. Jaidon Anthony replaces Crysencio Summerville.
  11. 79' Ché Adams (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 83' Substitution, Leeds United. Mateo Joseph replaces Junior Firpo.
  13. 83' Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Manning replaces Samuel Edozie.
  14. 85' Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+12' Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+12' Joe Aribo (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.

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