English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 6, 2025
Birmingham City WLWDW 1
–
Southampton WWWWL 3
1st2ndT
BIR011
SOU213
St. Mary's Stadium · 29,309 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
3
59.7
Possession
40.3
22
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
231
407
Passes
291
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
15
Accurate Crosses
2
48
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
46
24
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
4
Interceptions
7
23
Effective Clearances
46
23
Clearances
46

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 31Gavin BazunuG
  2. 15Nathan WoodCD
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  4. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  5. 20Caspar JanderCM-L
  6. 4Flynn DownesCM-R
  7. 3Ryan ManningLM
  8. 18Tom FellowsRM
  9. 9Adam ArmstrongF
  10. 13Léo ScienzaCF-L
  11. 10Finn AzazCF-R

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25James BeadleG
  2. 4Christoph KlarerCD-L
  3. 5Phil NeumannCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 24Tomoki IwataRB
  6. 28Jay StansfieldAM
  7. 8Paik Seung-HoLM
  8. 7Tommy DoyleRM
  9. 33Marvin DuckschF
  10. 10Demarai GrayAM-L
  11. 16Patrick RobertsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Southampton 1, Birmingham City 0. Finn Azaz (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Léo Scienza.
  2. 24' Goal! Southampton 2, Birmingham City 0. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
  3. 49' Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Goal! Southampton 2, Birmingham City 1. Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Cochrane.
  5. 58' Goal! Southampton 3, Birmingham City 1. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 59' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jack Robinson replaces Alex Cochrane.
  7. 59' Substitution, Birmingham City. Kyogo Furuhashi replaces Marvin Ducksch.
  8. 63' Substitution, Southampton. Jay Robinson replaces Léo Scienza.
  9. 63' Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Archer replaces Adam Armstrong.
  10. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Finn Azaz.
  11. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Caspar Jander.
  12. 80' Substitution, Birmingham City. Keshi Anderson replaces Patrick Roberts.
  13. 86' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Jay Stansfield.
  14. 86' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lewis Koumas replaces Demarai Gray.
  15. 87' Substitution, Southampton. Ronnie Edwards replaces Tom Fellows.
  16. 90'+2' Joe Aribo (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

EFL Championship News

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