English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 7, 2026
Watford LDDLD 0
–
Southampton WLWDW 1
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St. Mary's Stadium · 27,721 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
52.7
Possession
47.3
11
SHOTS
6
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
373
Accurate Passes
333
453
Passes
412
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
30
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
59
20
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
14
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
27
23
Clearances
27

Head to Head

SOU leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 41Daniel PeretzG
  2. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  3. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  4. 34WelingtonLB
  5. 14James BreeRB
  6. 10Finn AzazAM
  7. 4Flynn DownesLM
  8. 20Caspar JanderRM
  9. 11Ross StewartF
  10. 13Léo ScienzaAM-L
  11. 18Tom FellowsAM-R

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 21Stephen MfuniCD-L
  3. 25James AbankwahCD-R
  4. 16Marc BolaLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 39Edo KayembeAM
  7. 10Imran LouzaLM
  8. 23Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 20Mamadou DoumbiaF
  10. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeAM-L
  11. 42Othmane MaammaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 38' Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Flynn Downes because of an injury.
  2. 53' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 63' Substitution, Watford. Luca Kjerrumgaard replaces Mamadou Doumbia.
  4. 66' Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Southampton. Cyle Larin replaces Ross Stewart.
  6. 67' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Léo Scienza.
  7. 70' Substitution, Watford. Saba Goglichidze replaces Stephen Mfuni.
  8. 70' Goal! Southampton 1, Watford 0. Cyle Larin (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by James Bree with a cross following a corner.
  9. 75' James Bree (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 85' Substitution, Watford. Formose Mendy replaces Nampalys Mendy.
  11. 85' Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Petris replaces Jeremy Ngakia.
  12. 86' Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Othmane Maamma.
  13. 90' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Wood replaces Tom Fellows.
  14. 90'+2' Shea Charles (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

EFL Championship News

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