Southampton vs Preston North End · Championship
Southampton
2-6-5
0 – 2
FT
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Preston North End
6-4-3
St. Mary's Stadium · Southampton · England
Preston North End won 2-0 against Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium (crowd 27,233). Lewis Dobbin scored the winner at the 38-minute mark and Mads Frökjaer widened the gap late on, at 90 minutes. The ball split 64% to 37% and the shots 10 to 12. From 12 shots, Preston found the target 3 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- St. Mary's Stadium · Southampton · England
- Crowd
- 27,233
- Referee
- Matt Donohue
- Southampton form
- LWWDW
- Preston form
- DLLLD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
11Fouls18
1Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
8Corner Kicks2
1Saves2
63.5%Possession36.5%
10Shots12
2On Goal3
20%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
430Accurate Passes213
503Passes288
90%Pass Completion %70%
6Accurate Crosses3
25Crosses14
20%Cross %20%
31Long Balls40
8Accurate Long Balls12
30%Long Balls %30%
6Blocked Shots5
10Effective Tackles12
20Tackles21
50%Tackle %60%
5Interceptions8
29Effective Clearances38
29Clearances38
Timeline
Full time · 0-2
90'+4'0 - 2
⚽Mads FrökjaerAssist: Stefán Teitur Thórdarson
90'+2'
🔁Noah Mawenereplacing Harrison Armstrong
🔁Nicholas Oyekunlereplacing Mads Roerslev
86'
🔁Joe Ariboreplacing Caspar Jander
86'
83'
🟨Odeluga Offiah
80'
🔁Stefán Teitur Thórdarsonreplacing Thierry Small
80'
🔁Jamal Lewisreplacing Alfie Devine
🔁Damion Downsreplacing Flynn Downes
72'
🟨Ryan Manning
67'
66'
🟨Thierry Small
63'
🔁Mads Frökjaerreplacing Lewis Dobbin
62'
🔁Michael Smithreplacing Milutin Osmajic
🔁Jay Robinsonreplacing Finn Azaz
45'
🔁Tom Fellowsreplacing Ronnie Edwards
45'
Half-time · 0-1
41'
🟨Harrison Armstrong
38'0 - 1
⚽Lewis Dobbin
Kick-off
Teams
Southampton3-4-3
13Scienza
10↓Azaz
9Armstrong
3🟨Manning
20↓Jander
2↓Roerslev
4↓Downes
6Harwood-Bellis
15Wood
12↓Edwards
1McCarthy
Bench
- 46Jay Robinsonon for Finn Azaz, 45'
- 18Tom Fellowson for Ronnie Edwards, 45'
- 5Jack Stephens
- 7Joe Ariboon for Caspar Jander, 86'
- 42Damion Downson for Flynn Downes, 72'
- 27Kuryu Matsuki
- 49Nicholas Oyekunleon for Mads Roerslev, 86'
- 17Joshua Quarshie
- 31Gavin Bazunu
Preston North End3-5-2
28↓Osmajic
17⚽↓Dobbin
26🟨↓Small
5🟨↓Armstrong
42🟨Offiah
21↓Devine
4Whiteman
16Hughes
6Lindsay
14Storey
1Iversen
Bench
- 12Jack Walton
- 38Max Wilson
- 22Stefán Teitur Thórdarsonon for Thierry Small, 80'
- 10Mads Frökjaeron for Lewis Dobbin, 63' ⚽
- 36Ed Nolan
- 24Michael Smithon for Milutin Osmajic, 62'
- 35Noah Maweneon for Harrison Armstrong, 90'+2'
- 18Jamal Lewison for Alfie Devine, 80'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
4Southampton wins
1Level
0Preston wins
Last times they met
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Southampton
3–0
Preston · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Preston
2–2
Southampton · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Southampton
2–1
Preston · 2011/12 English Carling Cup
FT
Southampton
3–1
Preston · 2008/09 English League Championship
FT
Preston
2–3
Southampton · 2008/09 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Southampton
W2-1D1-1D0-0L3-1L2-1
Last games: Preston
D2-2W2-0L2-1L1-0W3-2
