Stoke City vs Southampton · Championship
Stoke City
12-6-12
0 – 2
FT
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Southampton
10-10-10
bet365 Stadium · Stoke-on-Trent · England
Southampton finished 2-0 ahead of Stoke City at bet365 Stadium (crowd 23,529). Finn Azaz got the deciding goal at the 10-minute mark and Flynn Downes widened the gap after 52 minutes. The game had five bookings. Stoke kept the ball 52% of the time and shot 10 times, Southampton 11. Southampton hit the target 4 times from 11 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- bet365 Stadium · Stoke-on-Trent · England
- Crowd
- 23,529
- Referee
- Farai Hallam
- Stoke form
- WWLWD
- Southampton form
- LWWDW
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southampton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
8Fouls18
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
1Offsides3
4Corner Kicks5
2Saves3
52.4%Possession47.6%
10Shots11
3On Goal4
30%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
405Accurate Passes353
489Passes449
80%Pass Completion %80%
2Accurate Crosses2
16Crosses11
10%Cross %20%
62Long Balls79
29Accurate Long Balls36
50%Long Balls %50%
3Blocked Shots5
16Effective Tackles12
22Tackles19
70%Tackle %60%
8Interceptions6
18Effective Clearances29
18Clearances29
Timeline
Full time · 0-2
🟨Bosun Lawal
90'+2'
90'
🔁Ryan Manningreplacing Tom Fellows
🟨Favour Fawunmi
83'
🔁Favour Fawunmireplacing Bae Jun-Ho
78'
74'
🔁Shea Charlesreplacing Caspar Jander
72'
🟨Daniel Peretz
71'
🟨Jack Stephens
65'
🔁Nicholas Oyekunlereplacing Ross Stewart
65'
🔁Kuryu Matsukireplacing Léo Scienza
52'0 - 2
⚽Flynn DownesAssist: Ross Stewart
🔁Ben Pearsonreplacing Steven N'Zonzi
45'
🔁Ben Wilmotreplacing Maksym Taloverov
45'
🔁Tatsuki Sekoreplacing Tomás Rigo
45'
Half-time · 0-1
30'
🟨Finn Azaz
10'0 - 1
⚽Finn AzazAssist: Tom Fellows
Kick-off
Teams
Stoke City4-2-3-1
49Smit
7Thomas
10↓Jun-Ho
29Cisse
15↓N'Zonzi
19↓Rigo
17Bocat
18🟨Lawal
40↓Taloverov
26Phillips
25Simkin
Bench
- 16Ben Wilmoton for Maksym Taloverov, 45'
- 55Ruben Curley
- 56Favour Fawunmion for Bae Jun-Ho, 78' 🟨
- 46Will Smith
- 4Ben Pearsonon for Steven N'Zonzi, 45'
- 23Ben Gibson
- 34Frank Fielding
- 3Aaron Cresswell
- 12Tatsuki Sekoon for Tomás Rigo, 45'
Southampton4-2-3-1
11↓Stewart
13↓Scienza
10⚽🟨Azaz
18↓Fellows
4⚽Downes
20↓Jander
34Welington
5🟨Stephens
14Bree
6Harwood-Bellis
41🟨Peretz
Bench
- 1Alex McCarthy
- 15Nathan Wood
- 24Shea Charleson for Caspar Jander, 74'
- 27Kuryu Matsukion for Léo Scienza, 65'
- 38Elias Jelert
- 46Jay Robinson
- 49Nicholas Oyekunleon for Ross Stewart, 65'
- 3Ryan Manningon for Tom Fellows, 90'
- 17Joshua Quarshie
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
2Stoke wins
1Level
2Southampton wins
Last times they met
FT
Southampton
1–2
Stoke · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Southampton
3–2
Stoke · 2024-25 English Carabao Cup
FT
Southampton
0–1
Stoke · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Stoke
0–1
Southampton · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Southampton
0–0
Stoke · 2017/2018 English Premier League
Form
Last games: Stoke
W2-0W1-0D0-0L2-1D1-1
Last games: Southampton
L4-0W3-2L2-1W1-0D1-1
