TotalBound Football
Stoke City
FT
0–2
HT 0–1
Southampton
Championship Sat 31 Jan, 12:30London bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent Farai Hallam 23,529 attendance

Timeline

  1. 10' Finn Azaz assist Tom Fellows
  2. 30' Finn Azaz Yellow Card
  3. 45' Tatsuki Seko for Tomás Rigo
  4. 45' Ben Wilmot for Maksym Talovierov
  5. 45' Ben Pearson for Steven N'Zonzi
  6. 52' Flynn Downes assist Ross Stewart
  7. 65' Kuryu Matsuki for Léo Scienza
  8. 65' Nicholas Oyekunle for Ross Stewart
  9. 71' Jack Stephens Yellow Card
  10. 72' Daniel Peretz Yellow Card
  11. 74' Shea Charles for Caspar Jander
  12. 78' Favour Fawunmi for Bae Jun-Ho
  13. 83' Favour Fawunmi Yellow Card
  14. 90' Ryan Manning for Tom Fellows
  15. 90'+2' Bosun Lawal Yellow Card

Match stats

52.4% Possession 47.6%
10 Shots 11
3 On target 4
8 Fouls 18
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Saves 3
405 Accurate passes 353

Lineups

Stoke City 4-2-3-1
25 Simkin
17 Bocat 18 Lawal 26 Phillips 40 Talovierov
15 N'Zonzi 19 Rigo
7 Thomas 10 Jun-Ho 29 Cisse
49 Smit
Southampton 4-2-3-1
41 Peretz
34 Welington 5 Stephens 6 Harwood-Bellis 14 Bree
4 Downes 20 Jander
13 Scienza 10 Azaz 18 Fellows
11 Stewart
Stoke City 4-2-3-1
  1. 25 Tommy Simkin G
  2. 18 Bosun Lawal CD-L
  3. 26 Ashley Phillips CD-R
  4. 17 Eric Bocat LB
  5. 40 Maksym Talovierov ▼ RB
  6. 10 Bae Jun-Ho ▼ AM
  7. 15 Steven N'Zonzi ▼ LM
  8. 19 Tomás Rigo ▼ RM
  9. 49 Milan Smit F
  10. 7 Sorba Thomas AM-L
  11. 29 Lamine Cisse AM-R

Came on

  1. 16 Ben Wilmot ▲ SUB
  2. 56 Favour Fawunmi ▲ SUB
  3. 4 Ben Pearson ▲ SUB
  4. 12 Tatsuki Seko ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 55 Ruben Curley SUB
  2. 46 Will Smith SUB
  3. 23 Ben Gibson SUB
  4. 34 Frank Fielding SUB
  5. 3 Aaron Cresswell SUB
Southampton 4-2-3-1
  1. 41 Daniel Peretz G
  2. 5 Jack Stephens CD-L
  3. 6 Taylor Harwood-Bellis CD-R
  4. 34 Welington LB
  5. 14 James Bree RB
  6. 10 Finn Azaz AM
  7. 4 Flynn Downes LM
  8. 20 Caspar Jander ▼ RM
  9. 11 Ross Stewart ▼ F
  10. 13 Léo Scienza ▼ AM-L
  11. 18 Tom Fellows ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 24 Shea Charles ▲ SUB
  2. 27 Kuryu Matsuki ▲ SUB
  3. 49 Nicholas Oyekunle ▲ SUB
  4. 3 Ryan Manning ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 1 Alex McCarthy SUB
  2. 15 Nathan Wood SUB
  3. 38 Elias Jelert SUB
  4. 46 Jay Robinson SUB
  5. 17 Joshua Quarshie SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Stoke City 0, Southampton 2.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, Stoke City 0, Southampton 2.
  3. 90'+2' Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 90'+2' Welington (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+2' Foul by Bosun Lawal (Stoke City).
  6. 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  7. 90' Foul by Shea Charles (Southampton).
  8. 90' Ben Pearson (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 90' Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Manning replaces Tom Fellows.
  10. 88' Handball by Nicholas Oyekunle (Southampton).
  11. 87' Attempt missed. Ashley Phillips (Stoke City) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross following a corner.
  12. 86' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
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  1. 86' Attempt blocked. Favour Fawunmi (Stoke City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Phillips.
  2. 83' Favour Fawunmi (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 83' Jack Stephens (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  4. 83' Foul by Favour Fawunmi (Stoke City).
  5. 82' Attempt saved. Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Daniel Peretz (Southampton).
  6. 79' Offside, Stoke City. Ashley Phillips is caught offside.
  7. 78' Foul by Shea Charles (Southampton).
  8. 78' Favour Fawunmi (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  9. 78' Substitution, Stoke City. Favour Fawunmi replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
  10. 77' Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  11. 77' Foul by Welington (Southampton).
  12. 75' Foul by Nicholas Oyekunle (Southampton).
  13. 75' Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 74' Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Caspar Jander.
  15. 74' Foul by Ben Pearson (Stoke City).
  16. 74' Finn Azaz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  17. 72' Daniel Peretz (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 72' Attempt missed. Ashley Phillips (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sorba Thomas following a set piece situation.
  19. 71' Jack Stephens (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 71' Milan Smit (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  21. 71' Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
  22. 70' Foul by Caspar Jander (Southampton).
  23. 70' Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  24. 68' Foul by Tatsuki Seko (Stoke City).
  25. 68' Finn Azaz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  26. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Nicholas Oyekunle replaces Ross Stewart.
  27. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki replaces Léo Scienza.
  28. 57' Attempt missed. Flynn Downes (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  29. 56' Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Eric-Junior Bocat.
  30. 56' Attempt saved. Tom Fellows (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Tommy Simkin (Stoke City). Assisted by Ross Stewart.
  31. 52' Goal! Stoke City 0, Southampton 2. Flynn Downes (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Stewart following a corner.
  32. 52' Attempt missed. Jack Stephens (Southampton) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Léo Scienza with a cross following a corner.
  33. 52' Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Bosun Lawal.
  34. 50' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  35. 50' Delay in match because of an injury Ashley Phillips (Stoke City).
  36. 49' Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Tommy Simkin.
  37. 48' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  38. 48' Foul by Milan Smit (Stoke City).
  39. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Tatsuki Seko replaces Tomás Rigo.
  40. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Wilmot replaces Maksym Talovierov.
  41. 45' Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Pearson replaces Steven Nzonzi.
  42. 45' Second Half begins Stoke City 0, Southampton 1.
  43. 45'+4' First Half ends, Stoke City 0, Southampton 1.
  44. 45'+4' Attempt missed. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  45. 45'+3' Foul by Caspar Jander (Southampton).
  46. 45'+3' Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  47. 45'+1' Léo Scienza (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  48. 45'+1' Foul by Steven Nzonzi (Stoke City).
  49. 45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  50. 45' Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  51. 45' Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
  52. 41' Attempt blocked. Ross Stewart (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Caspar Jander.
  53. 40' Offside, Southampton. Ross Stewart is caught offside.
  54. 36' Offside, Southampton. Ross Stewart is caught offside.
  55. 35' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  56. 35' Foul by Milan Smit (Stoke City).
  57. 34' Attempt saved. Ashley Phillips (Stoke City) header from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel Peretz (Southampton). Assisted by Tomás Rigo.
  58. 33' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  59. 32' Delay in match because of an injury Milan Smit (Stoke City).
  60. 32' Milan Smit (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  61. 32' Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
  62. 30' Finn Azaz (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  63. 29' Finn Azaz (Southampton) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
  64. 28' Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Steven Nzonzi.
  65. 28' Attempt blocked. Finn Azaz (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Fellows.
  66. 26' Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  67. 26' Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
  68. 25' Tomás Rigo (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  69. 25' Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
  70. 24' Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  71. 24' Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
  72. 24' Attempt blocked. Finn Azaz (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Fellows.
  73. 24' Attempt blocked. Finn Azaz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  74. 23' Attempt saved. Tom Fellows (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Tommy Simkin (Stoke City). Assisted by Finn Azaz with a through ball.
  75. 21' Foul by Tom Fellows (Southampton).
  76. 21' Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  77. 20' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Daniel Peretz.
  78. 20' Attempt saved. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Daniel Peretz (Southampton). Assisted by Sorba Thomas.
  79. 19' Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  80. 19' Foul by James Bree (Southampton).
  81. 17' Attempt blocked. Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Milan Smit with a headed pass.
  82. 17' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
  83. 13' Foul by Tom Fellows (Southampton).
  84. 13' Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  85. 12' Offside, Southampton. Ross Stewart is caught offside.
  86. 12' Attempt blocked. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  87. 10' Goal! Stoke City 0, Southampton 1. Finn Azaz (Southampton) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Fellows.
  88. 8' Léo Scienza (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  89. 8' Foul by Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City).
  90. 6' Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ashley Phillips.
  91. 6' Attempt blocked. Léo Scienza (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Stephens.
  92. 4' Lamine Cissé (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  93. 4' Foul by Léo Scienza (Southampton).
  94. 3' Attempt missed. Bosun Lawal (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sorba Thomas following a corner.
  95. 3' Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by James Bree.
  96. First Half begins.
  97. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Stoke City D L D W W

  • W at Norwich City 2-0 EFL Championship
  • W Coventry City 1-0 English FA Cup
  • D Queens Park Rangers 0-0 EFL Championship
  • L Middlesbrough 2-1 EFL Championship
  • D at Birmingham City 1-1 EFL Championship

Southampton D W L W L

  • L at Middlesbrough 4-0 EFL Championship
  • W at Doncaster Rovers 3-2 English FA Cup
  • L Hull City 2-1 EFL Championship
  • W Sheffield United 1-0 EFL Championship
  • D at Portsmouth 1-1 EFL Championship

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

  • 23 Aug 2025 Southampton 1–2 Stoke City 2025-26 English League Championship
  • 29 Oct 2024 Southampton 3–2 Stoke City 2024-25 English Carabao Cup
  • 27 Apr 2024 Southampton 0–1 Stoke City 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 3 Oct 2023 Stoke City 0–1 Southampton 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 3 Mar 2018 Southampton 0–0 Stoke City 2017/2018 English Premier League

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