Timeline
- 20' James Bree assist Finn Azaz
- 32' Cameron Bragg Yellow Card
- 34' Ebrima Adams Yellow Card
- 44' Cameron Bragg Red Card
- 45' Adrian Segecic for Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen
- 51' Cyle Larin Yellow Card
- 53' Finn Azaz Yellow Card
- 53' Jayden Meghoma Yellow Card
- 57' Kuryu Matsuki for Léo Scienza
- 65' Odin Bailey for Ebrima Adams
- 65' Terry Devlin for Jayden Meghoma
- 65' Marko Milovanovic for Colby Bishop
- 69' Terry Devlin Yellow Card
- 72' Caspar Jander for Cyle Larin
- 77' Keshi Anderson for Zak Swanson
- 82' Keven Schlotterbeck Yellow Card
Match stats
51.2%
Possession
48.8%
7
Shots
15
3
On target
2
11
Fouls
15
3
Yellow cards
3
1
Red cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Saves
2
329
Accurate passes
304
Lineups
Southampton
4-4-2
1
Peretz
3
Manning
13
Schlotterbeck
5
Stephens
14
Bree
7
Scienza
4
Downes
26
Bragg
30
Ward-Prowse
10
Azaz
9
Larin
Portsmouth
4-2-3-1
1
Schmid
16
Meghoma
55
Dia
5
Poole
22
Swanson
38
Adams
7
Pack
17
Shade
11
Kamara
25
Kavuma-Mcqueen
9
Bishop
Southampton
4-4-2
- 1 Daniel Peretz G
- 13 Keven Schlotterbeck CD-L
- 5 Jack Stephens CD-R
- 3 Ryan Manning LB
- 14 James Bree RB
- 4 Flynn Downes CM-L
- 26 Cameron Bragg CM-R
- 7 Léo Scienza ▼ LM
- 30 James Ward-Prowse RM
- 10 Finn Azaz CF-L
- 9 Cyle Larin ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 8 Caspar Jander ▲ SUB
- 27 Kuryu Matsuki ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 23 Samuel Edozie SUB
- 34 Welington SUB
- 11 Lewis Dobbin SUB
- 15 Nathan Wood SUB
- 25 George Long SUB
- 28 Divin Mubama SUB
- 18 Tom Fellows SUB
Portsmouth
4-2-3-1
- 1 Nicolas Schmid G
- 55 Madiodio Dia CD-L
- 5 Regan Poole CD-R
- 16 Jayden Meghoma ▼ LB
- 22 Zak Swanson ▼ RB
- 11 Abu Kamara AM
- 38 Ebrima Adams ▼ LM
- 7 Marlon Pack RM
- 9 Colby Bishop ▼ F
- 17 Tyrese Shade AM-L
- 25 Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 24 Terry Devlin ▲ SUB
- 21 Keshi Anderson ▲ SUB
- 27 Odin Bailey ▲ SUB
- 29 Marko Milovanovic ▲ SUB
- 10 Adrian Segecic ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 37 Iyad Mohamed SUB
- 19 Rocco Robert Shein SUB
- 31 Daniel Bielica SUB
- 32 Eoin Kenny SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Southampton 1, Portsmouth 0.
- 90'+6' Second Half ends, Southampton 1, Portsmouth 0.
- 90'+5' Offside, Southampton. Finn Azaz is caught offside.
- 90'+5' Finn Azaz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5' Foul by Odin Bailey (Portsmouth).
- 90'+4' Attempt missed. Marezi (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Odin Bailey with a cross.
- 90'+1' Attempt missed. Keven Schlotterbeck (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90' Finn Azaz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90' Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
- 88' Attempt missed. Odin Bailey (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 88' Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Caspar Jander.
Recent form
Southampton
L
W
W
D
D
- D at Birmingham City 1-1 EFL Championship
- D at Lincoln City 1-1 EFL Championship
- W Swansea City 3-1 EFL Championship
- W Bristol City 4-1 EFL Championship
- L at Wrexham 2-1 EFL Championship
Portsmouth
D
D
W
L
L
- L at Bristol City 2-1 EFL Championship
- L Derby County 2-0 EFL Championship
- W Cardiff City 2-0 EFL Championship
- D at Charlton Athletic 0-0 EFL Championship
- D Blackburn Rovers 2-2 EFL Championship
Head to head
SOU leads series 1-0-4
- 25 Jan 2026 Portsmouth 1–1 Southampton 2025-26 English League Championship
- 14 Sep 2025 Southampton 0–0 Portsmouth 2025-26 English League Championship
- 24 Sep 2019 Portsmouth 0–4 Southampton 2019-20 English Carabao Cup
- 7 Apr 2012 Southampton 2–2 Portsmouth 2011-12 English League Championship
- 18 Dec 2011 Portsmouth 1–1 Southampton 2011-12 English League Championship
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