Southampton FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Southampton FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Saint Mary's.
- Southampton FC 46 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee James Bell
- Assistant 1 Ian Cooper
- Assistant 2
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Dec Cardiff City FC H 2–0 W 29 Nov Bristol City FC H 1–0 W 25 Nov Huddersfield Town AFC A 1–1 D 11 Nov West Bromwich Albion FC H 2–1 W 04 Nov Millwall FC A 1–0 W 28 Oct Birmingham City FC H 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Dec Southampton FC A 0–2 L 28 Nov West Bromwich Albion FC H 0–1 L 25 Nov Preston North End FC A 2–1 W 11 Nov Norwich City FC H 2–3 L 04 Nov Stoke City FC A 0–0 D 28 Oct Bristol City FC H 2–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this season -
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Southampton FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' The travelling Cardiff City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Southampton FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 11' Southampton FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Adam Armstrong on 11.
- 15' Adam Armstrong with the second goal in the match!
- 16' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Perry Ng.
- 21' Cardiff City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 21.
- 25' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Flynn Downes.
- 26' A meaty challenge results in booking for Flynn Downes on 26.
- 31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 36' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kion Etete made 10 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 41' Dimitrios Goutas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 46' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 51' Mark McGuinness has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 55' The Cardiff City FC manager makes a substitution. Callum Robinson departs to be replaced by Rubin Colwill.
- 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Southampton FC that had 336 games and scored 343 goals.
- 62' Another change for Southampton FC made on 62 minute. Stuart Armstrong leaves to be changed by Joe Aribo.
- 63' Another substitution for Cardiff City FC to replace Josh Bowler by Ollie Tanner on 63 minute.
- 68' It’s high time Russell Martin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 72' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Rubin Colwill.
- 75' Another change for Cardiff City FC made on 75 minute. Manolis Siopis leaves to be changed by Joe Ralls.
- 80' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 81' Sekou Mara is replacing Che Adams for the Southampton FC side.
- 86' It looks like no one’s ball. Cardiff City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- Full Time. Southampton FC beats Cardiff City FC
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Southampton FC
4-3-2-1Starting XI- 35
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Stuart Armstrong ↓ Joe Aribo 62'
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Che Adams ↓ Sekou Mara 81'
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Carlos Alcaraz ↓ Ryan Fraser 62'
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Bench-
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Ryan Fraser ↑ 62'
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Joe Aribo ↑ 62'
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Sekou Mara ↑ 81'
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Coach Russell MartinCardiff City FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI-
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Yakou Meite ↓ Ike Ugbo 63'
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Callum Robinson ↓ Rubin Colwill 55'
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Josh Bowler ↓ Ollie Tanner 63'
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Manolis Siopis ↓ Joe Ralls 75'
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Karlan Grant ↓ Kion Etete 75'
Bench- 2
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Joe Ralls ↑ 75'
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Ike Ugbo ↑ 63'
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Kion Etete ↑ 75'
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Rubin Colwill ↑ 55'
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Ollie Tanner ↑ 63'
Coach Erol Bulut -
Head to Head
Southampton FC Form
2023-12-02 Southampton FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC W 2023-11-29 Southampton FC 1–0 Bristol City FC W 2023-11-25 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2023-11-11 Southampton FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2023-11-04 Millwall FC 0–1 Southampton FC W 2023-10-28 Southampton FC 3–1 Birmingham City FC WCardiff City FC Form
2023-12-02 Southampton FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L 2023-11-28 Cardiff City FC 0–1 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2023-11-25 Preston North End FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W 2023-11-11 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Norwich City FC L 2023-11-04 Stoke City FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC D 2023-10-28 Cardiff City FC 2–0 Bristol City FC W