3 - 1

Full time

Stoke City

Saturday 22 August 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-1 · St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton · Referee Steve Martin

Southampton v Stoke City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Neither side had played a Championship game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use Championship games only.

Seasons

2026/27

2025/26

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Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Southampton v Stoke City, full match

58%

Possession

42%

2.32

Expected goals (xG)

0.93

18

Shots

15

5

Shots on target

2

4

Corners

2

10

Fouls

21

3

Yellow cards

5

0

Red cards

1

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

8'

Goal

Cyle Larin SOU

19'

Yellow card

James Bree SOU

26'

Goal

Ethan Galbraith STO

38'

Yellow card

Sam Gallagher STO

50'

Yellow card

Flynn Downes SOU

53'

Yellow card

Ryan Manning SOU

62'

Yellow card

Ethan Galbraith STO

82'

Yellow card

Maksym Talovierov STO

86'

Yellow card

Svante Ingelsson STO

89'

Goal

Divin Mubama SOU

90+3'

Second yellow

Svante Ingelsson STO

90+4'

Penalty

Ryan Manning SOU

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Southampton

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Daniel Peretz

DEFENDERS

3

5

14

15

MIDFIELDERS

4

Flynn Downes

10

Finn Azaz

27

Kuryu Matsuki

FORWARDS

7

Leo Scienza

9

Cyle Larin

18

Tom Fellows

SUBSTITUTES

25

34

23

26

29

11

28

Stoke City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Viktor Johansson

DEFENDERS

2

16

17

23

MIDFIELDERS

8

Ethan Galbraith

10

Jun-Ho Bae

27

Djibril Soumaré

FORWARDS

7

Sorba Thomas

15

George Hirst

20

Sam Gallagher

SUBSTITUTES

24

5

40

4

6

19

42

9

Referee: Steve Martin

3 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.3

League 4.0

Yellow cards per game

5.3

Red cards per game

0.33

Fouls per game

23.0

League 22.3

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

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Result

Goals

Halves

Corners

Cards & fouls

Shots

Players

Offsides

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Match result

Bet

SOU

STO

Match

League

Win

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

33%

Draw

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

0%

0/2

33%

Loss

100%

1/1

100%

1/1

33%

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Bet

SOU

STO

League

Clean sheet

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

13%

Win to nil

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

7%

To score

100%

1/1

100%

1/1

87%

Fail to score

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

13%

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Southampton

Last 5 games before this match

16 Aug

Watford

(A)

1-2

L

Stoke City

Last 5 games before this match

15 Aug

Swansea City

(H)

1-2

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Southampton 1 win · 0 draws · Stoke City 1 win

Both scored 1/2 · Over 2.5 goals 1/2 · 2.5 goals, 9.5 corners, 5.5 cards per meeting on average

31 Jan '26

Stoke City

(A)

2-0

W

23 Aug '25

Stoke City

(H)

1-2

L

Championship table

2026/27 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Middlesbrough

12

7

4

1

27

17

+10

25

W

D

W

D

2

Swansea City

12

7

2

3

16

13

+3

23

L

W

3

West Ham United

12

6

4

2

32

15

+17

22

L

W

D

4

Wolverhampton

12

6

3

20

16

+4

21

W

D

W

L

5

West Bromwich Albion

12

6

3

16

13

+3

21

D

W

L

6

Southampton

12

7

3

2

24

12

+12

20

W

D

W

L

7

Birmingham City

12

5

2

20

12

+8

20

L

W

D

8

Queens Park Rangers

12

5

2

20

12

+8

20

W

L

W

D

9

Stoke City

12

6

2

4

18

16

+2

20

D

W

L

W

10

Blackburn Rovers

12

5

3

4

19

16

+3

18

W

L

W

D

11

Portsmouth

12

5

3

4

16

15

+1

18

W

D

W

L

12

Sheffield United

12

4

16

15

+1

16

D

W

L

W

L

13

Millwall

12

4

3

5

19

20

-1

15

L

D

L

W

D

14

Bristol City

12

4

3

5

12

15

-3

15

D

L

D

W

15

Lincoln City

12

4

3

5

13

20

-7

15

W

D

L

16

Cardiff City

12

3

5

4

19

17

+2

14

W

D

W

L

W

17

Wrexham

12

3

5

4

15

18

-3

14

L

W

L

D

W

18

Bolton Wanderers

12

4

2

6

16

23

-7

14

L

D

W

L

W

19

Charlton Athletic

12

3

5

4

11

18

-7

14

L

D

L

20

Norwich City

12

4

0

8

20

22

-2

12

W

L

21

Watford

12

3

2

7

10

20

-10

11

L

W

L

22

Burnley

12

1

5

6

17

25

-8

8

L

D

W

D

23

Derby County

12

1

4

7

10

21

-11

7

D

L

D

24

Preston North End

12

1

2

9

10

25

-15

5

D

L

D

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Southampton v Stoke City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Lineups

Southampton

Stoke City

Referee: Steve Martin

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Southampton

Stoke City

Head to head

Championship table

Match result

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season