Southampton 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2023

Result

Southampton 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Southampton 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Southampton beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Southampton's goals came from Adam Armstrong (11') and Adam Armstrong (15'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 34 points from 18 and Cardiff City 9th on 27 points from 18. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Armstrong of Southampton (8.5), ahead of Ryan Manning (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 6 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Cardiff City's L-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 2-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Flynn DownesSouthampton
  • 72'Yellow card · Rubin ColwillCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 1, Cardiff City 6.

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-3-2-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Manning, Shea Charles, Flynn Downes, Stuart Armstrong, Adam Armstrong, Ché Adams, Carlos Alcaraz

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Ryan Wintle, Manolis Siopis, Josh Bowler, Callum Robinson, Karlan Grant, Yakou Méïté