Southampton 3-1 Exeter City: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 December 2009

Result

Southampton 3-1 Exeter City

League One · Saturday 26 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Southampton 3-1 Exeter City: match report

Southampton won against Exeter City 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 December 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

L. James opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Southampton's goals came from L. James (14'), Neal Trotman (30') and Papa Waigo (89'). Exeter City scored through Matt Taylor (68').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southampton were 6th on 35 points from 22 and Exeter City 18th on 25 points from 22. Southampton went on to finish that season 6th with 83 points, and Exeter City 19th with 51.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · L. JamesSouthampton · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Neal TrotmanSouthampton · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Marcus StewartExeter City
  • 41'Red card · Troy Archibald-HenvilleExeter City
  • 53'Yellow card · Daniel SeaborneExeter City
  • 68'Goal · Matt TaylorExeter City · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Chris PerrySouthampton
  • 89'Goal · Papa WaigoSouthampton · 3-1

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap