Southampton 4-4 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023

Result

Southampton 4-4 Norwich City

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Southampton 4-4 Norwich City: match report

Southampton drew with Norwich City 4-4 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2023. It was 2-3 at half-time.

Josh Sargent opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Southampton's goals came from Jan Bednarek (17'), Adam Armstrong (21', penalty), Ché Adams (57') and Adam Armstrong (90+7', penalty). Norwich City scored through Josh Sargent (7'), Gabriel Sara (23'), Jonathan Rowe (45+2') and Christian Fassnacht (84').

Discipline: Southampton received 7 yellow cards; Norwich City received 4 yellow cards.

Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Norwich City 6th with 74.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Sara of Norwich City (9.2), ahead of Josh Sargent (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 3 for Norwich City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Kenny McLeanNorwich City
  • 7'Goal · Josh SargentNorwich City · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Jan BednarekSouthampton · 1-1
  • 21'Penalty goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 2-1
  • 23'Goal · Gabriel SaraNorwich City · 2-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Will SmallboneSouthampton
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Samuel EdozieSouthampton
  • 45+2'Goal · Jonathan RoweNorwich City · 2-3
  • 50'Yellow card · Nathan TellaSouthampton
  • 57'Goal · Ché AdamsSouthampton · 3-3
  • 60'Yellow card · Jack StephensSouthampton
  • 76'Yellow card · Ché AdamsSouthampton
  • 76'Yellow card · Shea CharlesSouthampton
  • 77'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 77'Yellow card · Tony SpringettNorwich City
  • 84'Goal · Christian FassnachtNorwich City · 3-4
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jack StaceyNorwich City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Marcelino NúñezNorwich City
  • 90+7'Penalty goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 4-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 5, draws 2, Norwich City 3.

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-3-3)

Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Carlos Alcaraz, Will Smallbone, Stuart Armstrong, Nathan Tella, Adam Armstrong, Samuel Edozie

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

Angus Gunn, Jack Stacey, Shane Duffy, Ben Gibson, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Jonathan Rowe, Kenny McLean, Onel Hernández, Gabriel Sara, Ashley Barnes, Josh Sargent