Southampton 1-2 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Southampton 1-2 Stoke City
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Southampton 1-2 Stoke City: match report
Southampton were beaten by Stoke City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Lewis Baker opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Southampton's goal came from Taylor Harwood-Bellis (79'). Stoke City scored through Lewis Baker (54') and Sorba Thomas (75').
Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Southampton were 9th on 4 points from 2 and Stoke City 1st on 6 points from 2. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.
Southampton lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sorba Thomas of Stoke City (7.9), ahead of Taylor Harwood-Bellis (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 5 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Junior Tchamadeu
- 28'Yellow card · Divin Mubama
- 45+3'Yellow card · Tatsuki Seko
- 54'Goal · Lewis Baker
- 57'Yellow card · Nathan Wood
- 59'Second yellow · Divin Mubama
- 71'Yellow card · Viktor Johansson
- 75'Goal · Sorba Thomas
- 79'Goal · Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (3-4-2-1)
Gavin Bazunu, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Jack Stephens, Ryan Fraser, Flynn Downes, Shea Charles, Welington, Mateus Fernandes, Jay Robinson, Adam Armstrong
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Viktor Johansson, Junior Tchamadeu, Bosun Lawal, Ben Wilmot, Aaron Cresswell, Tatsuki Seko, Lewis Baker, Million Manhoef, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Divin Saku Mubama