Southampton 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Southampton 3-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Southampton beat Stoke City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2026 at St. Mary's Stadium. The half-time score was 1-1.

Cyle Larin opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Southampton's goals came from Cyle Larin (8'), Divin Mubama (89') and Ryan Manning (90+4', penalty). Stoke City scored through Ethan Galbraith (26').

Discipline: Southampton received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

In the current table Southampton are 1st on 28 points and Stoke City are 4th on 26 points.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Finn Azaz of Southampton (7.6), ahead of Cyle Larin (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 4 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · James BreeSouthampton
  • 26'Goal · Ethan GalbraithStoke City · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Sam GallagherStoke City
  • 50'Yellow card · Flynn DownesSouthampton
  • 52'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSouthampton
  • 62'Yellow card · Ethan GalbraithStoke City
  • 82'Yellow card · Maksym TaloverovStoke City
  • 86'Yellow card · Svante IngelssonStoke City
  • 89'Goal · Divin MubamaSouthampton · 2-1
  • 90+3'Second yellow · Svante IngelssonStoke City
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Ryan ManningSouthampton · 3-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Southampton148422914+1528WDWWD
4Stoke City148242217+526LWDWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 2, Stoke City 4.

Team news

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

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Nathan Wood, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Flynn Downes, Kuryu Matsuki, Tom Fellows, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Cyle Larin

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

Viktor Johansson, Ben Johnson, Ben Wilmot, Ben Gibson, Eric-Junior Bocat, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Sam Gallagher, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, George Hirst

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