Southampton 4-2 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024
Result
Southampton 4-2 Sunderland
Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Southampton 4-2 Sunderland: match report
Southampton beat Sunderland 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Stuart Armstrong opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Southampton's goals came from Stuart Armstrong (9'), Adam Armstrong (37', penalty), Joe Rothwell (77') and Joe Rothwell (80'). Sunderland scored through Romaine Mundle (62') and Jobe Bellingham (71').
Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 70 points from 35 and Sunderland 11th on 47 points from 36. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.
Southampton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Rothwell of Southampton (9.5), ahead of Stuart Armstrong (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 5 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Jenson Seelt
- 9'Goal · Stuart Armstrong
- 31'Yellow card · Daniel Ballard
- 37'Penalty goal · Adam Armstrong
- 62'Goal · Romaine Mundle
- 64'Yellow card · Leo Fuhr Hjelde
- 71'Goal · Jobe Bellingham
- 77'Goal · Joe Rothwell
- 80'Goal · Joe Rothwell
- 90'Yellow card · Joe Aribo
- 90+6'Yellow card · Joe Rothwell
Head-to-head
Team news
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Southampton line-up (4-3-3)
Gavin Bazunu, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Manning, Will Smallbone, Flynn Downes, Stuart Armstrong, David Brooks, Ché Adams, Adam Armstrong
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Jenson Seelt, Dan Ballard, Leo Hjelde, Dan Neil, Romaine Mundle, Jobe Bellingham, Chris Rigg, Abdoullah Ba, Mason Burstow