Southampton 1-0 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 February 2026

Result

Southampton 1-0 Watford

Championship · Saturday 7 February 2026, 12:31 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 1-0 Watford: match report

Southampton defeated Watford 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 7 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Cyle Larin of Southampton in the 70th minute.

Discipline: Southampton received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Southampton were 14th on 40 points from 30 and Watford 8th on 44 points from 30. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Watford 16th with 57.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Othmane Maamma of Watford (7.5), ahead of Caspar Jander (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 5 draws and 1 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Yellow card · Taylor Harwood-BellisSouthampton
  • 66'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford
  • 70'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · James BreeSouthampton
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Shea Emmanuel CharlesSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 5, Watford 1.

Team news

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

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Welington, Caspar Jander, Flynn Downes, Tom Fellows, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Ross Stewart

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

Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, James Abankwah, Stephen Mfuni, Marc Bola, Nampalys Mendy, Imrân Louza, Othmane Maamma, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Mamadou Doumbia