Bristol City vs Southampton

13 February 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Matt Donohue

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sam Bell 52’
  • Rob Dickie 72’
  • Harry Cornick 82’
  • Adam Armstrong 90+5’ (pen)

Match summary

Bristol City won 3-1 at home to Southampton. It was goalless at half-time.

Sam Bell put Bristol City ahead in the 52nd minute, Rob Dickie made it 2-0 with a header in the 72nd minute, Harry Cornick made it 3-0 in the 82nd minute, and Adam Armstrong pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

Southampton can feel hard done by, creating 1.75 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Bristol City's 1.21 from 14.

Match stats

Bristol City Southampton
14 Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.21 xG 1.75
1.21 Non-penalty xG 0.96

Key events

Bristol City Southampton
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Sam Bell1-0 (Bristol City)
52’
Rob Dickie2-0 (Bristol City)
72’
Harry Cornick3-0 (Bristol City)
82’
90+5’
Adam Armstrong
Penalty
3-1 (Southampton)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bristol City
  • Zak Vyner
  • Joe Williams
Southampton
  • Ryan Fraser
  • Kamaldeen Sulemana

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 1.75 52’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), 1-0 52’ 72’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), 2-0 72’ 82’ Harry Cornick (Bristol City), 3-0 82’ 90+5’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), 3-1 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 1.75 52’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), 1-0 Bell 52’ 72’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), 2-0 Dickie 72’ 82’ Harry Cornick (Bristol City), 3-0 Cornick 82’ 90+5’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), 3-1 Armstrong 90+5’
Bristol City 1.21 xGSouthampton 1.75 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Bristol City attacking 
90+5’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), penalty, 0.79 xG, goal 52’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 46’ Samuel Edozie (Southampton), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 82’ Harry Cornick (Bristol City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 38’ David Brooks (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 25’ Will Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 24’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 55’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 3’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ George Tanner (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 29’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 68’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Tommy Conway (Bristol City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 80’ Ryan Fraser (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Samuel Edozie (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 21’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Zak Vyner (Bristol City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 19’ Jason Knight (Bristol City), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Tommy Conway (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ David Brooks (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Will Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Ryan Manning (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), penalty, 0.79 xG, goal 52’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 46’ Samuel Edozie (Southampton), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 82’ Harry Cornick (Bristol City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 38’ David Brooks (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 25’ Will Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 24’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 55’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 3’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 7’ George Tanner (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 29’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 6’ Tommy Conway (Bristol City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 80’ Ryan Fraser (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Samuel Edozie (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 26’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 69’ Zak Vyner (Bristol City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 19’ Jason Knight (Bristol City), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Tommy Conway (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Will Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 25’ David Brooks (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Ryan Manning (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.07 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.03 – –
90′ 1 – 1 0.05 – – –
Haydon Roberts Taken off
76′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Anis Mehmeti Taken off
86′ – – 3 0.16 – – –
Jason Knight Taken off
64′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Sam Bell Taken off
64′ 1 – 4 0.68 – – –
Tommy Conway Taken off
76′ – – 2 0.08 – – –
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Came on as a substitute
26′ – – – – – – –
Harry Cornick Came on as a substitute
26′ 1 – 1 0.13 – – –
Ross McCrorie Came on as a substitute
14′ – – – – – – –
Nahki Wells Came on as a substitute
14′ – – – – – – –
Adedire Mebude Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Bristol City win 22% Avg odds 4.27
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73
Southampton win 52% Avg odds 1.81

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.