Southampton vs Blackburn

16 December 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Samuel Edozie 44’
Stuart Armstrong 64’
Sékou Mara 90+7’
Carlos Alcaraz 90+9’

Match summary

Southampton won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Blackburn. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Samuel Edozie put Southampton ahead from a corner in the 44th minute. In the second half, Stuart Armstrong made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, Sékou Mara made it 3-0 in stoppage time, and Carlos Alcaraz made it 4-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 3.92 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Blackburn's 0.83 from 4. Carlos Alcaraz missed a penalty for Southampton. Blackburn had a player sent off.

Match stats

22 Shots 4

11 Shots on Target 4

15 Corners 1

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 1

3.92 xG 0.83

3.13 Non-penalty xG 0.83

Key events

Southampton Blackburn

Kick-off

Samuel Edozie

1-0

44’

Half-time1-0

Stuart Armstrong

2-0

64’

Sékou Mara

3-0

90+7’

Carlos Alcaraz

4-0

90+9’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Southampton

Will Smallbone
Flynn Downes
Joe Aribo

Blackburn

Callum Brittain
Hayden Carter
Sammie Szmodics

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.

Southampton 3.92 xGBlackburn 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Blackburn attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Gavin Bazunu	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Bree	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jan Bednarek	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Kyle Walker-Peters	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Will Smallbone	90′	–	–	4	0.41	–	–
Flynn Downes Taken off	66′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stuart Armstrong Taken off	76′	1	–	6	0.48	–	–	–
Adam Armstrong Taken off	76′	–	–	1	0.39	–	–	–
Samuel Edozie Taken off	65′	1	–	1	0.38	–	–	–
Joe Aribo	90′	–	–	2	0.09	–	–
Ryan Fraser Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Jack Stephens Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shea Charles Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Carlos Alcaraz Came on as a substitute	14′	1	–	3	1.43	–	–	–
Sékou Mara Came on as a substitute	14′	1	–	2	0.64	–	–	–


Leopold Wahlstedt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Hill	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hayden Carter	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scott Wharton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Pickering	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andrew Moran Taken off	58′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Sondre Tronstad Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Wharton Taken off	70′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Brittain Sent off	55′	–	–	1	0.61	–	–
Sammie Szmodics	90′	–	–	1	0.16	–	–
Arnór Sigurðsson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jake Garrett Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Leonard Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Lewis Travis Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Southampton win 58% Avg odds 1.66

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.26

Blackburn win 20% Avg odds 4.75

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

Form going into the game

Southampton D W W D D

Blackburn W W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Blackburn 0-0 Southampton, 06 Apr 24 All Southampton vs Blackburn meetings

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.