Southampton vs Cardiff

9 February 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jack Stephens 90+1’
  • Sol Bamba 69’
  • Kenneth Zohore 90+3’

Match summary

Cardiff took a 2-1 win at Southampton, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Sol Bamba put Cardiff ahead from a corner in the 69th minute, set up by Callum Paterson, Jack Stephens equalised from a corner in stoppage time, set up by Charlie Austin, and Kenneth Zohore won it in stoppage time, set up by Víctor Camarasa.

Southampton can feel hard done by, creating 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Cardiff's 1.01 from 6.

Match stats

Southampton Cardiff
14 Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.71 xG 0.98
1.71 Non-penalty xG 0.98
6 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Southampton Cardiff
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
69’
Sol Bamba
Assist: Callum Paterson0-1 (Cardiff)
Jack Stephens
Assist: Charlie Austin1-1 (Southampton)
90+1’
90+3’
Kenneth Zohore
Assist: Víctor Camarasa1-2 (Cardiff)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Oriol Romeu
  • James Ward-Prowse
  • Nathan Redmond
Cardiff
  • Sol Bamba
  • Aron Gunnarsson
  • Kenneth Zohore

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.86 1.01 69’ Sol Bamba (Cardiff), 0-1 69’ 90+1’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), 1-1 90+1’ 90+3’ Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff), 1-2 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.86 1.01 69’ Sol Bamba (Cardiff), 0-1 Bamba 69’ 90+1’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), 1-1 Stephens 90+1’ 90+3’ Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff), 1-2 Zohore 90+3’
Southampton 1.86 xGCardiff 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cardiff attacking Southampton attacking 
69’ Sol Bamba (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.72 xG, goal 76’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), open play, 0.50 xG, blocked 76’ Yan Valery (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 76’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+3’ Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 44’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 53’ Yan Valery (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+3’ Harry Arter (Cardiff), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 69’ Callum Paterson (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 77’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Leandro Bacuna (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Sol Bamba (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.76 xG, goal 90+1’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.72 xG, goal 76’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), open play, 0.50 xG, blocked 76’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 76’ Yan Valery (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90+3’ Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 44’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 53’ Yan Valery (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+3’ Harry Arter (Cardiff), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 69’ Callum Paterson (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Leandro Bacuna (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex McCarthy GK900 0.000.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.021
Jack Stephens DEF9011 0.720.000
Jannik Vestergaard DEF730 0.000.021
Yan Valery MID842 0.180.000
Ryan Bertrand MID900 0.000.000
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID902 0.030.112
Oriol Romeu MID900 0.000.000
James Ward-Prowse MID901 0.030.093
Nathan Redmond FWD902 0.160.000
Shane Long FWD731 0.020.111
Mohamed Elyounoussi Sub171 0.130.121
Charlie Austin Sub1714 0.590.852
Sam Gallagher Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 56% Bet365 odds 1.75
Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.90
Cardiff win 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Southampton DWWDD
Cardiff LDLLW

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.