Southampton vs Sunderland

9 March 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Stuart Armstrong 9’
Adam Armstrong 38’ (pen)
Joe Rothwell 77’, 80’

Romaine Mundle 62’
Jobe Bellingham 71’

Match summary

Southampton saw off Sunderland 4-2. Southampton led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Stuart Armstrong put Southampton ahead in the 9th minute and Adam Armstrong made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 38th minute. In the second half, Romaine Mundle pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 62nd minute, Jobe Bellingham equalised in the 71st minute, Joe Rothwell put Southampton back in front in the 77th minute, and Rothwell made it 4-2 in the 80th minute.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 3.60 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Sunderland's 0.64 from 13.

Match stats

21 Shots 13

10 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.60 xG 0.64

2.81 Non-penalty xG 0.64

Key events

Southampton Sunderland

Kick-off

Stuart Armstrong

1-0

9’

Adam Armstrong
Penalty

2-0

38’

Half-time2-0

62’

Romaine Mundle

2-1

71’

Jobe Bellingham

2-2

Joe Rothwell

3-2

77’

Joe Rothwell

4-2

80’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Southampton

Jack Stephens
Joe Aribo
Joe Rothwell

Sunderland

Jenson Seelt
Daniel Ballard
Leo Fuhr Hjelde

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 3.60 xGSunderland 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sunderland attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Gavin Bazunu	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Taylor Harwood-Bellis	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Jack Stephens Taken off	73′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jan Bednarek	90′	–	–	1	0.36	–	–	–
Ryan Manning	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Will Smallbone Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Flynn Downes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stuart Armstrong Taken off	73′	1	–	3	0.97	–	–	–
David Brooks Taken off	58′	–	–	3	0.12	–	–	–
Che Adams Taken off	84′	–	–	1	0.11	–	–	–
Adam Armstrong	90′	1	–	6	1.20	–	–	–
Joe Aribo Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kamaldeen Sulemana Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	3	0.17	–	–	–
James Bree Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Rothwell Came on as a substitute	17′	2	–	2	0.52	–	–
Sékou Mara Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	1	0.13	–	–	–


Anthony Patterson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trai Hume	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jenson Seelt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Ballard Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Leo Fuhr Hjelde	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dan Neil	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Romaine Mundle Taken off	88′	1	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Jobe Bellingham	90′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Chris Rigg Taken off	57′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Abdoullah Ba	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Mason Burstow Taken off	57′	–	–	3	0.16	–	–	–
Adil Aouchiche Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Nazariy Rusyn Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	2	0.20	–	–	–
Callum Styles Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pierre Ekwah Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 72% Avg odds 1.33

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.49

Sunderland win 11% Avg odds 8.72

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

Form going into the game

Southampton L W L L W

Sunderland L L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.