Sunderland vs Southampton

2 September 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee David Coote

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

Jack Clarke 1’
Pierre Ekwah 7’, 45’
Unknown 48’
Chris Rigg 90+5’

Match summary

Sunderland won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Southampton. Sunderland led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jack Clarke put Sunderland ahead with a header in the first minute, Pierre Ekwah made it 2-0 in the 7th minute, and Ekwah made it 3-0 in the 45th minute. In the second half, A goal made it 4-0 in the 48th minute and Chris Rigg made it 5-0 with a header in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Sunderland created 2.04 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Southampton's 0.84 from 13.

Match stats

18 Shots 13

10 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.93 xG 0.84

1.93 Non-penalty xG 0.84

Key events

Sunderland Southampton

Kick-off

Jack Clarke

1-0

1’

Pierre Ekwah

2-0

7’

Pierre Ekwah

3-0

45’

Half-time3-0

Unknown

4-0

48’

Chris Rigg

5-0

90+5’

Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Sunderland

Luke O'Nien
Abdoullah Ba

Southampton

Sékou Mara
Che Adams

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.

Sunderland 2.04 xGSouthampton 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton attacking Sunderland attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Anthony Patterson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trai Hume	90′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Luke O'Nien	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Daniel Ballard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dennis Cirkin	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Dan Neil	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Pierre Ekwah	90′	2	–	2	0.04	–	–	–
Abdoullah Ba Taken off	82′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–
Bradley Dack Taken off	63′	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Clarke Taken off	82′	1	–	3	0.45	–	–	–
Jobe Bellingham Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Pritchard Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	1	0.13	–	–	–
Luís Semedo Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	3	0.41	–	–	–
Jewison Bennette Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Rigg Came on as a substitute	8′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–


Gavin Bazunu	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle Walker-Peters	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jan Bednarek	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mason Holgate Taken off	64′	–	–	2	0.04	–	–	–
Ryan Manning	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Will Smallbone Taken off	81′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Flynn Downes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stuart Armstrong Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sékou Mara Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.11	–	–
Adam Armstrong	90′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Samuel Edozie Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Ryan Fraser Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Che Adams Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shea Charles Came on as a substitute	26′	–	–	2	0.42	–	–	–
Joe Aribo Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Carlos Alcaraz Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–

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

Sunderland win 34% Avg odds 2.79

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55

Southampton win 39% Avg odds 2.44

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

Form going into the game

Sunderland W L L W D

Southampton W D W W

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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.