Bristol City 2-1 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 24 October 2007
Result
Bristol City 2-1 Southampton
Championship · Wednesday 24 October 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Bristol City 2-1 Southampton: match report
Bristol City defeated Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 24 October 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
D. Byfield opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Bristol City's goals came from D. Byfield (4') and Ivan Sproule (17'). Southampton scored through an own goal by James McAllister (54').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Bristol City were 3rd on 20 points from 11 and Southampton 12th on 16 points from 11. Bristol City went on to finish that season 4th with 78 points, and Southampton 20th with 54.
Going into the match Bristol City's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Southampton's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · D. Byfield
- 17'Goal · Ivan Sproule
- 54'Own goal · James McAllister
Team news
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap