Southampton 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Southampton 4-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southampton 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Southampton won against Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Samuel Edozie opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Southampton's goals came from Samuel Edozie (44'), Stuart Armstrong (64'), Sékou Mara (90+7') and Carlos Alcaraz (90+9'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Southampton received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 39 points from 21 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 31 points from 21. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stuart Armstrong of Southampton (8.5), ahead of James Bree (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Callum BrittainBlackburn Rovers
  • 37'Yellow card · Flynn DownesSouthampton
  • 44'Goal · Samuel EdozieSouthampton · 1-0
  • 55'Second yellow · Callum BrittainBlackburn Rovers
  • 64'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Will SmallboneSouthampton
  • 67'Yellow card · Sammie SzmodicsBlackburn Rovers
  • 76'Yellow card · Joe AriboSouthampton
  • 86'Missed penalty · Carlos AlcarazSouthampton
  • 90+7'Goal · Sékou MaraSouthampton · 3-0
  • 90+9'Goal · Carlos AlcarazSouthampton · 4-0
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Hayden CarterBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Southampton 2, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-3-2-1)

Gavin Bazunu, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Kyle Walker-Peters, Will Smallbone, Flynn Downes, Stuart Armstrong, Adam Armstrong, Samuel Edozie, Joe Aribo

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, James Hill, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, A. Moran, Sondre Tronstad, Callum Brittain, Sammie Szmodics, Adam Wharton, Arnór Sigurdsson