Southampton 4-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2026

Result

Southampton 4-1 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton · half-time 1-0

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Southampton 4-1 Bristol City: match report

Southampton beat Bristol City 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 September 2026 at St. Mary's Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cyle Larin opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Southampton's goals came from Cyle Larin (38'), Cyle Larin (61'), Kuryu Matsuki (82') and Finn Azaz (85'). Bristol City scored through Lorent Tolaj (66').

Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Bristol City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 11 points from 6 and Bristol City 8th on 10 points from 5. In the current table Southampton are 1st on 28 points and Bristol City are 15th on 18 points.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Finn Azaz of Southampton (8.1), ahead of Cyle Larin (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Lisav Naif EissatBristol City
  • 61'Goal · Cyle LarinSouthampton · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Sam GreenwoodBristol City
  • 66'Goal · Lorent TolajBristol City · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Kuryu MatsukiSouthampton · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · Finn AzazSouthampton · 4-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Southampton148422914+1528WDWWD
15Bristol City135351517-218DLLDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 1, Bristol City 6.

Team news

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

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Nathan Wood, Keven Schlotterbeck, Ryan Manning, James Ward-Prowse, Flynn Downes, Kuryu Matsuki, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Cyle Larin

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Tickle, George Tanner, Rob Dickie, Lisav Naif Eissat, Rio Cardines, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Yu Hirakawa, Dom Ballard, Scott Twine, L. Tolaj

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