Southampton 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023

Result

Southampton 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Southampton won against Queens Park Rangers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Samuel Edozie opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Southampton's goals came from Samuel Edozie (30') and Adam Armstrong (64'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Jack Colback (32').

Discipline: Southampton received 4 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 6th on 7 points from 3 and Queens Park Rangers 17th on 3 points from 3. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Queens Park Rangers 18th with 56.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Southampton (8.4), ahead of Adam Armstrong (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 4 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSouthampton
  • 19'Yellow card · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton
  • 29'Yellow card · Carlos AlcarazSouthampton
  • 30'Goal · Samuel EdozieSouthampton · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Jack ColbackQueens Park Rangers · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Stephen Duke-McKennaQueens Park Rangers
  • 89'Yellow card · Samuel FieldQueens Park Rangers
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ryan FraserSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 5, draws 1, Queens Park Rangers 4.

Team news

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

Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Carlos Alcaraz, Shea Charles, Stuart Armstrong, Samuel Amo-Ameyaw, Adam Armstrong, Samuel Edozie

Queens Park Rangers line-up (3-4-3)

Asmir Begović, Osman Kakay, Steve Cook, Morgan Fox, Kenneth Paal, Andre Dozzell, Jack Colback, Sam Field, Paul Smyth, Sinclair Armstrong, Ilias Chair