Southampton 4-2 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024

Result

Southampton 4-2 Sunderland

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Southampton · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Southampton 4-2 Sunderland: match report

Southampton beat Sunderland 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Stuart Armstrong opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Southampton's goals came from Stuart Armstrong (9'), Adam Armstrong (37', penalty), Joe Rothwell (77') and Joe Rothwell (80'). Sunderland scored through Romaine Mundle (62') and Jobe Bellingham (71').

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 70 points from 35 and Sunderland 11th on 47 points from 36. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 94 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Rothwell of Southampton (9.5), ahead of Stuart Armstrong (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 5 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Jenson SeeltSunderland
  • 9'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Daniel BallardSunderland
  • 37'Penalty goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · Romaine MundleSunderland · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Leo Fuhr HjeldeSunderland
  • 71'Goal · Jobe BellinghamSunderland · 2-2
  • 77'Goal · Joe RothwellSouthampton · 3-2
  • 80'Goal · Joe RothwellSouthampton · 4-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Joe AriboSouthampton
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Joe RothwellSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 5, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-3-3)

Gavin Bazunu, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Manning, Will Smallbone, Flynn Downes, Stuart Armstrong, David Brooks, Ché Adams, Adam Armstrong

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Jenson Seelt, Dan Ballard, Leo Hjelde, Dan Neil, Romaine Mundle, Jobe Bellingham, Chris Rigg, Abdoullah Ba, Mason Burstow