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Southampton vs Norwich City
18 Mar 2026, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Lewis SmithChampionship 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
SouthamptonMin
Norwich City- ⚽
Finn Azaz 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Cyle Larin
Right foot shot
24′ - 27′
Anis Slimane
Yellowcard
- 37′
Jack Stacey
Yellowcard
Foul
- 41′
Kellen Fisher
Yellowcard
Foul
- 46′⇄
P. Mattsson
Substitution
Off: Sam Field
Flynn Downes
Yellowcard
Foul
48′- 60′⇄
Errol Mundle-Smith
Substitution
Off: Mathias Kvistgaarden
- ⇄
Cameron Bragg
Substitution
Off: Flynn Downes
65′ - 69′
P. Mattsson
Yellowcard
Foul
- 73′⇄
Liam Gibbs
Substitution
Off: Jack Stacey
- ⇄
Shea Emmanuel Charles
Substitution
Off: Caspar Jander
74′ - ⇄
Tom Fellows
Substitution
Off: Samuel Edozie
74′ Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Yellowcard
Time wasting
82′Finn Azaz
Yellowcard
Foul
84′- 87′⇄
Amankwah Forson
Substitution
Off: Anis Slimane
- 87′⇄
Jacob Wright
Substitution
Off: Ali Ahmed
- ⇄
Nathan Wood
Substitution
Off: Kuryu Matsuki
89′ Cameron Bragg
Yellowcard
Time wasting
90+6′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8.42 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 7.29 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.13 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 7.20 | |
| 65 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 89 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.56 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.61 | |
| 74 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.72 | |
| 74 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.74 | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.37 | |
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| 16 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.52 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Southampton
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Norwich City
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Southampton’s ground: 7 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Southampton’s home games with Norwich City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Southampton
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Norwich City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Southampton
Norwich City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Southampton
Norwich City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Southampton
Norwich City
Previous meetings
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