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Southampton vs Sheffield United
21 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Thomas KirkChampionship 2025/2026 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
SouthamptonMin
Sheffield United- ⚽
Leo Scienza 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Welington
Right foot shot
7′ - 53′
Callum O'Hare
Yellowcard
Foul
Leo Scienza
Yellowcard
Foul
55′- 59′⇄
Patrick Bamford
Substitution
Off: Tyrese Campbell
- 60′⇄
Andre Brooks
Substitution
Off: Tahith Chong
- ⇄
Adam Armstrong
Substitution
Off: Ross Stewart
61′ - 66′⇄
Gustavo Hamer
Substitution
Off: Callum O'Hare
- 66′⇄
Femi Seriki
Substitution
Off: Ki-Jana Hoever
- ⇄
Shea Emmanuel Charles
Substitution
Off: Welington
78′ - ⇄
Ryan Manning
Substitution
Off: Finn Azaz
78′ - ⇄
Jay Robinson
Substitution
Off: Leo Scienza
78′ - 79′⇄
Danny Ings
Substitution
Off: Tom Cannon
- ⇄
Nathan Wood
Substitution
Off: Tom Fellows
90+2′ Shea Emmanuel Charles
Yellowcard
Foul
90+3′Caspar Jander
Yellowcard
Foul
90+7′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7.56 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 7.33 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.24 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.05 | |
| 78 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 7.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.19 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 7.29 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.12 | |
| 78 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 8.00 | |
| 78 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 6.75 | |
| 61 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.86 | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.66 | |
| 29 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.88 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.54 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.55 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Southampton
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Sheffield United
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Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Southampton’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Southampton’s home games with Sheffield United’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
Sheffield United
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
Sheffield United
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Southampton
Sheffield United
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
Sheffield United
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.