English League Championship

Southampton vs Plymouth Argyle, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Southampton
  • 56': Charly Alcaraz
  • 63': Ché Adams
FT
2 - 1
Plymouth Argyle
  • 90'+1': Ryan Hardie

About

Southampton are hosting Plymouth Argyle at St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Offside, Plymouth Argyle. Ben Waine is caught offside.
  • 5': Offside, Southampton. Ché Adams is caught offside.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jan Bednarek.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
  • 13': Foul by Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 13': Ryan Manning (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Bali Mumba (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 13': Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Bali Mumba (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Manning.
  • 15': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Bali Mumba.
  • 16': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Julio Pleguezuelo.
  • 16': Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross following a corner.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Ryan Manning (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters.
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
  • 25': Offside, Southampton. Ché Adams is caught offside.
  • 28': Foul by Samuel Edozie (Southampton).
  • 28': Joe Edwards (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Brendan Galloway.
  • 31': Hand ball by Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Will Smallbone (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters.
  • 33': Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Shea Charles (Southampton).
  • 37': Finn Azaz (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Will Smallbone (Southampton).
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Will Smallbone.
  • 39': Offside, Southampton. Samuel Edozie is caught offside.
  • 40': Bali Mumba (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Will Smallbone (Southampton).
  • 40': Will Smallbone (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Brendan Galloway.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
  • 42': Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Samuel Edozie.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
  • 43': Offside, Plymouth Argyle. Brendan Galloway is caught offside.
  • 44': Finn Azaz (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Ryan Manning (Southampton).
  • 44': Ryan Manning (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Edwards with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Southampton 0, Plymouth Argyle 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Southampton 0, Plymouth Argyle 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Ryan Hardie replaces Ben Waine.
  • 47': Hand ball by Jordan Houghton (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Samuel Edozie (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Manning.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shea Charles.
  • 48': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Brendan Galloway.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Will Smallbone.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Samuel Edozie (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Armstrong with a cross.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner.
  • 53': Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 54': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
  • 54': Ryan Hardie (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  • 55': Offside, Plymouth Argyle. Bali Mumba is caught offside.
  • 56': Goal! Southampton 1, Plymouth Argyle 0. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Samuel Edozie.
  • 57': Joe Edwards (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card.
  • 58': Hand ball by Bali Mumba (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 58': Attempt missed. Will Smallbone (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jan Bednarek with a through ball.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Armstrong with a cross.
  • 63': Goal! Southampton 2, Plymouth Argyle 0. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis with a through ball.
  • 65': Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Mickel Miller replaces Bali Mumba.
  • 66': Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Luke Cundle replaces Jordan Houghton.
  • 67': Foul by Samuel Edozie (Southampton).
  • 67': Julio Pleguezuelo (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Carlos Alcaraz.
  • 67': Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Will Smallbone.
  • 68': Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Fraser replaces Ché Adams.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Joe Aribo (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
  • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Julio Pleguezuelo (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 71': Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Dan Scarr replaces Julio Pleguezuelo because of an injury.
  • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Foul by Joe Edwards (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 72': Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Aribo with a through ball.
  • 74': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Conor Hazard.
  • 75': Substitution, Southampton. Sékou Mara replaces Samuel Edozie.
  • 76': Foul by Adam Randell (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 76': Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 78': Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Mustapha Bundu replaces Finn Azaz.
  • 82': Substitution, Southampton. Jack Stephens replaces Adam Armstrong.
  • 84': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Lewis Gibson.
  • 84': Offside, Southampton. Kyle Walker-Peters is caught offside.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Sékou Mara (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters.
  • 87': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Dan Scarr.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Shea Charles (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross.
  • 88': Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+1': Goal! Southampton 2, Plymouth Argyle 1. Ryan Hardie (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Dan Scarr.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a through ball.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth Argyle).
  • 90'+3': Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Sékou Mara (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shea Charles.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Morgan Whittaker (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ryan Hardie.
  • 90'+6': Adam Randell (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton).
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Southampton 2, Plymouth Argyle 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Southampton 2, Plymouth Argyle 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Southampton 2, Plymouth Argyle 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
3 Corner Kicks 9
7 Saves 0
22.3 Possession 77.7
8 SHOTS 26
1 ON GOAL 7
0.1 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
144 Accurate Passes 692
212 Passes 752
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 10
7 Crosses 28
0.4 Cross % 0.4
46 Long Balls 39
23 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
3 Blocked Shots 10
12 Effective Tackles 9
16 Tackles 15
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 7
32 Effective Clearances 10
32 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 30,559

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Birmingham City 15 +14 29
2 Middlesbrough 15 +11 29
3 Stoke City 15 +6 29
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 +8 28
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SOU Southampton (4-3-2-1)

No. Name
31 Gavin Bazunu (GK)
35 Jan Bednarek
21 Taylor Harwood-Bellis
3 Ryan Manning Yellow Card
2 Kyle Walker-Peters
24 Shea Charles
22 Charly Alcaraz Yellow Card
16 William Smallbone Yellow Card
10 Ché Adams
23 Samuel Edozie
9 Adam Armstrong
Southampton Substitutes:
Samuel Amo-Ameyaw, Stuart Armstrong, Tyler Dibling, Sékou Mara, Mason Holgate, Joe Aribo, Joe Lumley, Ryan Fraser, Jack Stephens.

PLY Plymouth Argyle (5-4-1)

No. Name
21 Conor Hazard (GK)
17 Lewis Gibson
22 Brendan Galloway
5 Julio Pleguezuelo
2 Bali Mumba Yellow Card
8 Joe Edwards Yellow Card
20 Adam Randell
4 Jordan Houghton
18 Finn Azaz
10 Morgan Whittaker
23 Ben Waine
Plymouth Argyle Substitutes:
Mustapha Bundu, Kaine Kesler Hayden, Luke Cundle, Callum Wright, Dan Scarr, Matt Butcher, Ryan Hardie, Mickel Miller, Callum Burton.

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