Championship 25/26 · 28 Feb 2026

Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Southampton

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Southampton favourites at 55%.

Southampton won and made the better chances: 1.9 xG to 0.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Oriol Romeu, 100.0 in 1′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Jerry Yates Forward	90	1	0	0.36	45.2
Jarvis Thornton Midfielder	45	0	0	–	42.5
Nathaniel Chalobah Midfielder	45	0	0	–	41.2
Charlie McNeill Forward	90	0	0	0.04	36.0
Dominic Iorfa Defender	80	0	0	–	34.3
Sean Fusire Midfielder	89	0	0	0.10	34.0
Jamal Lowe Forward	80	0	1	0.15	33.7
Joe Emery Defender	10	0	0	–	28.5
Svante Ingelsson Midfielder	90	0	0	0.01	26.7
Liam Palmer Defender	90	0	0	0.12	26.5
Tayo Adaramola Midfielder	90	0	0	–	26.5
Gabriel Otegbayo Defender	90	0	0	–	21.6
Joel Ndala Midfielder	10	0	0	–	17.7
William Grainger Forward	1	0	0	–	0.0

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Oriol Romeu Midfielder	1	0	0	–	100.0
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Defender	90	1	0	0.26	53.6
Nathan Wood Defender	16	0	0	–	49.9
Daniel Peretz Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	49.0
Cameron Bragg Midfielder	89	0	0	–	46.7
James Bree Defender	74	1	0	0.11	46.7
Tom Fellows Midfielder	9	0	0	–	43.0
Finn Azaz Midfielder	90	0	0	0.02	40.8
Jack Stephens Defender	90	0	0	–	40.2
Ryan Manning Midfielder	90	1	0	0.25	39.3
Cameron Archer Forward	16	0	0	–	35.8
Cyle Larin Forward	74	0	0	0.70	35.6
Kuryu Matsuki Midfielder	81	0	1	0.04	33.5
Samuel Edozie Midfielder	9	0	0	0.16	27.8
Leo Scienza Midfielder	81	0	0	0.29	25.3
Shea Charles Midfielder	90	0	0	0.11	25.0