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Championship 26/27 · 8 Sep 2026

Southampton 3–1 Swansea City

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.9 – 0.9
Actual xG
1.2 – 1.1
Goals
3 – 1

Footybot made Southampton favourites at 62%.

Southampton won a close one on the chances: 1.2 xG to 1.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Žan Vipotnik, 58.2 in 70′.

Well above their usual level: Žan Vipotnik +13.2, James Bree +10.7, Elijah Just +10.4.

Well below it: James Ward-Prowse −22.6, Lawrence Vigouroux −21.2, Keven Schlotterbeck −14.0.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Southampton

5 Sep 2026D 1–1at Lincoln City Championship
1 Sep 2026D 1–1at Birmingham City Championship
29 Aug 2026W 5–1v Millwall Championship
25 Aug 2026L 1–4v West Ham United EFL Cup
22 Aug 2026W 3–1v Stoke City Championship

Swansea City

5 Sep 2026D 0–0v Wrexham Championship
1 Sep 2026W 2–0v Watford Championship
29 Aug 2026W 3–0at Derby County Championship
22 Aug 2026D 0–0v Sheffield United Championship
15 Aug 2026W 2–1at Stoke City Championship

Head to head

18 Apr 2026Swansea City 1–2 Southampton Championship
18 Oct 2025Southampton 0–0 Swansea City Championship

Southampton

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Cameron Bragg Midfielder100–68.8–
Kuryu Matsuki Midfielder1401–53.4–
Divin Mubama Forward10000.0452.5–
Daniel Peretz Goalkeeper9000–51.2+1.5
Cyle Larin Forward85100.4450.6+5.2
James Bree Defender9001–49.0+10.7
Flynn Downes Midfielder90010.0743.4−3.0
Tom Fellows Midfielder7600–43.3+5.4
Leo Scienza Midfielder85100.1842.9+4.3
Finn Azaz Midfielder90100.3942.4+5.1
Nathan Wood Defender9000–42.2−3.4
Keven Schlotterbeck Defender90000.0641.6−14.0
Ryan Manning Midfielder9000–36.5−6.7
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder8900–35.1−22.6
Samuel Edozie Midfielder1000–28.6–

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Žan Vipotnik Forward70100.7958.2+13.2
Stephen Eustaquio Midfielder27000.0550.2–
Melker Widell Midfielder27000.0147.3–
Elijah Just Midfielder6300–46.7+10.4
Jay Fulton Midfielder6300–46.7+8.6
Ben Cabango Defender90000.0545.5+5.4
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder1200–44.9–
Marko Stamenić Midfielder90000.0944.3+4.6
Stephen Welsh Defender9000–42.4−1.0
Filip Lissah Defender9000–41.8−0.4
Joseph Opoku Forward45000.0240.0−1.0
Josh Tymon Defender9000–39.7+8.0
Adam Idah Forward20000.0238.3–
Moussa Kounfolo Yeo Midfielder7800–37.9−2.8
Ronald Midfielder45000.0937.8+3.0
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper9000–33.7−21.2