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Southampton 4-0 Blackburn - December 16, 2023 / Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024

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Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024 - Round 22

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

December 16, 2023 - 15:00

Southampton

4 - 0

Blackburn

Assist by James Bree (right foot) Samuel Edozie

44'

Assist by Flynn Downes (right foot) Stuart Armstrong

64'

Assist by Ryan Fraser (right foot) Sékou Mara

90+7'

(left foot) Carlos Alcaraz

90+9'

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26' - Yellow card Callum Brittain

37' - Yellow card Flynn Downes37

44' - Goal Samuel Edozie44

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55' - Red card Callum Brittain

58' - Substitution Sondre Tronstadis substituted by Harry Leonard photo Jake Garrett

58' - Substitution Andrew Moranis substituted by Jake Garrett

64' - Goal Stuart Armstrong64

65' - Substitution Samuel Edozieis substituted by Ryan Fraser65

66' - Substitution Taylor Harwood-Bellisis substituted by Jack Stephens photo Shea Charles

66' - Substitution Flynn Downesis substituted by Shea Charles66

67' - Yellow card William Smallbone67

67' - Yellow card Sammie Szmodics

70' - Substitution Adam Whartonis substituted by Lewis Travis

76' - Substitution Stuart Armstrongis substituted by Carlos Alcaraz photo Sékou Mara

76' - Substitution Adam Armstrongis substituted by Sékou Mara photo Joe Aribo

76' - Yellow card Joe Aribo76

86' - Missed penalty Carlos Alcaraz86

90' - Yellow card Hayden Carter

97' - Goal Sékou Mara97

99' - Goal Carlos Alcaraz99

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

4 - 0

Blackburn

Southampton Blackburn

Team line-ups

Southampton

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Aribo76

Joe Aribo

Nigeria

B.date21/07/1996

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

9Armstrong76

Adam Armstrong

England

B.date10/02/1997

Age26 years

H1m72

positionStriker

23Edozie4465

Samuel Edozie

England

B.date28/01/2003

Age20 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

16Smallbone67

William Smallbone

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/02/2000

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

4Downes6637

Flynn Downes

England

B.date20/01/1999

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

17Armstrong6476

Stuart Armstrong

Scotland

B.date30/03/1992

Age31 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

2Walker Peters

Kyle Walker Peters

England

B.date13/04/1997

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

35Bednarek

Jan Bednarek

Poland

B.date12/04/1996

Age27 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

21Harwood-Bellis66

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

England

B.date30/01/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

14Bree

James Bree

England

B.date11/10/1997

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

31Bazunu

Gavin Bazunu

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/02/2002

Age21 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Gavin Bazunu		21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	66	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Jan Bednarek		27	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	James Bree		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kyle Walker Peters		26	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Samuel Edozie	4465	20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Flynn Downes	6637	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Joe Aribo	76	27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	William Smallbone	67	23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Stuart Armstrong	6476	31	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Adam Armstrong	76	26	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Sigurdsson

Arnór Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date15/05/1999

Age24 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

23A. Wharton70

Adam Wharton

England

B.date02/06/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

8Szmodics67

Sammie Szmodics

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/09/1995

Age28 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

2Brittain2655

Callum Brittain

England

B.date12/03/1998

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

24Moran58

Andrew Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/10/2003

Age20 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Tronstad58

Sondre Tronstad

Norway

B.date26/08/1995

Age28 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

3Pickering

Harry Pickering

England

B.date29/12/1998

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

16S. Wharton

Scott Wharton

England

B.date03/10/1997

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

17Carter90

Hayden Carter

England

B.date17/12/1999

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

4Hill

James Hill

England

B.date10/01/2002

Age21 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

12Wahlstedt

Leopold Wahlstedt

Sweden

B.date04/07/1999

Age24 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Leopold Wahlstedt		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Wharton		26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Hayden Carter	90	23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	James Hill		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Callum Brittain	2655	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Harry Pickering		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Sondre Tronstad	58	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Adam Wharton	70	19	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Andrew Moran	58	20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Arnór Sigurdsson		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Sammie Szmodics	67	28	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Joe Lumley		28
5	D	Jack Stephens	66	29	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Shea Charles	66	20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Mason Holgate		27
3	D	Ryan Manning		27
22	M	Carlos Alcaraz	9976	21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Ryan Fraser	65	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Sékou Mara	9776	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Che Adams		27

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	G	Joe Hilton		24
15	D	Patrick Gamble		20
5	D	Dominic Hyam		27
30	M	Jake Garrett	58	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Lewis Travis	70	26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Zak Gilsenan		20
20	F	Harry Leonard	58	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Dilan Kumar Markanday		22
14	F	Niall Ennis		24

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Bree

Ryan Manning

OUT

Samuel Edozie

Che Adams

OUT

Flynn Downes

Shea Charles

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Hill

Niall Ennis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Russell Martin

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Martin vs Blackburn

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Martin vs Tomasson

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Tomasson vs Southampton

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Tomasson vs Martin

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Referee

Graham Scott

9 victories	4 draws	11 losses	Southampton24 matches	General total	Blackburn7 matches	3 victories	0 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Southampton1 match	Season total	Blackburn1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 16, 2023					Latest figure on December 16, 2023

4th official

Lewis Smith

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Southampton2 matches	General total	Blackburn1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Southampton2 matches	Season total	Blackburn1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 16, 2023					Latest figure on December 16, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Kenny Dalglish head of Blackburn (12/10/1991-25/06/1995), you can see a manager go over Jon Dahl Tomasson with 47% of wins (53%).

It's the first time Sékou Mara scores a goal in his professional career with Southampton since the 08/04/2023 (with Southampton vs Manchester City )

It's the first time Stuart Armstrong scores 1 goal vs Blackburn in his professional career

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	2	Ipswich Town	52 pts	22 rd
	3	Leeds United	42 pts	22 rd
	4	Southampton	42 pts	22 rd
+2	5	Hull City	36 pts	22 rd
-1	6	West Bromwich Albion	35 pts	21 rd

General ranking

+3	9	Watford	31 pts	22 rd
+1	10	Norwich City	31 pts	22 rd
-2	11	Blackburn	31 pts	22 rd
-2	12	Cardiff City	30 pts	22 rd
	13	Middlesbrough	30 pts	22 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSouthampton 3-1 Leeds United30/09/2023

DSouthampton 1-1 Rotherham United07/10/2023

VSouthampton 3-1 Birmingham City28/10/2023

VSouthampton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion11/11/2023

VSouthampton 1-0 Bristol City29/11/2023

VSouthampton 2-0 Cardiff City02/12/2023

Overall

VSouthampton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion11/11/2023

DHuddersfield Town 1-1 Southampton25/11/2023

VSouthampton 1-0 Bristol City29/11/2023

VSouthampton 2-0 Cardiff City02/12/2023

DWatford 1-1 Southampton09/12/2023

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton13/12/2023

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 0-4 Blackburn07/10/2023

VMillwall 1-2 Blackburn24/10/2023

LChelsea 2-0 Blackburn01/11/2023

VNorwich City 1-3 Blackburn05/11/2023

VStoke City 0-3 Blackburn25/11/2023

LSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn02/12/2023

Overall

LBlackburn 1-2 Preston North End10/11/2023

VStoke City 0-3 Blackburn25/11/2023

VBlackburn 4-2 Birmingham City29/11/2023

LSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn02/12/2023

LBlackburn 0-2 Leeds United09/12/2023

VBlackburn 2-1 Bristol City12/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	6	13
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	6	14
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	11	22
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	9
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
11	Victories (Competition total)	10
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	10
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.62
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.9
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.62
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

55	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
28	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Adam Armstrong	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Sammie Szmodics
Adam Armstrong	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Sammie Szmodics
Adam Armstrong	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Adam Armstrong	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Adam Armstrong	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Andrew Moran
Kamal-Deen Sulemana	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Andrew Moran
Adam Armstrong	5 goals, 5 assists during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	Sammie Szmodics

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

15 v

6 d

2 l

52 gf

23 ga

Away

23 matches

4 v

4 d

15 l

13 gf

36 ga

Total

46 matches

19 v

10 d

17 l

65 gf

59 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

15 v

4 d

4 l

36 gf

13 ga

Away

23 matches

2 v

6 d

15 l

23 gf

52 ga

Total

46 matches

17 v

10 d

19 l

59 gf

65 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 01, 1978
Home	5 - 0	April 01, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 02, 1937
Away	3 - 1	December 10, 1938

Latest head to head

April 09, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

3 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

August 21, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Southampton

3 - 2

Blackburn

February 28, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Blackburn

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

October 25, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Southampton

2 - 0

Blackburn

February 08, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Blackburn

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Matt Le Tissier	6 goals	1992 - 1997
Egil Ostenstad	3 goals	1996 - 1998
James Beattie	3 goals	2002 - 2004
Marians Pahars	2 goals	1999 - 2001
Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Robbie Slater	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Alan Shearer	6 goals	1993 - 1995
Andy Cole	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Tim Sherwood	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Lars Bohinen	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Paul Dickov	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Morten Gamst Pedersen	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Jason Dodd	14 matches	1993 - 2004
Francis Benali	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Claus Lundekvam	12 matches	1996 - 2005
Matt Le Tissier	11 matches	1992 - 1999
Matt Oakley	9 matches	1996 - 2003
Neil Maddison	8 matches	1992 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Tim Sherwood	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Henning Berg	11 matches	1993 - 2003
Stuart Ripley	10 matches	1992 - 1998
Garry Flitcroft	10 matches	1996 - 2005
Tim Flowers	10 matches	1993 - 1998
Colin Hendry	9 matches	1992 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

James Beattie

233 matches

7 matches

1996 - 2004

Tim Flowers

225 matches

217 matches

1986 - 1999

Alan Shearer

152 matches

169 matches

1988 - 1996

Kevin Davies

125 matches

28 matches

1997 - 2003

Jeff Kenna

125 matches

177 matches

1991 - 2001

Egil Ostenstad

109 matches

41 matches

1996 - 2003

Total : 21 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Stuart Ripley

61 matches

220 matches

1992 - 2001

Tim Flowers

225 matches

217 matches

1986 - 1999

Sam Gallagher

26 matches

214 matches

2013 - 2023

Jeff Kenna

125 matches

177 matches

1991 - 2001

Alan Shearer

152 matches

169 matches

1988 - 1996

Adam Armstrong

89 matches

160 matches

2018 - 2023

Total : 21 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 16, 2023

Ipswich Town

2 2

Norwich City

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Plymouth

3 2

Rotherham United

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Preston NE

1 5

Watford

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December 17, 2023

WBA

1 1

Stoke City

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December 18, 2023

Birmingham City

2 3

Leicester

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leicester	52	21	17	1	3	41	14	+27
2	Ipswich Town	52	22	16	4	2	47	28	+19
3	Leeds United	42	22	12	6	4	37	22	+15
4	Southampton	42	22	12	6	4	37	29	+8
+25	Hull City	36	22	10	6	6	34	27	+7
-16	West Bromwich Albion	35	21	10	5	6	33	21	+12
-17	Sunderland	33	22	10	3	9	32	24	+8
8	Preston North End	32	22	9	5	8	28	38	-10
+39	Watford	31	22	8	7	7	35	27	+8
+110	Norwich City	31	22	9	4	9	39	39	0
-211	Blackburn	31	22	10	1	11	34	38	-4
-212	Cardiff City	30	22	9	3	10	28	27	+1
13	Middlesbrough	30	22	9	3	10	34	34	0
+114	Bristol City	29	22	8	5	9	23	24	-1
-115	Coventry	27	22	6	9	7	28	25	+3
+216	Plymouth	26	22	7	5	10	34	35	-1
-117	Birmingham City	26	21	7	5	9	24	29	-5
-118	Swansea	25	22	6	7	9	30	31	-1
+119	Millwall	22	22	5	7	10	24	31	-7
-120	Stoke City	22	21	6	4	11	20	29	-9
21	Huddersfield Town	22	22	4	10	8	21	36	-15
22	Queens Park Rangers	20	22	5	5	12	20	32	-12
23	Sheffield Wednesday	16	22	4	4	14	16	35	-19
24	Rotherham United	13	22	2	7	13	20	44	-24

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Southampton 4-0 Blackburn - December 16, 2023 / Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024

Southampton

4 - 0

Blackburn

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Martin vs Blackburn

Martin vs Tomasson

Manager

Tomasson vs Southampton

Tomasson vs Martin

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Southampton

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking