Championship (England) WON 4–1
Sat, Sep 12 · 16:00
Southampton Home
VS
Bristol City Away
Southampton vs Bristol City — Championship
Tipster's pick Both Teams to Score
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.57 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate64%
This price needs64%
Expert analysis

Attacking Styles Point to Goals at Both Ends

Southampton average 3.70 goals scored in home fixtures this season while Bristol City net 2.30 away from home. Both teams have failed to keep any clean sheets so far. Southampton’s recent sequence includes three wins and steady scoring output. Bristol City arrive with three victories in their last five outings and consistent contributions from their forwards. Head-to-head results show Bristol City claiming four wins in the last seven meetings against a side that still creates chances at home. The absence of defensive solidity on either side opens space for both attacks to operate. Southampton’s higher home goal tally combines with Bristol’s away threat to create regular opportunities at each end.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
4–1 WON

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.57 won — final score 4–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Cyle Larin assist Finn Azaz 38'
  3. Cameron Bragg ↓ Flynn Downes 45'
  4. Second half
  5. Lisav Naif Eissat 54'
  6. Jed Wallace ↓ Yu Hirakawa 58'
  7. Sam Greenwood ↓ Dominic Ballard 58'
  8. Cyle Larin 61'
  9. lorent tolaj assist Rio Cardines 66'
  10. Tom Fellows ↓ Léo Scienza 69'
  11. Tomi Horvat ↓ George Tanner 77'
  12. Cameron Pring ↓ Rio Cardines 78'
  13. Divin Mubama ↓ Cyle Larin 78'
  14. Kuryu Matsuki assist Finn Azaz 82'
  15. Elijah Adebayo ↓ lorent tolaj 83'
  16. Finn Azaz assist Divin Mubama 85'
  17. Welington ↓ Ryan Manning 88'
  18. Lewis Dobbin ↓ Finn Azaz 88'
  19. Sam Greenwood 89'
This season
Southampton Bristol City
Over 2.5 goals 50% 20%
Clean sheet 0% 0%
Failed to score 0% 20%
Scored per game 2.3 1.8
Conceded per game 1.2 1.4
Scored home / away 3.7 / 1.0 1.0 / 2.3

Across 6 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
6 MID Middlesbrough 5 3 1 1 10
7 BRI Bristol City ▲ 5 3 1 1 10
8 MIL Millwall 5 3 0 2 9
9 NOR Norwich 6 3 0 3 9
10 SHE Sheffield Utd 6 2 3 1 9
11 WOL Wolves 5 2 2 1 8
12 WAT Watford 6 2 2 2 8
13 SOU Southampton ▲ 6 3 2 1 7
14 WRE Wrexham 6 1 4 1 7
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Southampton LWDDW
L vs West Ham 1–4 Aug 25
W vs Millwall 5–1 Aug 29
D @ Birmingham 1–1 Sep 1
D @ Lincoln 1–1 Sep 5
W vs Swansea 3–1 Sep 8
Bristol City LDWWW
L vs Millwall 0–2 Aug 15
D @ Birmingham 2–2 Aug 22
W vs Portsmouth 2–1 Aug 29
W @ Preston 3–1 Sep 1
W @ Burnley 2–1 Sep 5
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Southampton
Scored 2.2 avg
1 5 1 1 3
Conceded 1.6 avg
4 1 1 1 1
Bristol City
Scored 1.8 avg
0 2 2 3 2
Conceded 1.4 avg
2 2 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Southampton
1 Draws
4 Bristol City
Apr 2026 Southampton 2–2 Bristol City Draw
Oct 2025 Bristol City 3–1 Southampton Bristol City
Feb 2024 Bristol City 3–1 Southampton Bristol City
Nov 2023 Southampton 1–0 Bristol City Southampton
Sep 2013 Southampton 2–0 Bristol City Southampton

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 7 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Southampton 4-2-3-1
  • 1 Daniel Peretz G
  • 14 J. Bree D
  • 15 N. Wood-Gordon D
  • 13 K. Schlotterbeck D
  • 3 R. Manning D
  • 4 F. Downes M
  • 30 J. Ward-Prowse M
  • 27 K. Matsuki M
  • 10 F. Azaz M
  • 7 Léo Scienza M
  • 9 C. Larin F
Bench Cameron Bragg, L. Dobbin, S. Edozie, T. Fellows, Z. Abbott, G. Long, D. Mubama, J. Stephens, Welington

Tonda Eckert

Bristol City 4-2-3-1
  • 1 S. Tickle G
  • 19 G. Tanner D
  • 16 R. Dickie D
  • 2 L. Eissat D
  • 21 Rio Cardines D
  • 8 J. Williams M
  • 12 J. Knight M
  • 23 D. Ballard M
  • 10 S. Twine M
  • 7 Y. Hirakawa M
  • 9 L. Tolaj F
Bench E. Adebayo, B. Collins, N. Eile, S. Greenwood, T. Horvat, C. Pring, A. Randell, J. Wallace, G. Yah

M. Skubala

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Southampton
  • OUT C. Jander Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT C. Jander Lacking Match Fitness
Bristol City
  • OUT L. McNally Knee Injury
  • OUT L. McNally Knee Injury