Southampton vs QPR 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

9': Finn Azaz
45'+2': Kuryu Matsuki

2nd Half: 50'
3 - 0

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
9': Goal! Southampton 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Finn Azaz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Manning.
16': Caspar Jander (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Kieran Morgan replaces Nicolas Madsen because of an injury.
45'+2': Goal! Southampton 2, Queens Park Rangers 0. Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Léo Scienza with a cross following a corner.
45': Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Daniel Bennie replaces Rayan Kolli.
45': Second Half begins Southampton 2, Queens Park Rangers 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

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

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+32	Coventry City	33	65	6
+17	Middlesbrough	33	62	7
+2	Millwall	33	56	9
+20	Ipswich Town	31	54	7

Full Table

Statistics

QPR		SOU
5	Fouls	4
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	0
40.7	POSSESSION	59.3
3	SHOTS	7
0	ON GOAL	5
0.0	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
162	Accurate Passes	272
207	Passes	310
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	1
12	Crosses	8
0.1	Cross %	0.1
30	Long Balls	26
9	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.3	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	0
6	Effective Tackles	5
8	Tackles	9
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	12
11	Effective Clearances	14
11	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Southampton (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
41	Daniel Peretz (GK)
5	Jack Stephens
6	Taylor Harwood-Bellis
3	Ryan Manning
14	James Bree
10	Finn Azaz
20	Caspar Jander
4	Flynn Downes
9	Cyle Larin
13	Léo Scienza
27	Kuryu Matsuki

Substitutes:

Shea Charles, Cameron Bragg, Cameron Archer, George Long, Elias Jelert, Ross Stewart, Samuel Edozie, Tom Fellows, Nathan Wood.

Queens Park Rangers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
13	Joe Walsh (GK)
37	Ronnie Edwards
3	Jimmy Dunne
18	Rhys Norrington-Davies
27	Amadou Salif Mbengue
24	Nicolas Madsen
15	Isaac Hayden
14	Koki Saito
20	Harvey Vale
26	Rayan Kolli
22	Richard Kone