Southampton 2–1 Wrexham
Southampton
2–1HT 0–1
Wrexham
Southampton played Wrexham in the Championship on 9 August 2025 at St. Mary's Stadium. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 22'J. Windass
- 25'Max Cleworth — Yellow card
- 32'Flynn Downes — Yellow card
- 90'R. Manning
- 90'J. Stephens (assist by D. Downs)
- 90+1'James McClean — Yellow card
- 90+8'Cameron Archer — Yellow card
Line-ups
Southampton
- G. Bazunu
- R. Edwards
- J. Stephens
- J. Quarshie
- Y. Sugawara
- F. Downes
- S. Charles
- Welington
- R. Fraser
- J. Robinson
- A. Armstrong
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. McCarthy
- N. Wood
- R. Manning
- K. Matsuki
- M. Fernandes
- B. Brereton Diaz
- C. Archer
- R. Stewart
- D. Downs
Wrexham 3-5-2
- D. Ward
- M. Cleworth
- C. Coady
- L. Brunt
- R. Barnett
- G. Dobson
- M. James
- L. O'Brien
- L. Cacace
- J. Windass
- K. Moore
- SUBSTITUTES
- A. Okonkwo
- E. O'Connell
- J. McClean
- R. Hardie
- G. Evans
- S. Smith
- E. Lee
- H. Ashfield
- R. Longman
- COACHES: Phil Parkinson
Match statistics
| Southampton | Wrexham | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 10 | Shots off goal | 5 |
| 27 | Total shots | 10 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 22 | Shots inside box | 6 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 12 | Fouls | 13 |
| 7 | Corners | 3 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 75% | Possession | 25% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 7 |
| 609 | Total passes | 204 |
| 527 | Accurate passes | 130 |
| 87% | Pass accuracy | 64% |
| 4.14 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.88 |
| 0.94 | goals_prevented | 0.94 |