Southampton vs Bolton Wanderers, 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season

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

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Attempt missed. Léo Scienza (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by James Bree.
8': Offside, Southampton. Léo Scienza is caught offside.
11': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Akin Famewo.
12': Attempt saved. Léo Scienza (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gavin Bazunu (Bolton Wanderers). Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
17': Offside, Southampton. Léo Scienza is caught offside.
18': Handball by Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers).
21': Foul by Luca Stephenson (Bolton Wanderers).
21': Tom Fellows (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
22': Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
22': Foul by Cameron Bragg (Southampton).
24': Offside, Southampton. Tom Fellows is caught offside.
25': Offside, Southampton. Léo Scienza is caught offside.
28': Foul by Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers).
28': James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Offside, Southampton. Tom Fellows is caught offside.
30': Attempt blocked. Tom Fellows (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
33': Foul by Xavier Simons (Bolton Wanderers).
33': Finn Azaz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Offside, Southampton. Cyle Larin is caught offside.
37': Offside, Southampton. Tom Fellows is caught offside.
41': Attempt blocked. Cyle Larin (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Welington with a cross.
41': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Lewis Brunt.
41': Substitution, Southampton. Lewis Dobbin replaces Cyle Larin because of an injury.
42': Attempt missed. Welington (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
42': Handball by James Bree (Southampton).
43': Attempt saved. Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel Peretz (Southampton). Assisted by Akin Famewo.
43': Attempt missed. Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
43': Foul by Akin Famewo (Bolton Wanderers).
43': Léo Scienza (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Akin Famewo (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Lewis Brunt.
45'+1': Gavin Bazunu (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Lewis Dobbin (Southampton).
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': First Half ends, Southampton 0, Bolton Wanderers 0.
45': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Rúben Rodrigues replaces Atsuki Ito.
45': Second Half begins Southampton 0, Bolton Wanderers 0.
45': Substitution, Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki replaces Tom Fellows.
50': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Luca Stephenson.
53': Luca Stephenson (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Finn Azaz (Southampton).
54': Offside, Southampton. Lewis Dobbin is caught offside.
55': Attempt blocked. Xavier Simons (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaizka Larrazabal.
55': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
56': Attempt blocked. Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Stephenson.
57': Attempt missed. Lewis Dobbin (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kuryu Matsuki following a fast break.
58': Offside, Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki is caught offside.
59': Cameron Bragg (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
60': Attempt missed. Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Finn Azaz.
61': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Ethan Erhahon replaces Xavier Simons.
61': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Kyliane Dong replaces Thierry Gale.
63': Rúben Rodrigues (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
63': Foul by Welington (Southampton).
64': Attempt saved. Sam Dalby (Bolton Wanderers) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Daniel Peretz (Southampton). Assisted by Rúben Rodrigues with a cross.
64': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Daniel Peretz.
65': Attempt missed. Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rúben Rodrigues with a cross following a corner.
65': Attempt blocked. Rúben Rodrigues (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Erhahon.
65': Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Daniel Peretz.
66': Delay in match because of an injury Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton).
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
73': Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Manning replaces Welington.
73': Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Cameron Bragg.
73': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Theo Bair replaces Sam Dalby.
74': Attempt blocked. Rúben Rodrigues (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaizka Larrazabal.
75': Foul by Lewis Brunt (Bolton Wanderers).
75': Lewis Dobbin (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76': Lewis Brunt (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Attempt saved. Samuel Edozie (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Gavin Bazunu (Bolton Wanderers). Assisted by Ryan Manning.
77': Attempt blocked. Kyliane Dong (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Theo Bair.
77': Attempt missed. Theo Bair (Bolton Wanderers) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Gaizka Larrazabal with a cross.
77': Attempt saved. Josh Sheehan (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel Peretz (Southampton).
78': Attempt blocked. James Bree (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
79': Foul by Gaizka Larrazabal (Bolton Wanderers).
79': Keven Schlotterbeck (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Attempt missed. Lewis Dobbin (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Edozie with a cross.
81': Delay in match because of an injury Gavin Bazunu (Bolton Wanderers).
81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82': Rúben Rodrigues (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
82': Attempt blocked. Akin Famewo (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Rodrigues with a cross.
82': Foul by Theo Bair (Bolton Wanderers).
82': Samuel Edozie (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Theo Bair (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Attempt blocked. Finn Azaz (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Manning.
84': Attempt missed. James Bree (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Léo Scienza.
85': Theo Bair (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Foul by Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton).
85': Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Attempt blocked. Theo Bair (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaizka Larrazabal with a headed pass.
87': Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Samuel Iling-Junior replaces Gaizka Larrazabal.
87': Offside, Southampton. Lewis Dobbin is caught offside.
88': Foul by Luca Stephenson (Bolton Wanderers).
88': Léo Scienza (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Luca Stephenson (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Attempt blocked. Samuel Edozie (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Bree with a cross.
90': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Samuel Iling-Junior.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Keven Schlotterbeck (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
90'+2': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+6': Attempt missed. Theo Bair (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rúben Rodrigues.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Southampton 0, Bolton Wanderers 0.
0': Match ends, Southampton 0, Bolton Wanderers 0.

Statistics

BOL		SOU
9	Fouls	8
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	10
3	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	3
37.4	Possession	62.6
14	SHOTS	14
3	ON GOAL	2
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
270	Accurate Passes	529
366	Passes	611
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	3
13	Crosses	25
0.4	Cross %	0.1
68	Long Balls	41
23	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
7	Blocked Shots	5
5	Effective Tackles	3
9	Tackles	8
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
13	Interceptions	8
36	Effective Clearances	23
36	Clearances	23

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

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

EFL Championship Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Swansea City	11	+8	23
2	West Ham United	11	+18	22
3	Middlesbrough	11	+6	22
4	Birmingham City	11	+9	20

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Southampton (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Peretz (GK)
13	Keven Schlotterbeck
5	Jack Stephens
34	Welington
14	James Bree
7	Léo Scienza
26	Cameron Bragg
30	James Ward-Prowse
9	Cyle Larin
18	Tom Fellows
10	Finn Azaz

Southampton Substitutes:

Samuel Edozie, Zach Abbott, Divin Mubama, George Long, Lewis Dobbin, Caspar Jander, Ryan Manning, Nathan Wood, Kuryu Matsuki.

Bolton Wanderers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Gavin Bazunu (GK)
5	Lewis Brunt
18	Eoin Toal
14	Akin Famewo
27	Luca Stephenson
17	Atsuki Ito
4	Xavier Simons
8	Josh Sheehan
10	Sam Dalby
11	Thierry Gale
22	Gaizka Larrazabal

Bolton Wanderers Substitutes:

Thelonius Bair, Max Conway, Ruben Rodrigues, Ben Davies, Ryan Hardie, Kyliane Dong, Samuel Iling-Junior, Jack Bonham, Ethan Erhahon.

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