Football
Southampton vs Cardiff City. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 2nd December 2023.
St. Mary's StadiumAttendance: Attendance28,659.
Match ends, Southampton 2, Cardiff City 0.
Perry Ng (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half ends, Southampton 2, Cardiff City 0.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
Attempt saved. Sékou Mara (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Fraser.
Attempt missed. Sékou Mara (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.
Attempt saved. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Aribo.
Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ollie Tanner (Cardiff City).
Attempt saved. Kion Etete (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Iké Ugbo.
Foul by Flynn Downes (Southampton).
Kion Etete (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Shea Charles (Southampton) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jamilu Collins.
Substitution, Southampton. Sékou Mara replaces Ché Adams.
Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
Iké Ugbo (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Rúnar Rúnarsson.
Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ché Adams.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ché Adams.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shea Charles.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kion Etete replaces Karlan Grant.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls replaces Manolis Siopis.
Ché Adams (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City).
Ryan Manning (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
Flynn Downes (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Aribo.
Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adam Armstrong with a through ball.
Joe Aribo (Southampton) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Shea Charles.
Ryan Fraser (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Iké Ugbo replaces Yakou Méïté.
Substitution, Southampton. Ryan Fraser replaces Carlos Alcaraz.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Ollie Tanner replaces Josh Bowler.
Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Stuart Armstrong.
Attempt missed. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Flynn Downes.
Attempt missed. Karlan Grant (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Wintle following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Josh Bowler (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rubin Colwill.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Rubin Colwill replaces Callum Robinson.
Offside, Southampton. Ché Adams is caught offside.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Shea Charles.
Foul by Shea Charles (Southampton).
Manolis Siopis (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Second Half begins Southampton 2, Cardiff City 0.
First Half ends, Southampton 2, Cardiff City 0.
Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Wintle (Cardiff City).
Attempt saved. Mark McGuinness (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Wintle with a cross.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
Attempt missed. Karlan Grant (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Flynn Downes with a cross following a corner.
Foul by Ryan Manning (Southampton).
Josh Bowler (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Yakou Méïté (Cardiff City).
Attempt blocked. Karlan Grant (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay in match because of an injury Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
Attempt blocked. Perry Ng (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Josh Bowler (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yakou Méïté.
Attempt blocked. Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
Attempt blocked. Manolis Siopis (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Perry Ng (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Josh Bowler (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Perry Ng (Cardiff City).
Goal! Southampton 2, Cardiff City 0. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Goal! Southampton 1, Cardiff City 0. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Carlos Alcaraz.
Mark McGuinness (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Cardiff City. Yakou Méïté is caught offside.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.