Match Report
Southampton, 4th with 80 points, sat 27 points above Charlton Athletic (19th, 53). Per game in the league, Southampton were scoring 1.78 and conceding 1.22, Charlton Athletic 0.96 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Southampton entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Southampton against 7/15 for Charlton Athletic.
The head-to-head ledger counts 15 games: 5 Southampton wins, 2 for Charlton Athletic, 8 draws, at 1.93 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 27% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was St. Mary's Stadium, with room for 32,384 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Southampton: Ross Stewart (48') · Charlton Athletic: Sonny Carey (67')
Key stats
Possession: Southampton 72% · Charlton Athletic 28% · Total shots: 23-6 · On target: 8-3 · Corners: 9-1