Match Report
Millwall (10th, 6 pts) visited Southampton (18th, 3 pts) with 3 points between them. Recent form flatters Southampton's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 18th. Scoring rates set the scale: Southampton 2.5 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Millwall 1.5 and 2, with the league averaging 1.47.
Millwall had won three straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Southampton 5, draws 4, Millwall 3, at 2.42 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
With 100 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, A. Herczeg was the man in the middle. St. Mary's Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 32,384. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Southampton led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 5-1.
Goal scorers
Southampton: Cyle Larin (25'), Finn Azaz (38'), Léo Scienza (55'), Cyle Larin (62'), Tom Fellows (86') · Millwall: Mark Sykes (15')
Key stats
Possession: Southampton 52% · Millwall 48% · Total shots: 21-14 · On target: 7-5 · Corners: 8-11