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Southampton vs Bristol City is an open Championship matchup in which Bristol City’s strong wins sit beside Southampton’s ability to answer. Bristol City won 3–1 in February 2024 and again on 21 October 2025, but Southampton won 1–0 in November 2023 and the clubs drew 2–2 on 21 April 2026. Those scorelines give Bristol City the sharper fixed edge while preserving enough resistance to keep the balance unsettled.
Past matches, Southampton vs Bristol City
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Southampton
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26M
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11F
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23M
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18M
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6D
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25G
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28F
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5D
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34D
Bristol City Substitutes
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F
45
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G
40
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D
38
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M
20
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M
14
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D
3
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M
4
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M
17
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M
27
Match events
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38'⚽Cyle Larin Normal Goal (Asst: Finn Azaz)
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45'Cameron Bragg Flynn Downes
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54'Lisav Naif Eissat Yellow Card
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58'Jed Wallace Yu Hirakawa
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58'Sam Greenwood Dominic Ballard
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61'⚽Cyle Larin Normal Goal
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66'⚽lorent tolaj Normal Goal (Asst: Rio Cardines)
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69'Tom Fellows Léo Scienza
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77'Tomi Horvat George Tanner
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78'Cameron Pring Rio Cardines
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78'Divin Mubama Cyle Larin
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82'⚽Kuryu Matsuki Normal Goal (Asst: Finn Azaz)
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83'Elijah Adebayo lorent tolaj
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85'⚽Finn Azaz Normal Goal (Asst: Divin Mubama)
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88'Welington Ryan Manning
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88'Lewis Dobbin Finn Azaz
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89'Sam Greenwood Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Southampton VS Bristol City
Bristol City have the stronger results
Bristol City’s 3–1 win on 13 February 2024 and another 3–1 result on 21 October 2025 provide the clearest direction in this comparison. Southampton’s 1–0 league victory on 29 November 2023 prevents that edge from becoming one-way, while the scorelines themselves show that the clubs have produced both narrow and wider margins. The draw gives Southampton a clear counterweight to Bristol City’s stronger margins.
The draw keeps the question open
Southampton and Bristol City drew 2–2 on 21 April 2026, a result that checked Bristol City’s stronger wins and restored balance to the conversation. It does not erase the 3–1 scorelines, but it prevents them from defining the entire relationship. The enduring question is whether Bristol City can turn its wider victories into a lasting advantage, or whether Southampton can keep the margins close enough for the matchup to remain a genuine Championship contest.