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Southampton vs Stoke City Prediction: Eckert Looks to Capitalise on Home Advantage
Southampton host Stoke City at St Mary's on 22 August 2026, the second matchday of the Championship season. Both clubs arrive on zero points after narrow opening day defeats, so whoever wins here stops the bleeding early while whoever loses…
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- 2026-08-22 at 15:00 GMT marks a key week 2 encounter between Southampton and Stoke City in 2026-2027's Championship.
- In the last clash, head-to-head was 1-0 in favor of Tonda Eckert, with no draws against M. Robins.
- The current standings see Southampton hold 24th place with -4 points, while Stoke City occupy 20th with 0 points.
- Southampton reports 1 missing player: C. Jander (Lacking Match Fitness) whereas Stoke City report 3 missing players: A. Ampah (Hamstring Injury), A. Cresswell (Injury), J. Tchamadeu (Knee Injury).
- Our forecast has Southampton in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Stoke City set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw C. Larin lead Southampton with a 6.3 TheyScored rating, and V. Johansson top-rating for Stoke City at 10.
- Southampton lost 1-2 to Watford, and Stoke City were defeated 1-2 by Swansea City.
- Southampton (4-0-1) and Stoke City (2-2-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Dominance for Southampton: across 24 clashes, they've won 10 games and only lost 8 games to Stoke City, with 6 stalemates.
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| 8' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 19' | J. Bree | ||
| 26' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 38' | S. Gallagher | ||
HT 1 - 1 | |||
| 50' | F. Downes | ||
| 53' | R. Manning | ||
| 62' | E. Galbraith | ||
| 62' | |||
| 70' | |||
| 78' | |||
| 78' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 82' | M. Talovierov | ||
| 86' | S. Ingelsson | ||
| 89' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 90' | |||
| 90+3' | S. Ingelsson | ||
| 90+4' | 3 - 1 | ||
| 90+5' | |||
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Southampton is going head to head with Stoke on 22/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Southampton v Stoke H2H statistics!