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Tuesday 26th December

Championship Table

On Tuesday 26th December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	24	19	2	3	48	17	31	59	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
2	Ipswich Town	24	16	5	3	48	33	15	53	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
3	Southampton	24	14	6	4	43	29	14	48	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
4	Leeds United	24	13	6	5	42	24	18	45	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
5	West Bromwich Albion	24	11	6	7	35	23	12	39	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
6	Sunderland	24	11	3	10	33	27	6	36	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
7	Hull City	24	10	6	8	36	31	5	36	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
8	Bristol City	24	10	5	9	30	27	3	35	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
9	Preston North End	24	10	5	9	31	41	-10	35	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
10	Watford	24	9	7	8	38	32	6	34	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
11	Cardiff City	24	10	4	10	32	30	2	34	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12	Norwich City	24	10	4	10	41	40	1	34	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
13	Coventry City	24	8	9	7	33	25	8	33	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
14	Middlesbrough	24	10	3	11	35	35	0	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
15	Blackburn Rovers	24	10	1	13	35	43	-8	31	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16	Plymouth Argyle	24	7	7	10	39	40	-1	28	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
17	Swansea City	24	7	7	10	32	37	-5	28	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
18	Stoke City	24	7	6	11	24	31	-7	27	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
19	Birmingham City	24	7	6	11	30	38	-8	27	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
20	Millwall	24	6	8	10	26	31	-5	26	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
21	Huddersfield Town	24	5	10	9	24	38	-14	25	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
22	Queens Park Rangers	24	5	5	14	20	35	-15	20	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	24	4	4	16	17	39	-22	16	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	24	3	7	14	21	47	-26	16	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 26th December 2023 at 21:43

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Southampton

Manager: Russell Martin

Formation: 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

Number 31,
G. Bazunu
Number 3,
R. Manning
Number 35,
J. Bednarek , Yellow Card at 34 minutes
Number 21,
T. Harwood-Bellis
Number 5,
J. Stephens , Captain, substituted for C. Adams at 71 minutes
Number 17,
S. Armstrong , substituted for C. Alcaraz at 57 minutes
Number 4,
F. Downes , substituted for W. Smallbone at 57 minutes
Number 7,
J. Aribo , Yellow Card at 38 minutes
Number 23,
S. Edozie , substituted for R. Fraser at 70 minutes
Number 2,
K. Walker-Peters
Number 9,
A. Armstrong , substituted for S. Mara at 80 minutes

away team, Swansea City

Manager: Alan Sheehan

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 22,
C. Rushworth
Number 14,
J. Tymon , Yellow Card at 55 minutes
Number 23,
N. Wood-Gordon
Number 5,
B. Cabango
Number 33,
B. Humphreys
Number 8,
M. Grimes , Captain
Number 4,
J. Fulton , Yellow Card at 56 minutes, substituted for J. Allen at 59 minutes
Number 9,
J. Yates , substituted for C. Patino at 59 minutes
Number 12,
J. Paterson , substituted for M. Kukharevych at 79 minutes
Number 10,
J. Lowe , substituted for Y. Bolasie at 71 minutes
Number 20,
L. Cullen , Yellow Card at 24 minutes, substituted for O. Cooper at 46 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Southampton

Number 10,
C. Adams
Number 22,
C. Alcaraz
Number 27,
S. Amo-Ameyaw
Number 33,
T. Dibling
Number 26,
R. Fraser
Number 6,
M. Holgate
Number 13,
J. Lumley
Number 18,
S. Mara
Number 16,
W. Smallbone

away team, Swansea City

Number 7,
J. Allen , Yellow Card at 83 minutes
Number 17,
Y. Bolasie
Number 31,
O. Cooper
Number 6,
H. Darling
Number 1,
A. Fisher
Number 19,
M. Kukharevych
Number 26,
K. Naughton
Number 18,
C. Patino
Number 28,
L. Walsh

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2

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2

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Match Facts

This is the first league meeting between Southampton and Swansea since May 2018 in the Premier League, a 1-0 win for the Saints thanks to a Manolo Gabbiadini goal.
Swansea City have won just one of their last 14 away league matches against Southampton (D3 L10), winning 1-0 in the Premier League in February 2015 under Garry Monk.
Southampton lost 3-1 to Brighton and Hove Albion on Boxing Day in 2022 – the Saints haven’t lost on Boxing Day in consecutive years since doing so in 1998 and 1999, both against Chelsea.
Having won 2-0 against QPR on Boxing Day last year, Swansea City are looking to win in consecutive years on this date for the first time since 2014 (vs Aston Villa) and 2015 (vs West Brom).
Southampton forward Adam Armstrong has never scored in five Championship appearances against Swansea – he has only faced Stoke City (7) and Fulham (6) more often in the competition without scoring.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Match ends, Southampton 5, Swansea City 0.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 6
Second Half ends, Southampton 5, Swansea City 0.
Goal!at 90 minutes plus 3
Goal! Southampton 5, Swansea City 0. Ché Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Postat 88 minutes
Foul by Ché Adams (Southampton).
Postat 88 minutes
Bashir Humphreys (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!at 87 minutes
Goal! Southampton 4, Swansea City 0. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sékou Mara.
Postat 86 minutes
Foul by Ryan Fraser (Southampton).
Postat 86 minutes
Bashir Humphreys (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 84 minutes
Attempt saved. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
Bookingat 83 minutes
Joe Allen (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 83 minutes
Carlos Alcaraz (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 83 minutes
Foul by Joe Allen (Swansea City).
Substitutionat 80 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Sékou Mara replaces Adam Armstrong.
Substitutionat 79 minutes
Substitution, Swansea City. Mykola Kukharevych replaces Jamie Paterson.
Goal!at 74 minutes
Goal! Southampton 3, Swansea City 0. Ryan Fraser (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Adam Armstrong.
Postat 73 minutes
Foul by Ché Adams (Southampton).
Postat 73 minutes
Ben Cabango (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 71 minutes
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Bashir Humphreys.
Substitutionat 71 minutes
Substitution, Southampton. Ché Adams replaces Jack Stephens.
Substitutionat 71 minutes
Substitution, Swansea City. Yannick Bolasie replaces Jamal Lowe.