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Matches/Premier League 2 Division One/Regular Season - 16
Premier League 2 Division One 2025/26Match Finished

Southampton U21 vs Middlesbrough U21

20 Feb 2026 · 13:00 GMT · Regular Season - 16

Southampton U21

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2:1HT 2–1

Middlesbrough U21

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⚽ Charles 23′⚽ Oyekunle 37′
Staplewood Training Ground, SouthamptonReferee: A. AjibolaRecorded clock 90′ + 8′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Southampton U21 win 2–1

Match Finished in the regular season - 16 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 3 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES2 – 1
HALF-TIME2 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Southampton U21Middlesbrough U21

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Southampton U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Tonda Eckert

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Hugo FisherProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 6
    Okonola-MatthewsProfile: Defender
  3. 5
    Dobson-VenturaProfile: Defender
  4. 27
    Joachim Kayi SandaProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
  5. 8
    Moses SesayProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 62′
  6. 19
    WilliamsProfile: Midfielder
    Off 73′
  7. 17
    Thierry Rohart-BrownProfile: Midfielder
    Off 73′
  8. 7
    CharlesProfile: Midfielder
    Normal Goal 23′Off 53′
  9. 24
    O'Brien-WhitmarshProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 90+3′
  10. 16
    Sillah DibagaProfile: Attacker
    Off 54′
  11. 11
    OyekunleProfile: Attacker
    Normal Goal 37′

Substitutes5

  1. 2
    Hansel Adjei AfriyieProfile: Defender
  2. 18
    Aston DaleyProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    On 73′
  3. 20
    GathercoleProfile: Midfielder
    On 54′
  4. 29
    KakayProfile: Midfielder
    On 73′
  5. 21
    MerryProfile: Attacker
    On 53′

Middlesbrough U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Mark Tinkler

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Shea ConnorProfile: Goalkeeper · 20 at kick-off
  2. 6
    DaleyProfile: Defender
    Yellow Card 45+1′
  3. 5
    BaptisteProfile: Defender
  4. 3
    SamuelsProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 77′
  5. 2
    Josh DedeProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
  6. 7
    Rio Patterson-PowellProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 42′
  7. 8
    JohnsonProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 39′
  8. 4
    JamesProfile: Midfielder
  9. 11
    George McCormickProfile: Defender · 21 at kick-off
  10. 10
    CoulsonProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 75′Off 81′
  11. 9
    CampbellProfile: Attacker

Substitutes5

  1. 21
    FisherProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 14
    AcheampongProfile: Defender
  3. 12
    James WilsonProfile: Defender
  4. 16
    KakaiProfile: Attacker
    On 81′
  5. 15
    Lord Listowell HinnehProfile: Attacker
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalSouthampton U21

    Charles · Assist: O'Brien-Whitmarsh

  2. Normal GoalSouthampton U21

    Oyekunle · Assist: Thierry Rohart-Brown

  3. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Johnson

  4. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Rio Patterson-Powell · Assist: George McCormick

  5. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Daley

  6. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Charles On Merry

  7. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Sillah Dibaga On Gathercole

  8. Yellow CardSouthampton U21

    Moses Sesay

  9. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Williams On Aston Daley

  10. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Thierry Rohart-Brown On Kakay

  11. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Coulson

  12. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Samuels

  13. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Coulson On Kakai

  14. Yellow CardSouthampton U21

    O'Brien-Whitmarsh

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Southampton U21

DNorwich City U21 vs Southampton U2113 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 151 – 1DSouthampton U21 vs Liverpool U218 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 141 – 1LChelsea U21 vs Southampton U2130 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 134 – 2WSouthampton U21 vs West Bromwich Albion U2126 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 122 – 0WSouthampton U21 vs Brighton U2116 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 111 – 0

Middlesbrough U21

WMiddlesbrough U21 vs Nottingham Forest U2116 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 151 – 0DCrystal Palace U21 vs Middlesbrough U219 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 141 – 1DMiddlesbrough U21 vs West Ham United U212 Feb 2026 · Regular Season - 133 – 3DFulham U21 vs Middlesbrough U2123 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 121 – 1WMiddlesbrough U21 vs Ipswich Town U2118 Jan 2026 · Regular Season - 116 – 1
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 17 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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