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Matches/Premier League 2 Division One/Regular Season - 6
Premier League 2 Division One 2025/26Match Finished

Southampton U21 vs Derby County U21

3 Oct 2025 · 19:00 BST · Regular Season - 6

Southampton U21

HOME
4:1HT 2–0

Derby County U21

AWAY
⚽ Moses Sesay 16′⚽ Oyekunle 43′⚽ Merry 48′⚽ Charles 86′
⚽ Adisa Osayande 79′
Staplewood Training Ground, SouthamptonReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′ + 5′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Southampton U21 win 4–1

Match Finished in the regular season - 6 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 5 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES4 – 1
HALF-TIME2 – 0
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 U21Derby County 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
    Dylan MoodyProfile: Goalkeeper · 17 at kick-off
  2. 8
    Moses SesayProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 16′
  3. 5
    Dobson-VenturaProfile: Defender
  4. 10
    Romeo AkachukwuProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    Off 62′
  5. 3
    FryProfile: Defender
  6. 29
    KakayProfile: Midfielder
  7. 22
    Cameron BraggProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    Off 88′
  8. 19
    WilliamsProfile: Midfielder
  9. 6
    Okonola-MatthewsProfile: Defender
  10. 11
    OyekunleProfile: Attacker
    Normal Goal 43′
  11. 21
    MerryProfile: Attacker
    Normal Goal 48′Off 62′

Substitutes5

  1. 30
    Joshua JeffriesProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  2. 4
    Jayden MooreProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
    On 74′
  3. 7
    CharlesProfile: Midfielder
    On 62′Normal Goal 86′
  4. 18
    Aston DaleyProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    On 88′
  5. 17
    GathercoleProfile: Midfielder
    On 62′

Derby County U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Daniel Peter Christopher Maye

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

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    ThompsonProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 5
    CanovilleProfile: Defender
  3. 4
    Adisa OsayandeProfile: Defender
    Normal Goal 79′
  4. 3
    StokesProfile: Defender
    Off 58′
  5. 2
    Freddie TurleyProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
  6. 7
    Jerome RichardsProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Off 46′
  7. 6
    WahlingProfile: Midfielder
  8. 10
    Owen EamesProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
  9. 8
    AllenProfile: Midfielder
    Off 46′
  10. 9
    Lennon WheeldonProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 47′
  11. 11
    OguntoluProfile: Attacker
    Off 58′

Substitutes5

  1. 13
    DzialukProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 12
    GoughProfile: Defender
    On 58′Yellow Card 90+5′
  3. 14
    TolaProfile: Midfielder
    On 46′
  4. 15
    WilsonProfile: Attacker
    On 46′
  5. 16
    Johnson OsongProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
    On 58′
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

    Moses Sesay · Assist: Okonola-Matthews

  2. Yellow CardDerby County U21

    Player not identified

  3. Normal GoalSouthampton U21

    Oyekunle · Assist: Williams

  4. SubstitutionDerby County U21

    Off Allen On Tola

  5. SubstitutionDerby County U21

    Off Jerome Richards On Wilson

  6. Yellow CardDerby County U21

    Lennon Wheeldon

  7. Normal GoalSouthampton U21

    Merry · Assist: Romeo Akachukwu

  8. SubstitutionDerby County U21

    Off Stokes On Gough

  9. SubstitutionDerby County U21

    Off Oguntolu On Johnson Osong

  10. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Romeo Akachukwu On Charles

  11. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Merry On Gathercole

  12. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Player not identified On Jayden Moore

  13. Normal GoalDerby County U21

    Adisa Osayande · Assist: Tola

  14. Normal GoalSouthampton U21

    Charles

  15. SubstitutionSouthampton U21

    Off Cameron Bragg On Aston Daley

  16. Yellow CardDerby County U21

    Gough

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

DManchester City U21 vs Southampton U2126 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 53 – 3WSouthampton U21 vs Burnley U2119 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 42 – 1DIpswich Town U21 vs Southampton U2129 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 32 – 2WSouthampton U21 vs Sunderland U2122 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 23 – 2WNewcastle United U21 vs Southampton U2117 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 11 – 2

Derby County U21

LDerby County U21 vs Arsenal U2126 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 50 – 1LBrighton U21 vs Derby County U2119 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 43 – 1LDerby County U21 vs Leicester City U2129 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 30 – 2LDerby County U21 vs Birmingham City U2123 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 20 – 3LIpswich Town U21 vs Derby County U2115 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 14 – 3
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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