EFL Cup · ENG · Round 1

Northampton Town
0 - 1 Full time
Southampton

Sixfields Stadium · Northampton, East Midlands

Lineups

Northampton Town5-4-1
RF34Fitzsimons
MD35Dyche
JW6↓64'Willis
CM3↓46'McCarthy
JW16Wormleighton
JP21Perkins
CM8↓64'McGeehan
TF14Fornah
DC4Campbell
SH7Hoskins
EL10↓46'List
AM1McCarthy
RE12Edwards
TH6↓63'Harwood-Bellis
NW15Wood
YS16Sugawara
MF18⚽↓71'Fernandes
SC24↓63'Charles
RM3Manning
CA19Archer
BB22↓81'Diaz
DD42↓63'Downs
Southampton3-4-2-1

Northampton Town substitutes

2 Jack Burroughs 6.4 ↑46'
19 Ethan Wheatley 5.8 ↑46'
18 Michael Forbes 6.2 ↑64'
23 Terry Taylor 6.3 ↑64'
1 Lee Burge
33 Matthew Ireland
36 Oliver Evans

Coach: Kevin Nolan

Southampton substitutes

21 Charlie Taylor 6.9 ↑63'
4 Flynn Downes 6.4 ↑63'
27 Kuryu Matsuki 6.2 ↑63'
26 Ryan Fraser 6.2 ↑71'
9 Adam Armstrong ↑81'
31 Gavin Bazunu
5 Jack Stephens
28 Jay Robinson

Coach: Will Still

Match events

11'Ronnie Edwards
Second half
46'↑ Ethan Wheatley ↓ Elliott List⇄
46'↑ Jack Burroughs ↓ Conor McCarthy⇄
48'Mateus Fernandes assist: Cameron Archer 0 - 1⚽
56'Mateus Fernandes
56'Cameron McGeehan
57'Taylor Harwood-Bellis
63'↑ Kuryu Matsuki ↓ Damion Downs⇄
63'↑ Charlie Taylor ↓ Taylor Harwood-Bellis⇄
63'↑ Flynn Downes ↓ Shea Charles⇄
64'↑ Terry Taylor ↓ Cameron McGeehan⇄
64'↑ Michael Forbes ↓ Jordan Willis⇄
69'Joe Wormleighton
71'↑ Ryan Fraser ↓ Mateus Fernandes⇄
81'↑ Adam Armstrong ↓ Ben Brereton Diaz⇄
86'Flynn Downes
89'Jack Perkins

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionEFL Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 18:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

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