--- source: thedugout.football generated: 2026-08-24T00:47:53.003Z last_updated: 2026-08-22T12:00:00+00:00 data_provider: API-Football canonical: https://thedugout.football/clubs/stoke-city/news/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3Rva2VzZW50aW5lbC5jby51ay9zcG9ydC9mb290YmFsbC9mb290YmFsbC1uZXdzL3NvdXRoYW1wdG9uLXN0b2tlLWNpdHktbGl2ZS1zdHJlYW0tMTExMjI3MDg --- # Southampton 3 Stoke City 1 live - Mark Robins on subs, red card and debuts - **Source:** - **Published:** 22 Aug - **Club:** Stoke City - **Original URL:** https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/southampton-stoke-city-live-stream-11122708 Stoke are looking to cause a surprise against one of the bookies' favourites for promotion, despite a four-point deduction for misdemeanours last term - and an FA charge still hanging over manager Tonda Eckert. Two players have been added to the squad in the last couple of days, both joining from Ipswich Town. Striker George Hirst, aged 27, has signed a three-year contract having won three promotions during a three-and-a-half year stint at Portman Road. Right-back Ben Johnson, aged 26, has joined on a season-long loan. There is still time left in the transfer window to put finishing or balancing touches to a squad that will represent the Potters through a tough Championship campaign. We will have all the news, action and reaction as it happens. Kick-off is at 3pm and team news will be confirmed around 1.45pm. You can have your say too. Click here to join in the debate through the day. While you're here, we have a WhatsApp group to deliver the latest Stoke news directly to your phone. Click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in. If for some reason you decide you no longer want to be in our community, you can leave at any time by clicking on the name at the top of your screen and clicking 'Exit Group', simple as that. New UpdatesKey EventsPlayer ratingsView PostGOAL! Southampton 3 Stoke 1 - Ryan Manning penaltyView PostGOAL! Southampton 2 Stoke 1 - Divin MubamaView PostGOAL! Southampton 1 Stoke 1 - Ethan GalbraithView PostGOAL! Southampton 1 Stoke 0 - Cyle LarinView PostTeam news: debuts for Johnson and HirstView Post22nd Aug18:01 BSTA different approach to when Stoke won at Southampton on the counter last season?Robins: "I think we're better than we were last year - but last year we came away with three points. We could have come away with the three poitns today but we didn't manage to stay on the front foot even when the changes were made. It's disappointing, it was disappointing in the end and even more so when you get a man sent off like that with a man sent off for a clear offside. It was clearly offside." He added: "It was a great finish from Ethan Galbraith, a good move down that right side. We had other bits and pieces where you had a bit more quality. You get the ball into good areas. George had one that didn't quite come down for him. He's hit it and it got blocked because he had to wait for it to come down a bit. "Junho looked dangerous. I thought he looked neat and tidy and a threat. We had the ball in good areas and got some decent quality into the penalty area. I still think we need to get bodies into the box more. Sorba has got to be in a poisition inside the posts to go and tap in but hopefully he'll find himself in there because he can score. He's a really good finisher when he's inside there. "We're hoping for a bit more of that and a little bit more luck this week." CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug17:55 BSTSouthampton won it with their subs whereas Stoke lost momentum?Robins: "We did. We lost energy in areas where I thought we had been really good before the changes. Second half they started to have more of the ball as energy started to dissipate. We know that we're in a position where they will get fitter and stronger - you just want it now, need it now. Those players who have come in are just a little bit down on their minutes, George certainly. I thought Ben was brilliant both at right and left. Had we had a little bit more in terms of physicality I think we would have got something out of that game." CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug17:53 BSTPost-match press conferenceMark Robins: "We were good first half. It was a little bit harsh to go one down but we had started off pretty brightly and that's more like how I want to see us play. I thought we grew into it as well. We got a goal back, which was well worked, and I thought we were in the game - more so than last year, to be fair, which is pleasing - but you know you're in a situation when you're not quite physically there yet with some individuals so those changes are going to have to be made. "You're hoping that the players who come in are going to pick up from where the others left off and that didn't happen today. It ended up costing us the game. "We had one situation on the edge of the box where Divin ends up on his left foot because we followed the ball and not the man. He ends up getting it on his left foot, which is where we all know he likes it. If you give him a sight of goal there he is likely to put it in, that's his favourite shot. He's scored that. "They end up getting a third, which is offside, and i would hope that they would see sense and overturn the red even if they can't overturn the goal that killed the game in the end. They've made an error there. But it was a second yellow so it costs us even more." CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug17:32 BSTMark Robins reactionWe've just heard Mark Robins on Radio Stoke. He is clearly frustrated by the impact, or lack of it, from Stoke's substitutes - particularly compared with Southampton's match winners. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug17:30 BSTStoke annoyed by Ingelsson second yellowMark Robins is adamant that Edozie was offside before he was fouled. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug17:25 BSTPost-match reactionEthan Galbraith tells Radio Stoke: "In spells I thought we were very good but if you give away goals like that it's a tough one." CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug17:09 BSTPlayer ratingsA point slips through Stoke's grasp in closing moments. READ THE RATINGS CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:54 BSTFull-timeBlast. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:52 BST90GOAL! Southampton 3 Stoke 1 - Ryan Manning penaltyRyan Manning scores the penalty. Johansson went the right way but he couldn't get a hand on it. CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:51 BST90Penalty and red cardIngelsson fouls Edozie. Penalty and he gets his second yellow. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:48 BST90Southampton 2 Stoke 1What a sickener. That was a slick move from Southampton and their two subs, Dobbin and Mubama, linked up to get the latter on the ball in space in the box. Mubama has run off the back of Wilmot and slots it past Johansson. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:47 BST89GOAL! Southampton 2 Stoke 1 - Divin MubamaDivin Mubama CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:44 BST85Yellow cardJohansson is doing what keepers do and just taking his time. He has also been in the wars, as always. Jack Stephens tries to grab the ball from him. Ingelsson is first on the scene and he goes into the book. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:42 BST84Southampton 1 Stoke 1Another dinked Fellows cross finds Finn Azaz at the back post, via a punch from Johansson. It's well wide. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:40 BST82Yellow cardTalovierov straight into the book for a clothesline challenge. CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:40 BST82Southampton 1 Stoke 1Ben Johnson, who has had a very impressive debut, has moved across to the left while Talovierov fills in at right-back. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:39 BST81Stoke double subRigo for Soumare. Bocat is replaced by Talovierov. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:35 BST77Southampton 1 Stoke 1Thomas has a cross-shot blocked before he tries to pick out Bozenik at the back post. Divin Mubama and Trentham boy Lewis Dobbin are coming on for Southampton. CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:32 BST73Southampton 1 Stoke 1An easy gather from Johansson when Scienza cuts inside to try his luck from about 20 yards. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:29 BST71Southampton 1 Stoke 1Big chance for Stoke but Ingelsson and Galbraith can't quite work it in. It looked like Bozenik and Galbraith were both offside following a shot from Ingelsson. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:28 BST70Stoke subSam Gallagher makes way for Svante Ingelsson. Gallagher has run his socks off. CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:27 BST70Southampton 1 Stoke 1All hands to the pump. Sam Gallagher suddenly appears to make a crucial block. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:27 BST68Southampton 1 Stoke 1Southampton almost sneak one in at the near post from a corner. Dangerous period for Stoke. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:24 BST66Southampton 1 Stoke 1Southampton are looking dangeorus and there's a bouncing ball in the Stoke box which eventually falls to Matsuki to catch with an acrobatic leap and fire over. Fellows' dinked crosses cause mayhem. CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:22 BST63Southampton 1 Stoke 1Brilliant tackle from Bocat rushing back to get the ball off Larin just as he was about to tuck it past Johansson. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:20 BST62Stoke subA lively afternoon from George Hirst. He makes way for Robert Bozenik to come on and dig his elbows into a couple of centre-halves. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:19 BST62Yellow cardEthan Galbraith goes into the book for a foul on the half-way line. CommentsPeter Smith‌22nd Aug16:18 BST61Southampton 1 Stoke 1Robert Bozenik is coming on for Stoke. CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:17 BST60Southampton 1 Stoke 1CommentsPeter Smith22nd Aug16:17 BST58Southampton 1 Stoke 1Southampton just find a bit of zip. Manning has a shot blocked and Jack Stephens has a shot from somewhere near Eastleigh that goes well over the bar.