Southampton vs QPR 4-1

Southampton beat QPR 4-1 at St Mary's Stadium, pulling clear after a strong second half and finishing with Welington's stoppage-time goal. The home side led throughout after Kuryu Matsuki opened the scoring on 11 minutes.

Matsuki put Southampton in front on 11 minutes, and that 1-0 lead held to half-time. QPR did not find an equaliser before the break.

Cameron Bragg made it 2-0 on 55 minutes from Ryan Manning's assist, and Keven Schlotterbeck added the third on 66 minutes, again from Manning. QPR answered two minutes later when Richard Kone scored from Karamoko Dembélé, who had come on in the 59th minute, but Southampton kept control of the scoreline and Welington, who came on in the 90th minute, sealed it on 90+5 minutes after Southampton had made two changes in stoppage time.

Southampton had 54% of the ball, 489 passes to QPR's 417 and 19 shots to 12, while also leading 9-2 on target and 9-4 on corners. QPR's five saves were more than Southampton's one, but the visitors only managed two shots on target and an expected goals figure of 0.78 compared with Southampton's 1.15. Southampton also had fewer fouls, 7 to 15.

QPR collected three yellow cards, with Jonathan Varane booked on 72 minutes, Kealey Adamson on 83 and Jimmy Dunne on 86. Southampton had no bookings and no red cards for either side.