Southampton 3-2 Stoke City: Saints leave it late to sink Stoke and advance to the fourth round of the EFL Cup after James Bree scores winner at the death

Southampton advance to Carabao Cup’s fifth round at St Mary’s Stadium
Championship Stoke offer stiff resistance to but ultimately crumble
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By Tom Prentki At St Mary’s Stadium

Southampton made it to the fifth round of the Carabao Cup, after beating Stoke City 3-2 of their fourth round fixture at St Mary’s on Tuesday night.

Southampton looked comfortable at 2-0 up into the latter stages of the first half, thanks to goals from Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Adam Armstrong.

But Ashley Phillips pulled one back for Stoke on the strike of half time, with Tom Cannon levelling on the 54th minute.

James Bree struck the winner in the 88th minute to send Southampton through the next round of the cup.

More to follow…

Stoke City’s Ashley Phillips played a central role in their EFL Cup fourth round tie with Saints

Stoke came from 2-0 down to level the scoring early in the match’s second half

Southampton beat Stoke City 2-1 in the EFL Cup fourth round on Tuesday night at St Mary’s

Saints’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (inset) opened scoring versus Stoke City in the EFL fourth round

Southampton (4-3-3): Ramsdale, Sugawara, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Bree, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Aribo, Fraser, Archer, Armstrong

Goals: Harwood-Bellis 19′, Armstrong 35′

Yellow cards:

Manager: Russell Martin

Stoke City (5–3-1): Johansson, Tchamadeu, Dixon, Rose, Phillips, Bocat, Thompson, Seko, Sidibe, Vidigal, Cannon

Goals: Phillips 45′

Yellow cards:

Manager: Narcis Pelach

Referee: Lewis Smith