Southampton Vs Charlton: Sonny Carey’s leveller earns battling Addicks a point at St Mary's
Southampton Vs Charlton produced a 1-1 draw at St Mary's Stadium as Sonny Carey drilled a second-half equaliser to earn Charlton a Championship point, with visiting boss Nathan Jones returning to face his former side.
Southampton Vs Charlton — match summary
The match finished 1-1 at St Mary's Stadium in front of an attendance of 29, 476. Saints took the lead early in the second half when Ross Stewart glanced the ball into the net from a Leo Scienza cross, his fifth goal of the season. Charlton levelled with just over 20 minutes remaining when Greg Docherty played across the top of the box to Sonny Carey, who took a touch and shot low past goalkeeper Daniel Peretz into the bottom left-hand corner.
Key moments and near-misses
Southampton threatened from the opening moments: Tom Fellows floated a cross to the back post where Leo Scienza was in space and sent a right-footed effort that was cleared off the line by a diving Lloyd Jones. Ryan Manning struck the crossbar with a curling effort shortly before the half-hour mark. A corner was flicked on by Amari'i Bell to James Bree at the back post, and Bree failed to keep his header down.
Charlton had a rare first-half chance when Carey pulled a shot just beyond the post from the edge of the area. Earlier in the game home players appealed for a penalty when Collins Sichenje tripped Scienza, but the referee awarded a free-kick just outside the area. Shea Charles was played in at one point and saw his effort saved by Thomas Kaminski from a tight angle.
Discipline, confrontations and substitutions
In the final 10 minutes Flynn Downes and Conor Coady came face-to-face, provoking a melee among players in the moments afterwards. Charlton supporters wanted Flynn Downes sent off for what they believed was a headbutt; referee John Busby instead produced a yellow card. Both Downes and Coady were substituted immediately after the confrontation.
What the result means — standings and momentum
With the points shared, Southampton drop a place to 11th while Charlton climb to 17th. Southampton pushed late, pumping balls into the box in search of a winner, but Charlton's defence held strong to secure the draw. The equaliser sent the travelling Charlton fans into raptures.
Context and background from the fixture
Nathan Jones returned to face his former side; his past tenure at the club included a spell in 2022-23 when he lasted eight games and 95 days as Southampton manager before being replaced by Ruben Selles. The home support taunted Jones during the match, reflecting memories of that earlier spell. The reverse fixture at The Valley in November finished 5-1 to Southampton, with all goals scored in the first half.
Broadcast and viewing notes
The match had been scheduled for a 3pm GMT kickoff and was selected for live broadcast. The club's streaming service made the game available in a list of specific countries and territories where a national broadcast partner would not be showing the game, including Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Slovakia and South Korea. The club's streaming service also listed wide availability across Sub-Saharan Africa (including Kenya) and provided an explicit list of countries in that region: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, St Helena and Ascension, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The club's service also listed additional territories where domestic broadcast rights remained unsold and the club's stream would be available, including American Samoa, Belarus, Belgium, Brunei, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Guam, Italy, Kiribati, Laos, Macau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Tyrol (Italy), Spain, Tahiti (French Polynesia), Taiwan, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna and Western Samoa (Samoa). Supporters outside those lists were directed to their domestic broadcast partner for viewing options. The club's platform offered live audio commentary with Terry Smith, Greg Stubley and former Addick Steve Brown, and included guidance for purchasing match passes or subscriptions and troubleshooting broadcast issues a listed support contact (contact address redacted in this summary). The platform credits included third-party technical and production partners for the broadcast service.
Reaction and closing remarks
One quoted remark in the aftermath reflected a mixture of disappointment and realism: the speaker said there was "a little bit of a disappointment for the very moment, but at the same time, I think it might be a point that will come to quite a big importance towards the end of the season, " adding that the team plays to win at home and would "go again on Tuesday. " The provided context did not make the speaker of that passage clear in the provided context. Separately, Tonda Eckert commented that "it was there for the taking. "
Match details and broadcast availability were included in the club's pre-match information and post-match reports; further developments or clarifications related to team selection, injuries or disciplinary follow-up were unclear in the provided context.
