{
  "id": 8034703,
  "title": "Pick of the stats: Wrexham v Southampton",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pick-of-the-stats-wrexham-v-southampton",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:04:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/pick-stats-wrexham-v-southampton-140418483.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Wrexham aims to recover from their heavy 6-0 loss to West Ham United by securing a win against Southampton in the Championship. Southampton, on the other hand, have not suffered a defeat in their past two matches, while Wrexham have only managed one win in seven. Overall, Wrexham has lost four out of their last five encounters with Southampton, with both losses occurring last season. In the 2025-26 Championship season, Southampton has secured two victories over Wrexham, with a combined score of 7-1, marking the highest number of goals any side has achieved against the Red Dragons in the current season.\n\nLast season, Wrexham conceded five goals in their first six Championship games, but they managed to overcome West Ham United with a 6-0 victory, which is their biggest Football League defeat since February 2004, when they lost to Bournemouth with the same score. Southampton have been impressive this season, winning 18 league games so far, with their highest tally of victories being 33 in 2011, and their best performance within the top two tiers of English football in 2006, where they won 19 games. Finn Azaz of Southampton stands out as the top performer this season, contributing to 7 goals and 4 assists, making him the leading goal scorer and the top provider of open play assists (4), and also tied for the most chances created from open play (14).",
  "summary": "Here are the key stats for Wrexham v Southampton.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Spying scandal is still haunting Southampton as Reynolds and Wrexham continue the pile-on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/spying-scandal-is-still-haunting-southampton-as-reynolds-and-wrexham",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:01:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Spying scandal is still haunting Southampton as Reynolds and Wrexham continue the pile-on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/spying-scandal-is-still-haunting-southampton-as-reynolds-and-wrexham-8034385",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:02:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}