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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Southampton Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Southampton reached the 2017 League Cup final without conceding in their five matches on the way. At Wembley, a different kind of contest followed: a two-goal comeback and a late defeat. Use the current fixtures for Saints' next cup appointment, then explore the contrasting parts of that memorable campaign.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Southampton: cup campaign

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Southampton 1–4 West Ham United. Full time. West Ham United go through. Southampton are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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Five clean sheets on the road to Wembley

Saints beat Crystal Palace 2–0 at home in the third round, followed by a 1–0 home victory over Sunderland. The quarter-final brought a trip to Arsenal and another 2–0 win. Three opponents had been overcome, with Southampton's goal still unbreached.

Liverpool stood between Saints and the final. Southampton won both semi-final legs 1–0, giving them a 2–0 aggregate victory and extending their clean-sheet sequence to five cup matches. The home and away victories were separate games, so both belong in the count.

That route gives the campaign more substance than the final score alone. It included home wins, away wins and a two-legged semi-final, all without conceding. Anyone revisiting the season can follow that sequence through the historical record before turning to the Wembley report.

Gabbiadini's double brought Saints back from 2–0

Manchester United beat Southampton 3–2 in the final on 26 February 2017. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jesse Lingard put United two ahead, but Manolo Gabbiadini scored before half-time and again after the break to draw Saints level. Southampton had turned a difficult scoreline into a genuine chance of winning.

Gabbiadini had also seen an earlier effort ruled out for offside. ITV's report describes the decision as incorrect, making it an important part of the contemporary account rather than an extra goal to add to the official score. His recognised total in the final remained two.

Ibrahimovic headed the winner late on. Saints therefore finished as runners-up despite their comeback and their defensive record in the earlier rounds. The final illustrates why a campaign deserves both a results list and a match narrative: neither five clean sheets nor a 3–2 defeat tells the whole story on its own.

Southampton's 2017 cup run explained

Did Southampton concede before the 2017 final?

No. Saints kept clean sheets against Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Arsenal, then in both semi-final matches against Liverpool.

How many goals did Gabbiadini score in the final?

Two counted. He also had an earlier effort disallowed, but the official result was Manchester United 3–2 Southampton.

Are the Liverpool scores separate matches?

Yes. Southampton won 1–0 at home and 1–0 away. The 2–0 figure is the aggregate score of that semi-final, not the result of a third match.

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