Southampton 4 Everton 1: On the day Martin O’Neill emerged as a leading contender to fill the vacancy at Goodison Park, Everton provided a clear illustration of the task confronting the successor to Ronald Koeman.

Southampton 0 Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho indicated David De Gea has played his last match of the season for Manchester United after the Spanish goalkeeper missed last night’s draw at Southampton.

Liverpool vice-captain James Milner apologised to his team-mates after his penalty miss cost the side victory against Southampton.

Maya Yoshida and James Ward-Prowse spared Shane Long's blushes as Southampton hit two goals in as many minutes to sink Crystal Palace 3-1 at St Mary's.

It adds to Southampton's two EFL Cup semi-final games against Liverpool this month.

Everton 3, Southampton 0: On-loan striker Enner Valencia may have given Everton manager Ronald Koeman one less thing to think about in the January transfer window after his game-changing substitute appearance in the 3-0 victory over Southampton.

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill was handed un unwanted headache last night after Shane Long was forced off injured in Southampton’s 1-0 Europa League defeat to Inter.

Southampton made a winning start to their Europa League campaign and gave Claude Puel his first win as manager with a convincing 3-0 defeat of Sparta Prague last night.

Southampton 1 Sunderland 1: Sam Allardyce admits Sunderland are now effectively fighting for a 17th-place finish in their bid to beat the drop.

Southampton 1 Chelsea 2

Swansea 0 Southampton 1: Fraser Forster is among the best goalkeepers in Europe, according to Southampton team-mate Oriol Romeu.

Southampton 1 West Ham 0: Fraser Forster has still not conceded a goal since returning to the Southampton side — but refuses to take the credit for his remarkable run.

Southampton held on to an early goal from Maya Yoshida to edge out West Ham 1-0 despite Victor Wanyama’s red card.

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Norwich 1 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman openly criticised Sadio Mane and Victor Wanyama after disciplinary problems helped condemn the visitors to defeat at Norwich.

West Ham 2 Southampton 1: Slaven Bilic gave his West Ham players all the credit for the half-time turnaround which saw them come from behind to beat Southampton 2-1.

Southampton 0 Arsenal 4: Arsene Wenger admitted he is unsure when Jack Wilshere will be back in an Arsenal shirt, after a grim night for the title chasers on the south coast.

Manchester City 3 Southampton 1: WHAT a difference a week makes. Seven days on from a humbling home defeat by Liverpool — and with a Champions League loss in between — Manchester City returned to winning ways with a win that took them back to the top of the Premier League. Normal service resumed?

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Chelsea 1 Southampton 3: John Terry offered his backing to Jose Mourinho after Chelsea’s season took a significant turn for the worse on Saturday.

Southampton 3 Swansea 1: Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk starred at both ends of the pitch against Swansea and boss Ronald Koeman believes he will get even better.

Southampton 2 Manchester United 3: Manchester United’s transformation is gaining momentum thanks to two goals from Anthony Martial in a 3-2 victory at Southampton which takes them to second in the table; but it wasn’t quite enough to end a long-running debate over the quality of their defence.

West Brom 0 Southampton 0: West Brom head coach Tony Pulis has criticised Callum McManaman for diving to try to win a penalty against Southampton. Pulis felt the winger went down easily under a challenge from Matt Targett in the area.

Southampton 3 Norwich 0: Ronald Koeman insists Victor Wanyama will still be a Southampton player when the summer transfer window closes on Tuesday evening despite the former Celtic man telling the Dutchman he wants leave St Mary’s.

Watford 0 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was keen to take the positives out of a scrappy stalemate that left both sides still searching for their first Barclays Premier League wins of the season.

With hawks swirling over Everton’s young players as transfer deadline day edges nearer, manager Roberto Martinez has reiterated his determination to keep his squad together following Saturday’s hugely impressive victory over Southampton.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 SOUTHAMPTON 2:

Hat-trick record-breaker Sadio Mane was quick to praise fellow star man Shane Long after Southampton got their European challenge back on track with a rout of dismal Villa.

Premier League

Southampton 0 Liverpool 2: Liverpool have Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal in their sights after taking their unbeaten run to 18 games with a victory at Southampton that underlines just how far they have come in the last fourth months.

Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren start for Liverpool against former club Southampton today.

Southampton 0 West Ham 0