Monday morning Quarterback: Fortunes of Hughes and Carvalhal to be decided head-to-head

Daniel Storey on the weekend’s major talking points...

Southampton have their lifeline

It rather sums up the drudgery of the Premier League’s bottom half that Southampton’s second win in 22 league games has taken them to within a point of safety, but Mark Hughes’ side knew the home fixture against Bournemouth was the first of two must-win matches. The second comes at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium on May 8.