Stats: Leicester v Southampton

Travelling to the King Power Stadium for yesterday evening’s clash against Leicester City, Southampton’s aim was to return to winning ways on the back of four straight defeats and the extremely disappointing loss to Chelsea in our last game.

Mark Hughes didn’t get exactly what he wanted from the tie as ideally we’d have closed the five-point gap to Swansea City to two. Taking a scoreless draw from the tie was a small positive though as we ended our losing streak and made the gap four points – but the Swans hold a game in hand.

Given the position we find ourselves in, despite the benefits of a point building on the Chelsea showing, we are getting cut adrift and only victories can now change our fate so the game on that score has to go down as a missed opportunity.

Speaking to the BBC in his post game interview Hughes seemed keenly aware of that point.

Having praised the defence for improvement across the 90 minutes, he knew the balance was wrong.

“We need to be on the front foot. We have to ask more questions than we did of Leicester. We need to defend properly and be a threat the other way.”

Whether the point helps or hinders us, Hughes wouldn’t be drawn as only time will tell but undoubtedly we need maximum points from each remaining game this season if we are to have a hope of remaining in the top flight.

The upcoming Swansea clash is growing in importance but we need to be in a position for it to count.

Leicester				Southampton
Hamer				McCarthy
Dragovic				Bednarek
Maguire				Yoshida
Chilwell				Hoedt
Gray			91	Soares
Adrien Silva			91	Romeu
Ndidi				Hojbjerg			88
Albrighton				Bertrand
Mahrez				Ward-Prowse			58
Iheanacho			76	Tadic
Vardy				Long			73
Substitutes
Simpson				Davis			58
Morgan				Austin			73
Jakupovic				Gabbiadini
Fuchs				Redmond			88
Barnes			91	Pied
Diabate			76	Sims
Choudhury			91	Forster

Game Statistics
11	Goal attempts	6
3	On Target	2
11	Corners	3
10	Fouls	10
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
54	%	46