Leicester 2-0 Southampton: Derby County watching on

03-05-2025

The end of the season can not come fast enough for Southampton.Even against the second-worst team in the Premier League, the Saints were outplayed and lacked any sort of cutting edge.Leicester dominated and the game was put to bed when Jordan Ayew added the Foxes' second before before the break.It is likely that many Derby County fans thought this was the game that would see Southampton move clear from their longstanding, unwanted points tally record.But still the Saints stay on course to equal Derby's 11 points from the 2007-08 season.One point will do the job, but where does it come from? Arsenal have been second-best in the league this season, while Manchester City have recovered from their blip and are chasing Champions League football.It looks like the trip to Everton, who are winless in their last three, on the penultimate weekend of the season is the Saints' best hope to get that all-important point.But whether they can do it or not is another story altogether. Interim boss Simon Rusk will certainly need his side to put on a better performance than what they showed at King Power Stadium.

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