02-04-2025
Southampton 1-1 Crystal Palace: Saints denied by late goal
Given how Southampton's season has gone, the end to Wednesday's draw with Crystal Palace was fittingly Saints were looking for just a third win of the campaign, one that wouldn't save them from relegation but would stop them from making an unwated piece of started the night on nine points, two fewer than the record low Premier League points tally of 11 set by Derby County in Onuachu's first-half header looked to be enough to take Saints to 12 points, and in truth they would have deserved in one man's pain can be found another's joy - in this case Matheus Palace substitute rose highest to head home an equaliser in the second minute of stoppage time, his first goal for the club after an injury-wrecked 20 months at the were unfortunate not to win, but if they replicate this performance at least once in their remaining eight games, they should move above the dreaded 12-point mark.
