Southampton vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Carlos Alcaraz grabbed the only goal as Southampton beat Leicester City 1-0 at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday to move off the bottom of the table with their second Premier League win in three matches under new manager Ruben Selles.
The win moves Southampton up to 19th on 21 points from 25 games, ahead of Bournemouth, who were beaten by Arsenal earlier on Saturday. Leicester remain in 15th.
Southampton started strongly and their pressure told when Timothy Castagne handled the ball in the 31st minute to give away a penalty. James Ward-Prowse stepped up to take the spotkick, but his well-struck effort was saved by Danny Ward.
Carlos Alcaraz opened the scoring for the hosts in the 34th minute, calmly slotting his effort into the bottom corner past Ward after being played through by Che Adams. There was an anxious wait for a VAR check and a huge roar when the goal.
Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho was a nuisance throughout, but he missed a string of chances, the best of which came in the 49th minute, when he failed to hit the target with a free header from six yards out.
Brendan Rodgers brought on Jamie Vardy as the visitors pressed and probed for an equaliser in the second half and Harry Souttar rattled the crossbar with a header in added time, but Southampton held on to claim their first home win since August.
Southampton vs Leicester City
The two teams make their way onto the pitch ahead of this vital game at the bottom of the Premier League.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Visiting manager Brendan Rodgers goes with six alterations from the 2-1 FA Cup loss at home to Championship side Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday as Ward replaces Iversen in goal and Souttar and Castagne come into the backline for Amartey and Thomas. Iheanacho is preferred to Vardy up top, as Maddison and Mendy start in midfield.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Home boss Ruben Selles makes eight changes from the upset defeat in midweek with Bednarek, Maitland-Niles and Bella Kotchap coming into the back four while Bazunu replaces Alex McCarthy between the sticks. Ward-Prowse and Lavia start in midfield, while Sulemana replaces Mislav Orsic on the wing. Adams and Walcott will start up front ahead of Mara and Adam Armstrong.
Southampton vs Leicester City
SUBS: Daniel Iversen, Caglar Soyuncu, Boubakary Soumare, Jamie Vardy, Luke Thomas, Dennis Praet, Patson Daka, Daniel Amartey, Wilfred Ndidi.
Southampton vs Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Danny Ward; Ricardo Pereira, Harry Souttar, Wout Faes, Timothy Castagne; Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Nampalys Mendy; Mateus Tete, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes; Kelechi Iheanacho.
Southampton vs Leicester City
SUBS: Moussa Djenepo, Mohammed Salisu, Sekou Mara, Willy Caballero, Stuart Armstrong, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Paul Onuachu, Adam Armstrong, Romain Perraud.
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