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
Time is running out on Leicester if they are to take anything away from this game.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Stuart Armstrong comes on for Sulemana with 10 minutes to play.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Southampton are winless in their last eight Premier League home games (two draws, six defeats), losing each of the last five in a row. They have never lost six consecutive home games in their league history, and it looks like that run will continue.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Armstrong clips the heels of Maddison in midfield and receives a booking for his troubles.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Sulemana rolls the ball across for Armstrong, but he gets his left-footed effort horribly wrong and the ball flies well over. The flag belatedly goes up for offside.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Leicester have won eight of their last 10 Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom of the table (one draw, one loss), with the only defeat coming at Norwich in February 2020. The Foxes have won each of their last four against such opposition by an aggregate score of 12-2, but they have work to do if they are to pick up a result here.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Dewsbury-Hall whips a delivery into the box, but it somehow eludes everybody and goes out for a throw-in to the hosts.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Iheanacho's display in front of goal has been dismal, failing to hit the target with any of his four shots off an xG (expected goals) of 1.03. Can Vardy do better than his strike partner now he has been introduced?
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