Southampton vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Southampton 2-3 Leciester: The Saints threw away a two-goal lead as Jordan Ayew scored a 98th minute winner for the visitors
Leicester’s Jordan Ayew scored in the 98th minute as Leicester staged a second-half comeback to earn a 3-2 win at Southampton in the Premier League, with the 10-man hosts setting a club record of 21 matches without victory in the English top-flight.
Southampton, whose last Premier League win came before their relegation in the 2022-23 season, opened the scoring early on when Ryan Manning squared for Cameron Archer to finish a sweeping counter-attack, before midfielder Joe Aribo added to their tally with a side-footed effort.
Leicester pulled one back in the 64th minute after Facundo Buonanotte turned in a cross after a driving run from substitute Abdul Fatawu. Leicester’s Jamie Vardy won a penalty ten minutes later after a VAR review found he was held back by Ryan Fraser.
Fraser was sent off and Vardy stepped up, blasting his effort past Aaron Ramsdale, before Ayew sent a low shot through a sea of bodies to snatch a late victory and break the hearts of home fans at St Mary’s Stadium.
Southampton vs Leicester City
LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Mads Hermansen; Victor Kristiansen, Caleb Okoli, Wout Faes, James Justin; Oliver Skipp, Wilfred Ndidi; Stephy Mavididi, Bilal El Khannouss, Facundo Buonanotte; Jamie Vardy
Southampton vs Leicester City
SUBS: Alex McCarthy, Will Smallbone, Adam Armstrong, Adam Lallana, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Charlie Taylor, Ryan Fraser, Leslie Ugochukwu, Paul Onuachu
Southampton vs Leicester City
SOUTHAMPTON (5-4-1): Aaron Ramsdale; Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Manning, Yukinari Sugawara; Mateus Fernandes, Flynn Downes, Joe Aribo, Tyler Dibling; Cameron Archer
Southampton vs Leicester City
This match features two teams who came up from the Championship last term - Leicester as champions, and Southampton as the play-off winners. The pair are facing off in domestic league play for the 11th season running. Neither have had a stellar start to the campaign so far though. Leicester sit 15th in the league going into this match, having won just once. That came in the Foxes' last game before the international break, where they defeated Bournemouth 1-0. As for Southampton, they have just one point, and are sitting in 19th spot. Their most recent Premier League outing was a 3-1 reverse to Arsenal.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Hello to one and all, and welcome to this live text commentary for the Premier League match between Southampton and Leicester. We are a little less than an hour from kick-off from St. Mary's Stadium. Stick around for some pre-match information - including the line-ups - and then I will be providing commentary throughout what should be an intriguing game.
Southampton vs Leicester City
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