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Just a few weeks ago this match had looked like it could potentially be a decider for an automatic promotion spot for either side.
However, Saints slipped to three defeats and Leeds lost at home for the first time against Blackburn three weeks ago before being battered 4-0 at QPR last Friday to go into today’s game in need of a miracle.
Despite their indifferent form and things not being
Southampton boss Russell Martin has issued an apology to supporters who travelled to Leicester after their humiliating 5-0 defeat on Tuesday.
The Saints were outclassed and are now six points adrift of the automatic promotion places with two games left and a far inferior goal difference.
“I want to apologise to the fans,” Martin told BBC Radio Solent.
“We’re going to need them in the next few games to pick
Stuart Armstrong is the latest Scotland international to have his season ended by injury and Euro 2024 availability plunged into doubt.
The midfielder was taken off on a stretcher playing for Southampton on Saturday in what manager Russell Martin described as “a bad one”.
Bologna midfielder Lewis Ferguson will miss Euro 2024 squad through injury.
Two right-backs – Everton’s Nathan
Southampton manager Russell Martin has described Portsmouth’s promotion to the Championship as a “great achievement” for boss John Mousinho.
Martin said that the pair know each other well and played together at under-18s level.
“I’m pleased a young British manager is getting an opportunity and I’m pleased for him personally,” Martin said.
“For our fans though, it doesn’t mean I’m
Southampton say they have “reluctantly agreed” to let director of football Jason Wilcox join Manchester United.
The two clubs came to an agreement on an “acceptable compensation fee” to allow him to complete the move.
The former Blackburn Rovers and England winger, 53, joined the Championship club last summer.
Wilcox joins United as technical director, where the
Southampton’s Will Smallbone says the best goal-scoring return of his career this season is down to the work he has done with boss Russell Martin.
The midfielder has netted five times in the Championship this term, a feat he puts down to Martin’s encouragement.
“Scoring goals is something I’ve wanted to add to my
Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu will be out until 2025 after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
The 22-year-old was injured during the warm-up ahead of Saints’ 3-0 win over Preston on Tuesday night.
The Republic of Ireland international has been first choice at St Mary’s since joining from Manchester City for a reported £12m fee in June
Southampton forward Sekou Mara has been handed a three-game ban by the FA after admitting a violent conduct charge.
The 21-year-old was involved in an off-the-ball altercation with Ryan Porteous in the closing stages of Saturday’s 3-2 win against Watford, which was not seen by the officials at the time.
Mara subsequently accepted a
Southampton’s Flynn Downes was left “wound up” after being booed by Ipswich Town supporters.
The midfielder made 99 appearances for the Tractor Boys and was booed upon his return to Portman Road in Southampton’s 3-2 defeat on Monday.
“The fans have absolutely no idea,” Downes told BBC Radio Solent.
“The manager didn’t want me
Southampton manager Russell Martin has said that the “likely” departure of director of football Jason Wilcox impacts him.
“Being brutally honest, the one person this affects the most is me,” Martin told BBC Radio Solent.
Reports surfaced this week that Wilcox was to resign but Southampton are yet to confirm this.
He has been linked with a switch to Manchester United having previously