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
Iheanacho again gets his head to a delivery from the left, but his nod back across goal does not find a team-mate.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Maddison looks like he is going to let fly from range, but he takes a heavy touch at just the wrong time and the hosts are able to nip the ball away from him.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Maddison has scored more Premier League goals against Southampton than he has any other opponent (eight), and has netted in each of his last three appearances against Saints. He has not even had a shot so far though in this encounter.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Goalscorer Alcaraz is replaced by Elyounoussi. Will his strike end up being the winner?
Southampton vs Leicester City
What a miss! A Praet cross from the left finds Iheanacho in space in the box, but he can only send his free header wide of the right post. That was a golden opportunity for Leicester to level.
Southampton vs Leicester City
The Foxes have lost all six of the Premier League games in which they have been trailing at half-time this season.
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