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
There has not yet been a shot on target in this contest.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Since losing 3-0 at St Mary's in January 2017, the Foxes are unbeaten in their last five away league games against Southampton (three wins, two draws), scoring 18 goals in the process (3.6 per game).
Southampton vs Leicester City
A well-worked corner routine tees Barnes up to shoot, but his low effort cannot make it through the crowded penalty area and Southampton scramble the ball away.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Sulemana shows some great skill to fly past Pereira, but Lavia's attempt to then spray it out to the right-wing is poor and goes out for a goal-kick.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Close! Maddison whips a free-kick into the Southampton box, and the power on it seems to catch Iheanacho by surprise. The ball hits him more than anything and ends up flying just past the left post.
Southampton vs Leicester City
There is a slight injury worry for the hosts as Lavia momentarily requires some treatment, but it appears he will be okay to continue.
Southampton vs Leicester City
Barnes curls a cross into the box for Iheanacho, but the striker just cannot quite jump high enough and the ball skims off his head and away from goal.
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