Southampton gave up a first-half lead at Crystal Palace and lost 2-1, extending their winless run in the Premier League to nine games.
New Saints manager Ivan Juric faces a difficult task to keep Southampton afloat after losing their first two games in succession. No team in Premier League history has avoided relegation after collecting just six points at the halfway stage. season.
Southampton responded well to his pragmatic changes early on at Selhurst Park and went scoreless for a fourth successive league game when Tyler Dibling opened the scoring after 14 minutes after a mad run from Kyle Walker-Peters.
Tyler Dibling celebrates after giving Southampton the lead at Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace equalized from a corner with Trevoh Chalobah’s header in the 31st minute after surviving a VAR check, while Southampton felt they should have been ruled out for a foul on Aaron Ramsdale by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Trevor Chalobah heads in Crystal Palace’s equalizer against Southampton.
Palace completed a second-half turnaround when Eberechi Eze scored his first goal since October from outside the box, assisted by a deflection from Mateus Fernandes, to seal their second home win of the season.
The visitors failed to score enough points to get back into the game and remain bottom of the table, six points behind 19th-placed Ipswich, with Crystal Palace creating a six-point cushion between them and the relegation zone.
Cursed Southampton Statistics
- Southampton has only 6 points after 19 Premier League games this season (1 win, 3 losses, and 15 wins). At the halfway stage of a Premier League campaign, Sunderland (6) in 2005-06 and Sheffield United (5) in 2020-21 also have six points. It wasn’t even 6 points.
- Southampton have conceded nine goals from corners in the Premier League this season, with only Wolves (10) conceding more.
- Southampton went on a 17-game winless streak for only the second time in the club’s history, after going 19 games without a win between March 1985 and February 1986.
