Blow-by-blow live updates from St Mary's Stadium and the Premier League match between Ralph Hasenhuttl's Southampton and Jesse Marsch's Leeds United.
Stretching all the way back to 2007, Leeds have lost four of their last five meetings with Southampton at St Mary's, but the Saints are desperately out of form. “Southampton got spanked by Tottenham last weekend after taking the lead. They started their Premier League season with a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham, in which they registered just two shots on target. Chris Sutton of BBC Sport does not see Leeds making it back-to-back wins. Saints were 13 places and three points worse off than Leeds in the league table coming into this weekend. The Whites have not won their first two league games in a season since 2018 under Marcelo Bielsa.
Join us live from St Mary's Stadium with HampshireLive's Saints reporter Mark Wyatt as Ralph Hasenhuttl's Southampton take on Leeds United in the Premier ...
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The Whites began their campaign with an entertaining opening day victory at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Goals from Rodrigo and then Brenden Aaronson - ...
Junior Firpo, Luke Ayling and Stuart Dallas all remain on the road to recovery. Click here to read more and refresh your memory from that classic encounter! 😁 Rodders!— Leeds United (@LUFC) pic.twitter.com/p85JBVXgO3 August 12, 2022 Every game in this league is a massive challenge and we have to treat it as such. We have to manage that well. The Saints started in an opposite manner.
Leeds face Southampton at St. Mary's in their first road match of the season.
Brilliant in his debut for the Whites and was initially credited with the match-winner until it was changed to an own goal. Last season's top scorer with 11 was amongst the goals against Tottenham on opening day and was the Saints best player in an otherwise dismal display in the English capital. Junior Firpo (knee), Luke Ayling (knee) and Stuart Dallas (thigh) are expected to return in the next few weeks.
Jesse Marsch's side had a strong opening game last weekend, defeating Wolves at Elland Road, while Ralph Hasenhüttl's men had a disappointing one, losing 4-1 to ...
"I know that going down to Southampton won't be easy, that it's going to be very hot and that will be a factor in the match and so we have to manage that well." The Southampton manager expects another difficult game today against the visitors, stating to the media ahead of the clash: Leeds travel to Southampton today in game-week two of the new Premier League season.
Southampton host Leeds at St Mary's on Saturday and this already feels like a massive game for these evenly-matched teams.
Leeds were delighted to get a win on the opening weekend and their two new USMNT stars, Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams, both had very good Premier League debuts. After staying up on the final day of the last season, many believe Leeds could push for a top 10 finish and be well clear of another relegation scrap. Romeo Lavia and Gavin Bazunu look like top young prospects, while Joe Aribo and Armel Bella-Kotchap will also give Saints a different look as the new signings continue to settle in.
Leeds visit Southampton this afternoon looking to make it two wins from two in the Premier League.
Rodrigo already on three goals for the season. Four points from the opening two. FT: Southampton 2-2 Leeds United