Southampton will be pleased that they’re entering into the luck-of-the-draw of the playoffs off the back of a victory at Elland Road, getting the better of a nervous Leeds United side 2-1 to stop their poor run of form from getting out of hand.
Before this victory in West Yorkshire, Russell Martin’s Saints had lost their last three second-tier games on the spin which included a humbling 5-0 loss to Championship title-winners Leicester City on the road.
Kyle Walker-Peters stood out in the contest against Daniel Farke’s Whites by assisting Will Smallbone’s winner, a crucial player for Martin throughout the season as a whole too who even has had admirers from the Premier League watching on.
Casting an eye over the left-back position away from Walker-Peters’ trusty right-hand flank, the Saints aren’t quite as secure with this costly dud really struggling to ever make an impact in this position since joining in 2022.
