Southampton: Statistical look at Saints' worrying loss to Newcastle

Southampton: Statistical look at Saints’ worrying loss to Newcastle

By Marc Walker | Feb 8, 2021

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 06: Southampton player James Ward-Prowse (l) hits his free kick over the Newcastle wall for the second Saints goal during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Southampton at St. James Park on February 06, 2021 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /

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Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /

Southampton recorded another Premier League loss when they fell to a worrying 3-2 defeat at Newcastle on Saturday.

Saints conceded three times in a bad first-half for them and only had Takumi Minamino’s strike to show for their own below-par efforts

James Ward-Prowse’s superb free-kick and Jeff Hendrick’s red card for Newcastle shortly into the second-half gave some hope of a positive result, but Ralph Hasenhuttl and his side would deservedly come away from the North East with nothing.

There is still plenty of time for Saints to put things right again in this campaign but a concerning slump in the last three months has taken the gloss off of what looked to be a positive season.

Here are three significant stats from the result at St James’ Park: