Southampton continue to amaze EFL fans, and their own set of ecstatic supporters, as the Saints are now unbeaten across their last 16 games, when just taking into account Championship clashes.
While recent victories have been free-flowing and easy on the eye, with 3-0 and 5-0 wins over Blackburn Rovers and Wrexham immediately springing to mind, the victory picked up in Wales against Swansea City was more dogged.
Indeed, the Swans headed into the half-time break one goal to the good, as Marko Stamenic gave Vitor Matos' hosts the slender lead, but the South Coast visitors never know when they're beaten.
Southampton had to work hard for 2-1 win
It was a first 45 minutes that was dominated by the Swans, with Tonda Eckert's unusually quiet side only managing one shot on target at Lawrence Vigoroux's net.
Thankfully, the German had a plan up his sleeve, and Southampton returned - after the half-time interval - a different animal.
Bringing on Shea Charles was an inspired substitution, as he would level proceedings just before the hour mark, after Leo Scienza found him in space.
After that, the game was a back-and-forth affair, but it would be ultimately won by the determined visitors right at the death, as Cameron Archer followed up his sublime first-team appearance against Blackburn - which saw him collect a goal and assist for his troubles - by powering home the 90th-minute winner against the Swans.
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Southampton will just be drowning in confidence at the moment, with this late win on their travels to Wales meaning they're only one point behind the top two positions, heading into a bumper list of mid-week fixtures in the chaotic Championship.
It's not a given that they'll get the better of Bristol City on Tuesday night, though, as the Robins have proven to be a bogey team in recent years for Eckert and Co.
Bristol City's bogey team status
Amazingly, across the last ten league meetings between the two teams, the red half of Bristol has come out on top seven times, next to Southampton's measly three.
The reverse fixture earlier in the season saw the Robins confidently ease past the Saints 3-1, as a Scott Twine brace for the hosts saw the away side - managed by Will Still at the time - slump to 17th in the second tier standings.
Southampton did win the last league meeting between the two sides at St. Mary's, though in 2023, as Russell Martin's men gunned for promotion, with Kyle Walker-Peters' early second-half strike the difference maker in a cagey 1-0 win.
Eckert will happily take another scrappy, hard-fought win this time around, with that slim victory in 2023, actually the first time the South Coast side had got the better of the Robins in league action, since 2008.
On that day all those years ago, it would be Stern John and Jason Euell who would help get Southampton over the line to a 2-0 win against a team that they clearly find tricky to overcome.
Eckert will pray that this bogey team status will just be a narrative that's ripped up come the full-time whistle on Tuesday night, with Southampton's strong winning mindset at the moment hopefully not faltering, as another crucial game comes the promotion-chasing side's way, in their late ambitions to sneak into the automatic promotion picture.
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