Southampton surrendered a first-half lead to Crystal Palace and lost 2–1, extending their winless run in the Premier League to nine games.
New Saints boss Ivan Juric, with back-to-back defeats in his first two games, faces a tough task if he wants to keep Southampton. No team in the history of the Premier League has avoided relegation after taking just six points halfway through the match. the season.
Southampton responded well early to his pragmatic adjustments at Selhust Park, ending a run of four league games without a goal when Tyler Dibling opened the scoring after 14 minutes.
Crystal Palace equalized after 31 minutes from a corner through Trevoh Chalobah's header after surviving a VAR check, with Southampton feeling they should have been sent off for a foul on Jean-Phillipe Mateta's Aaron Ramsdale.
Palace completed the turnaround in the second half when Eberechi Eze's sweetly struck shot took a deflection on its way to Ramsdale and completed the victory, ending a three-match winless run in all competitions.
The visitors failed to create enough to get back into the game and remain bottom, six points behind 19th-placed Ipswich, while Crystal Palace created a six-point buffer between themselves and the relegation zone.
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