Southampton manager Ivan Juric has urged his side to score more points to avoid becoming the lowest-ever points scorer.
Southampton became the first Premier League team this season to be relegated to the Championship after losing 1-3 to Spurs in their last match, and also set an unlucky record as the fastest team to be relegated from the top flight in the Premier League history, seven games before the end of the season.
The Saints are also in danger of สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น becoming the lowest-ranked team on record if they fail to add to their tally, with just 10 points, while the worst Premier League result was Derby County, who were relegated on 11 points in 2007/08.
Southampton are only the third team to lose as many as 25 of their first 31 games of a top-flight campaign, after Sunderland in 2005-06 and Sheffield United in 2020-21 (both also 25).
They have conceded the most goals in the league (74) by far. And are the lowest scorers in the top four divisions of English football (23 goals in 31 games).
No team has ever had fewer points in the Premier League after 31 games (10). Although Sunderland in 2005-06 & Derby in 2007-08 had the same tally too.
Saints have the same amount of points after 31 games (10) as Derby County did in 2007-08. With Rams going on to achieve 11. Derby’s campaign remains the worst in Premier League history, although it’s a record Southampton could still beat.
“We need to avoid that record, we need to do our best, that record cannot happen,” Juric told his team.
“We know we are in a bad situation, but I can’t say anything bad about the players. It’s been a very difficult year for everyone,”
“I want to see the game against Crystal Palace as the second half of this game. We have to try and play well.”