Southampton made it three consecutive competitive away wins without conceding for the first time since 1986, and four games unbeaten in all competitions, thanks to another moment of magic from Moussa Djenepo at Bramall Lane.
Saints took maximum points from an entertaining affair that could have gone either way. Che Adams struck the post and was denied brilliantly by Dean Henderson in the first half, while Angus Gunn made a fantastic save one-on-one with David McGoldrick.
Sheffield United actually took the lead early in the second half after Jannik Vestergaard gave away a free kick on the right-hand side before VAR rightly disallowed Oli McBurnie’s finish due to an offside in the build-up.
Southampton eventually took the lead after Sofiane Boufal won the ball back and played it into the feet of Djenepo, who shrugged off Ollie Norwood’s foul and another two Sheffield United defenders to open up some space in the penalty area and finish low and hard in the bottom corner.
Billy Sharp was shown a straight red card in the closing minutes of the game for a rash challenge on Stuart Armstrong as Saints saw out the win against 10 men.
Here are four findings that we can take away from Saints’ third successive away win in all competitions.
