Danny Ings scored twice as Southampton fought back to beat Crystal Palace in an entertaining Premier League affair.
Ings, returning from a hamstring injury, steered a low effort into the bottom corner to level after Christian Benteke had driven in an early opener for the visitors.
And the hosts, who were thankful for goalkeeper Fraser Forster’s penalty save from Luka Milivojevic, had the better of a seesaw contest after the break.
Che Adams put them ahead with a neat close-range finish from Stuart Armstrong’s corner and Ings latched on to a pass from his strike partner to round off the scoring.
Saints’ first win in five games moves them up to 14th in the table, with Palace in 13th, a point above them.
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Southampton
- Squad number14Player nameObafemi
- Squad number22Player nameSalisu
Crystal Palace
Squad number31Player nameGuaita
Squad number2Player nameWard
Squad number8Player nameKouyaté
Squad number6Player nameDann
Squad number27Player nameMitchell
Squad number25Player nameEze
Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic
Squad number44Player nameRiedewald
Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
Squad number20Player nameBenteke
Squad number11Player nameZaha
Squad number14Player nameMateta
Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
Squad number23Player nameBatshuayi
Line-ups
Southampton
Formation 4-4-2
- 44Forster
- 2Walker-Peters
- 35BednarekBooked at 44minsSubstituted forSalisuat 45′minutes
- 4VestergaardBooked at 54mins
- 5Stephens
- 19Minamino
- 8Ward-Prowse
- 17Armstrong
- 11Redmond
- 10Adams
- 9IngsSubstituted forObafemiat 76′minutes
Substitutes
- 1McCarthy
- 12Djenepo
- 14Obafemi
- 22Salisu
- 23Tella
- 27Diallo
- 32Walcott
- 40N’Lundulu
- 47Ferry
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-3-3
- 31Guaita
- 2Ward
- 8KouyatéBooked at 77mins
- 6Dann
- 27Mitchell
- 25Eze
- 4MilivojevicSubstituted forSchluppat 65′minutes
- 44Riedewald
- 9J AyewBooked at 45minsSubstituted forBatshuayiat 72′minutes
- 20BentekeSubstituted forMatetaat 78′minutes
- 11ZahaBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Butland
- 3van Aanholt
- 10Townsend
- 14Mateta
- 15Schlupp
- 22McCarthy
- 23Batshuayi
- 24Cahill
- 34Kelly
Live Text
Match ends, Southampton 3, Crystal Palace 1.
Second Half ends, Southampton 3, Crystal Palace 1.
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Michael Obafemi (Southampton).
Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohammed Salisu (Southampton).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Joel Ward.
Attempt saved. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Takumi Minamino (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
Michael Obafemi (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace).
Michael Obafemi (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Dann (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Christian Benteke.
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