Overview
- Southampton beat Derby County 2-1 at St Mary's after trailing at half-time, stretching their unbeaten run to 17 matches.
- Derby led through Carlton Morris before Leo Scienza levelled and Taylor Harwood-Bellis headed the winner from a free-kick.
- The result leaves Derby about five points off the top six with four games to play, making a play-off finish unlikely.
- Derby’s attack was stretched, with Patrick Agyemang out for around nine months with an Achilles injury, Ben Brereton Diaz unavailable against his parent club, and early hamstring issues for Bobby Clark and Derry Murkin.
- Manager John Eustace praised his players’ effort but called the decisive set-piece goal "not acceptable," while noting Max Johnston impressed on his first start in roughly five months.