MATCH FACTS

■■Southampton have won four of their last eight Premier League games (D3 L1), as many victories as they managed in their previous 20 matches in the competition (D8 L8).

■■Everton’s haul of 22 points from their first 23 games in the Premier League this season, is their worst tally at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1950-51 (3 pts for a win), when they also had 22.

They were relegated at the end of that season.

■■ Saints ended a run of 13 Prem games without a clean sheet, keeping their first top-flight shut-out since a 1-0 win over Aston Villa in November. ■■Southampton’s Stuart Armstrong netted his first goal in his last 20 league games, since netting against Burnley in April 2021.

■■Since the start of