Southampton 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Adam Armstrong stars as Saints extend unbeaten run to joint-record 19 games
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday at St Mary’s on Saturday | Adam Armstrong stars as Russell Martin’s men extend unbeaten run to 19 games
Adam Armstrong produced an attacking masterclass as Southampton dispatched Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 to equal their longest English Football League unbeaten record.
Top scorer Armstrong scored one and set up Che Adams, Ryan Fraser and Sekou Mara as Saints leapt into the top two for the first time since the opening day and closed the gap to table-toppers Leicester to 10 points.
Saints are now unbeaten in 19 league games and 20 in all competitions, which is their best run since becoming a Football League club in 1920.
The club’s all-time record, the only better than the current run, of 24 in 1896 and 1897 came when they were known as Southampton St Mary’s and had yet to move to the Dell.
The hosts would enjoy the better of the first half but the first two minutes belonge
First, Saints keeper Gavin Bazunu took a heavy touch and was mugged by Josh Windass, but the attacker could not squeeze in
From the corner, Michael Ihiekwe headed wide – but the visitors would not have another first-half shot as Saints monopolised the possession.
