CHAMPIONSHIP
MANNING SUPPLIES, SAINTS BREAK THE MEANEST DEFENCE
Two assists from the left-back, four goals past the division's joint-best back line, and Eckert's side sign off at St Mary's in style
In front of 30,531 at St Mary's, Tonda Eckert's side picked the lock on the Championship's tightest door. QPR came to the south coast with the joint-best defence in the Championship and a 5-0 win over Swansea behind them. They went home beaten 4-1.
Eckert had warned that Julien Stéphan's side pressed aggressively and were comfortable sitting in a block. They were, for most of the first half. But Southampton had already found a way through.
Scorers Southampton: Matsuki 11, Bragg 55, Schlotterbeck 66, Welington 90+5; QPR: Kone 68
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