Ivan Juric has won his first game as Southampton manager, against Russell Martin’s old club to earn the Saints a Fourth Round tie at home to Burnley.
A crowd of just 12,000 was at St Mary’s to see the Premier League’s bottom club overcome Luke Williams’ side, thanks to a brilliant performance from Kamaldeen Sulemana.
The Ghanaian scored the opening goal, his first since May 2023, and laid on the second for Tyler Dibling, who scored again in the second half.
Saints had made just two changes, Swansea four and it was the Premier League strugglers who dominated from start to finish.
Kyle Walker-Peters went close early on with a left-foot shot in the tenth minute whilst Sulemana shot just wide a minute later.
Walker-Peters was finding plenty of space down the right and he again when close after being set free following a driving run from Matheus Fernandes.
A Saints goal was looking inevitable and it came via the most direct route. A long Aaron Ramsdale kick up filed was flicked on by Lesley Ugochukwu and Sulemana cleverly lobbed the stranded Jon McLaughlin.
Swansea were struggling to pose any sort of threat to Ivan Juric’s side and the Saints were two ahead ten minutes before half-time when the lively Sulemana raced to the byline and pulled the ball across for Dibling to tap home.
There were further chances for Saints just after half time. Only a point-blank save from McLaughlin could deny Jan Bednarek from heading in Ryan Manning’s corner.
It was 18 year-old Dibling who added the third, scoring from Manning’s low cross at the second attempt, after Kyle Naughton had failed to clear.
Cameron Archer ought to have made it four after being put clean through by Fernandes but McLaughlin stood up well to deny him.
The small band of supporters who had travelled from South Wales almost had something to cheer as Joe Allen struck the post after a mistake from Will Smallbone but Southampton kept a rare clean sheet.
kuzbcestuy
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man u should go for dibling
Mpumey
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Tyler really need a good team like city of Manchester 🔥💪