The central midfielder struggled throughout the match against the Foxes.
Southampton were left frustrated once again as they lost 4-1 to Leicester City in the Championship at St. Mary’s after their 5-0 defeat to Sunderland before the international break.
The away side opened the scoring within the first 30 seconds of play. A cheap concession from Shea Charles led to a scramble in the box and Jamie Vardy smashed the ball home with ease from 12 yards.
The second came when a sloppy pass on the touchline allowed Leicester to thread a pass through for Kasey McAtee to slot home with time and space from six yards.
Russell Martin’s side were, however, able to pull one back as Che Adams popped a clever pass in behind for Samuel Edozie, who dinked the ball into the back of the net.
A third came with seconds to go before half-time as Wilfred Ndidi brilliantly jinked past a defender before poking the ball past Gavin Bazunu inside the box
Mavididi added the fourth as a poor pass from Kamaldeen Sulemana allowed the winger to beat a defender before racing clear on goal to find the bottom corner.
Sulemana was then shown a straight red card with seconds left to play as the tricky winger caught James Justin on the ankle with a late challenge.
shocker with his cameo off the bench, Will Smallbone was the true villain for Martin on the night as he left the Saints far too exposed in the middle of the park.
Sulemana won five of his ten ground duels and created one chance to go along with three dribbles completed in 52 minutes of action on the pitch before his sending-off, as per Sofascore.
He was the initial cause of Mavididi’s goal and ended the match with a red card but there were some positive sparks in between those two moments as he competed for the ball and tried to make things happen in the final third.
Smallbone, however, only created one chance for his teammates and did not attempt a single cross into the box in 90 minutes in midfield.
