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Southampton have only won two games in the Championship this season after defeat by Preston Preston North End inflicted more misery on Southampton as they won at St Mary's and Saints dropped to 21st in the Championship table. The Lilywhites took the lead with a scrappy goal through Lewis Dobbin in the first half and doubled their lead late on thanks to Mads Frokjaer-Jensen. Will Still's Southampton side have only won twice in the league all season. After going behind, Southampton fans chanted for their Sport Republic owners to "get out" of their club, and booed their side off the pitch at the break and full-time. The closest Saints came to a goal was in the second half, at 1-0 down, when Caspar Jander struck the crossbar with a curling effort from the corner of the box. In the early stages, neither side dominated proceedings, but one man who stood out was Saints forward Leo Scienza. The 27-year-old Brazilian unsettled the Preston defenders with his direct play and trickery, and just before the half hour mark he forced Daniel Iversen into a smart save, cutting in and curling an effort goal-bound with his right foot. The away side had a great chance to score 10 minutes before the break as Dobbin was found in space just outside the box, but to the frustration of a team-mate in space out to his left, he opted to shoot, with his effort flying over the bar. But minutes later he was able to find the net - after an initial effort was saved by Alex Mc Carthy, Dobbin was in the right place to tap home his third of the season. Alongside the joyous Preston cheers, St Mary's then broke out into boos with a large section of the home fans chanting against their owners. Saints started the second half with more urgency but they still struggled to carve out any clear-cut chances in their pursuit of an equaliser. Still's side had their best chance of the game in the 70th minute when Jander curled a right-footed effort towards the top corner that hit the bar. But the travelling Lilywhites were able to finish the game in style as Frokjaer-Jensen produced a fine finish in injury time to seal the three points for Preston who move into the play-off positions. The defeat now means that Southampton have lost five times in the Championship this season alongside their six draws and two wins. This video can not be played Will Still says he 'hasn't had enough time' to fix things Southampton boss Will Still to BBC Sport: "We've been a bit naive and conceded two really poor goals, we've been out-experienced today. "We have bags and bags of talent in the dressing room but hard work beat talent today and we didn't do enough to keep the ball out of our net. "I know how it looks and how football works, as long as I'm here and people give me the opportunity to do so I will fight. " This video can not be played 'If you could bottle that and take it away with you as a performance, we'd do that' - Heckingbottom Paul Heckingbottom speaking to BBC Radio Lancashire: "I think if you could bottle that and take it away with you as an away performance we'd do that. "We can be better with the ball we know that, but we were terrific, we created good chances and we were very, very good without the ball. "We were particularly good in the second half and thoroughly deserved it, it takes a lot of work and a lot of discipline for the players to execute that and they were fantastic. " After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 1st November 2025 at 16: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Will Still Formation: 3 - 4 - 3 Manager: Paul Heckingbottom Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Will Still Formation: 3 - 4 - 3 Manager: Paul Heckingbottom Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Southampton are unbeaten across their last four league games against Preston North End (W3 D1), scoring 11 goals in total during that time. Preston North End have lost their last two away league games against Southampton and will be looking to avoid losing three in succession away to the Saints for the first time in the EFL. Southampton have drawn each of their last three home league games, last drawing more in succession on home soil between April and September 2009 (four games). Preston have won just one of their last 12 away league games (D4 L7), scoring multiple goals just twice during that run though both of those matches finished 2-2. Southampton have committed four errors leading to goals this season, the most of any side in the Championship. Match ends, Southampton 0, Preston North End 2. Second Half ends, Southampton 0, Preston North End 2. Attempt missed. Ryan Manning (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner. Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Liam Lindsay. Goal! Southampton 0, Preston North End 2. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stefán Thórdarson following a fast break. Attempt blocked. Damion Downs (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Substitution, Preston North End. Noah Mawene replaces Harrison Armstrong because of an injury. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match because of an injury Harrison Armstrong (Preston North End). Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. Foul by Nicholas Oyekunle (Southampton). Jordan Storey (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Nathan Wood (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross. Substitution, Southampton. Nicholas Oyekunle replaces Mads Roerslev. Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Caspar Jander. Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman. Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jamal Lewis. Odeluga Offiah (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Odeluga Offiah. Attempt missed. Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.