According to Opta, Derby spent 247 days in 20th (aka, last) position during what was their most recent year in the Premier League. As it stands, Southampton have languished at the foot of the table for 150 days, with Wolverhampton Wanderers this season’s next closest team on 41 days.

In a tense Premier League encounter on April 3rd, Southampton faced Crystal Palace, culminating in a 1-1 draw that left them teetering on the brink of historic mediocrity. This article explores Southampton's current predicament, key match highlights, implications for the future, and an overview of their historical context in the league.

Aaron Ramsdale has said Southampton's aim is not to break the record for the lowest points tally in a Premier League season, and that they also want to end the season with a "respectable points total".

"I don't want it to be that we are the worst team in the history of Premier League." Victory over Palace on Wednesday would achieve this goal, although they face one of the Premier League's form teams - the Eagles have won their last six away fixtures in all competitions without conceding.

Palace earned a place in the semi-final of the FA Cup for the first time in three years with an impressive 3-0 win over Fulham last time out. They will have been hopeful of picking up another away win and continuing their strong end to the season against the Premier League’s bottom club.

Saints will be fresher and at home, though this isn’t a long haul from Selhurst Park to St. Mary’s. Palace have decent depth in attack and that may be all they need to send Southampton to another defeat and nearer their likely place in the Championship. Southampton 1-3 Crystal Palace.

Matheus Franca scored his first goal in English football to earn a point for Crystal Palace from a 1-1 draw with bottom-of-the-table Southampton.

David Moyes ’ side are unbeaten in nine Premier League matches. They will sit deep and frustrate these jaded-looking Liverpool attackers, a tactic that could easily reduce Slot’s side to another slow and blunt 90 minutes. From there, who knows? The title isn’t quite won yet.

Southampton manager Ivan Juric has challenged his beleaguered players to prove they are not the worst team in Premier League history as they brace for an immediate return to the Championship."I don't want it to be that we are the worst team in the history of Premier League.

Gabriel and Jurrien Timber join Riccardo Calafiori and Ben White as the latest casualties for Mikel Arteta's side after win over Fulham

Diogo Jota was the hero as Liverpool edged out Everton 1-0 in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday. The forward scored the only goal at Anfield, where the Premier League leaders claimed local bragging rights and restored their 12-point lead at the top of the table.