The Foxes came into this clash wanting to bounce back following their 1-0 home defeat against Hull City just before the international break.

Although they didn’t deserve to lose that game, they were vulnerable in transition and weren’t clinical enough in the end, which allowed Liam Rosenior’s side to take three points back to East Yorkshire.

What happened between Southampton and Leicester City?

With this Hull defeat in mind, Enzo Maresca’s side will have been seeking redemption and they made a great start at St Mary’s, with Jamie Vardy taking his first chance of the game within the opening minute to put the visitors 1-0 up.

The Saints could have scored a few times during the first half, but they only managed to grab one with Samuel Edozie making it 2-1 after Kasey McAteer doubled the Foxes’ lead.

Wilfred Ndidi made it 3-1 shortly before the break and although the Saints made a bright start to the second 45, they were unable to capitalise on this momentum and Stephy Mavididi made it 4-1 with just over 20 minutes to go, all but sealing the match.

To make the night even worse for the hosts, Kamaldeen Sulemana was dismissed in stoppage time for a challenge on James Justin, but the Foxes won’t worry about that too much considering the latter managed to come out unscathed and some would even question whether that was a red card.

At the time of writing, this result has taken the Foxes back to the top of the Championship table and they will be hoping to build on this in the coming weeks ahead of the next international break.

Managing to bring in the players needed during the summer window to challenge for promotion, these upcoming weeks could be positive for them after making a statement of intent on the south coast.