This is Southampton’s 2016/17 Christmas review

CON – Away form

While St Mary’s has been a fortress – they’ve only lost twice there in the league in 2016 – their away form this season has been far from impressive.

The Saints have won just one of their eight Premier League games, and that stretches to 11 matches when you include their three Europa League games, of which they lost two.

Their 3-0 win over West Ham back in September looked set to kick-start their away form, but they’ve lost to both Hull and Crystal Palace since then, and picked up just three other draws.

If the Saints are aiming for the European places, they need to be winning more than just one away game in eight, and it’s a record they will have to improve in the second half of the campaign.