Southampton 0 Sunderland 1: match report The game had quickly opened up, with both teams looking lively, and Gardner created the next chance by curling in a cross that Steven Fletcher steered wide. Gaston Ramirez was providing some spark for Southampton, with Adam Lallana out injured, and he twice tried his luck; first with a well-struck drive that Simon Mignolet saved, then an ambitious effort from long distance that looped over. Sunderland were the ones who broke through, just before half-time, as Adam Johnson advanced down the left wing, up to the bye-line, then slipped the ball into the area where Sessegnon touched it on for Fletcher to finish from 10 yards. With that goal giving them confidence, Sunderland started the second half well too, as Gardner sent an angled ball into the penalty area, which Sessegnon again nudged on, but this time it was too far ahead of Fletcher, who had been waiting to pounce. Southampton were still pushing hard though, and Rickie Lambert had a glancing header from Steve De Ridder's corner cleared by Jack Colback. Sunderland started sitting back on their lead as the second half went on, but they nearly humiliated Southampton goalkeeper Davis - who had a difficult time when he was a player at the Stadium of Light - as he made a mess of gathering Gardner's long-range free kick. He dropped the ball, which looked set to squirm through his legs, but recovered. Ultimately, however, it was still an afternoon for Davis and his team-mates to forget as Southampton spurned late openings. Ramirez had a shot charged down by Fraizer Campbell - as referee Howard Webb rejected appeals for handball, then Guly Do Prado had a strike deflected wide in injury time. Southampton (4-2-3-1): K Davis; Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw; Schneiderlin (S Davis 59), Cork; Puncheon (Do Prado 80), Ramirez, Mayuka (De Ridder 54); Lambert. Substitutes: Boruc (gk), Hooiveld, Rodriguez, Richardson. Sunderland (4-4-2): Mignolet; Gardner, Cuéllar, O'Shea, Rose; Johnson (Campbell 75), Larsson (Bardsley 70), Colback, McClean; Sessegnon (Vaughan 89), Fletcher. Substitutes: Westwood (gk), Wickham, McFadden, Bramble. Booked: Larsson, Johnson, Bardsley. Referee: Howard Webb (Yorkshire).