Onuachu scores third Saints goal in Wolves defeat

Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu scored his third goal of 2025 for Southampton but it wasn’t enough as the Saints fell to a 2-1 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday, NewsNGR Sports Extra reports.

Jorgen Strand Larsen scored twice as Wolves moved nine points clear of the Premier League’s bottom three with victory over beleaguered Southampton.

Seeking only their third top-flight win of the season, the home side started on the front foot but fell behind after the Wolves’ first attempt of the game – a Strand Larsen header which beat the dive of Saints goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

Chances were few and far between for the rest of the first half, but Strand Larsen doubled the visitors’ lead just after the break with a low drive into the bottom corner – a goal which prompted some Southampton fans to make for the exits.

Half-time substitute Onuachu pulled a goal back for Saints after Tyler Dibling’s shot came back off the post, but the Wolves survived the final 15 minutes to claim an important three points.

The Nigeria international’s goal marks his third for the club in 2025 after opening his account on January 19. Onuachu had failed to find the back of the net in the first half of the season but appears to be finding his rhythm in the new year despite his team’s struggles.

Southampton became only the fourth side in English top-flight history to lose nine consecutive home games in the same season, after Birmingham in 1985/86, Wolves in 2011/12 and Watford in 2021/22.

They remain on nine points – two fewer than Derby’s record Premier League low and 17 adrift of Vitor Pereira’s Wolves.

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