Southampton 0-2 Leeds: Patrick Bamford scored again while Tyler Roberts scores late clincher

Patrick Bamford scored his 16th goal of the season to help earn Leeds a late win at Southampton.

Bamford struck with 17 minutes left, to set Marcelo Bielsa’s men on their way to a third straight win, and ruin their return to St Mary’s for Southampton’s supporters.

Tyler Roberts added an injury time clincher to make it 2-0. Bamford’s goal, which lifted Leeds up to eighth, capped an eventful second half for their No.9. 

Striker Patrick Bamford scored the first goal for Leeds against Southampton on Tuesday night 

The Leeds forward celebrates his strike after prodding the ball home in the 73rd minute 

Tyler Roberts made sure of all three points after converting a rebound in stoppage-time 

St Mary’s welcomed back 8,000 fans for the Premier League clash on Tuesday evening 

He was denied once by Alex McCarthy, saw his appeals for a penalty fall on deaf ears and then needed lengthy treatment after an accidental but painful-looking clash with Mohammed Salisu.

Bamford was then jeered when he re-entered the pitch and then cemented his place as the pantomime villain when he scored, celebrating smugly in front of the home fans.

There were just over 8,000 of them inside St Mary’s and the extra percentage supporters provide appeared evident in Southampton’s lively start.

They had an added spring in their step and intensity in their hassling of Leeds and forward raids.

Che Adams had a header from Stuart Armstrong’s cross acrobatically tipped behind, Theo Walcott, whose permanent switch to Southampton was confirmed earlier in the day, rounded Kiko Casilla but saw his cross cleared and Armstrong also fired over.

Leeds, renowned for their own high-energy approach took a while to get to grips with Southampton’s.

Their first attempt did not arrive until Stuart Dallas dragged a volley wide in the 24th minute.

The first-half pattern soon resumed though.

Adams extended Casilla a second time with a snapshot from the edge of the box before Nathan Tella reacted just too late to James Ward-Prowse’s corner, the ball beating Leeds’s keeper but hitting the youngster and flying over.

Ward-Prowse was next to go close for Southampton just a couple of minutes after the restart, clipping the angle of post and bar with a trademark dipping, curling free-kick.

Stuart Armstrong shoots at goal in the first-half whilst under pressure from Kalvin Phillips

Bamford receives treatment after an accidental clash with Southampton’s Mohammed Salisu

The action then swung to the other end and Southampton had McCarthy to thank for keeping the scores level.

Who flung himself full length to his right to brilliantly finger-tip Dallas’s volley wide and then stood firm to deny Patrick Bamford from a narrow angle.

Bamford’s next sight of goal was an even better one. Raphinha put the Leeds striker away, he rounded McCarthy, was clipped but stayed on his feet, and Jannik Vestegaard got back to snuff out the danger.

Bamford and Leeds appealed, claiming the contact was enough to warrant a penalty but referee Peter Bankes waved them away.

Leeds continued to enjoy the better moments as the game headed for the final quarter.

Bamford celebrates his second-half goal, which is his 16th of the season in the Premier League 

Danny Ings came on at half-time for the hosts but could not help his side find a breakthrough

Jack Stephens got back just in time to head Raphinha’s header off the line and McCarthy scrambled back into position too to keep out Ezgjan Alioski’s follow up.

With 17 minutes to go, Leeds got their reward. Raphinha chipped a ball over Southampton’s backline and Bamford got their just ahead of a hesitant McCarthy to squeeze the ball between the keeper’s legs, surviving an offside VAR check before the goal was given.

Roberts doubled Leeds’s lead with one minute left, slotting home after McCarthy had kept out another attempt from Bamford.