Southampton beat Sunderland 2-0 to move within two points of Premier League 2 Division 2 leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Callum Slattery set Radhi Jaidi's side on course for victory at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground with a strike from the edge of the penalty area in the first minute.
Marcus Barnes headed in Southampton's second from a Will Smallbone corner on 62 minutes.
Victory puts Saints up to fourth in Division 2, one adrift of Reading and Manchester United. Sunderland are bottom.
