Southampton 0-1 Burnley: Sam Vokes ends Saints' unbeaten run as Clarets climb into Premier League's top six after keeping fifth clean sheet this season

Daily Mail | November 4, 2017

Burnley ended Southampton's four-match unbeaten streak on Saturday as an 81st-minute strike from substitute Sam Vokes sealed a 1-0 victory which took Sean Dyche's side to sixth in the Premier League.

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Sam Vokes scored his third Premier League goal of the season on Saturday as Burnley beat Southampton 1-0 at St Mary's

Vokes struck in the 81st minute after entering the action as a substitute from Chris Wood

Striker Vokes headed home from the penalty spot after a fine cross fromu00a0Johann Berg Gudmundsson — Striker Vokes headed home from the penalty spot after a fine cross from Johann Berg Gudmundsson

MATCH FACTS AND PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	10	9	1	0	29	28
2	Manchester United	10	7	2	1	19	23
3	Tottenham Hotspur	10	6	2	2	12	20
4	Chelsea	10	6	1	3	8	19
5	Arsenal	10	6	1	3	6	19
6	Burnley	11	5	4	2	1	19
7	Liverpool	10	4	4	2	1	16
8	Brighton and Hove Albion	11	4	3	4	0	15
9	Watford	10	4	3	3	-3	15
10	Huddersfield Town	11	4	3	4	-5	15
11	Newcastle United	11	4	2	5	0	14
12	Leicester City	11	3	4	4	0	13
13	Southampton	11	3	4	4	-2	13
14	Stoke City	11	3	3	5	-9	12
15	West Bromwich Albion	11	2	4	5	-5	10
16	Bournemouth	11	3	1	7	-7	10
17	West Ham United	10	2	3	5	-9	9
18	Swansea City	11	2	2	7	-6	8
19	Everton	10	2	2	6	-13	8
20	Crystal Palace	10	1	1	8	-17	4

Burnley's Chris Wood, back in the team after missing last week's loss at Man City, battled with Saints' Maya Yoshida (right)

Clarets defender Ben Mee was strong in the air as he emphatically beat Southampton strikeru00a0Manolo Gabbiadini to a header — Clarets defender Ben Mee was strong in the air as he emphatically beat Southampton striker Manolo Gabbiadini to a header

Nathan Redmond (left) was one of the Saints' brightest players but the hosts struggled against an organised Burnley backline

Winger Redmond came close with a decent effort in the first half but he was denied by in-form Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope

Oriol Romeu (left) and Jeff Hendrick went toe-to-toe in the centre of midfield

Burnley midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson grabbed hold ofu00a0Sofiane Boufal's shirt as the pair jostled for positionu00a0 — Burnley midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson grabbed hold of Sofiane Boufal's shirt as the pair jostled for position

Gudmundsson put his hands on his hips and wore a frustrated look on his face after missing a chance for Burnley

Boufal connected sweetly with a shot but Burnley had numbers behind the ball and were able to clear their lines