Southampton's new manager Ivan Juric says his side are capable of "something exceptional" in their fight against relegation from the Premier League.
The Saints head into Christmas rooted to the bottom of the table on six points, half a dozen adrift of Ipswich in 19th and eight away from safety.
Only four teams have ever retained their place from the same position on 25 December in 32 seasons of the Premier League - although West Brom (2004-05), Sunderland (2013-14), Leicester (2014-15) and Wolves (2022-23) had all earned 10 points at the same stage.
"It will be a very tough job and I know that in the history nobody stayed in the Premiership with this situation, but I think there are a lot of good players, and we have [to be] much better in some moments of the game," said Juric.