Maya Yoshida has called on his Southampton team-mates to do everything to ensure they can progress to the Europa League knockout stages as quickly as possible.
Southampton, who are second in Group K on seven points, travel to leaders Sparta Prague on Thursday, while third-placed Hapoel Be'er Sheva of Israel play struggling Italian side Inter Milan in the fifth round of fixtures.
Hapoel need to win to keep their hopes of qualifying alive, while the Saints are guaranteed to progress if they beat Sparta and the Israeli side lose or draw.
'We are almost through to the next round but these winning points are really important for us; we have to make sure we get them,' Japanese international Yoshida told the club's website.