Southampton finished a run of four straight Premier League losses with a 3-0 win over powerless Everton at St Mary's.
The home side was not taking care of business however grabbed their first association points since November 24 civility of a Romelu Lukaku own goal, Graziano Pelle's twelfth of the season and a Maya Yoshida header.
The win keeps Southampton fifth while Roberto Martinez's conflicting side stays tenth after a vapid show that seldom tried Saints goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
Everton started well, maybe looking to adventure any home nerves taking after their poor run of structure, however neglected to form a chance while on top – Jose Fonte's splendid test denying Steven Naismith an acceptable shot at goal.
What's more as Saints gradually warmed to their undertaking, Sylvain Distin was fortunate to keep away from a booking – or actually yielding a foul – for apparently pulling down Shane Long on the break, while Pelle headed Nathaniel Clyne's traverse from 10 yards to serve cautioning of the house side's developing certainty.
Pelle did have the ball in the once again of the net halfway through the half – the official's whistle gives the ax any festivals after a mess in the development – and the home fans were then shouting for a punishment when Long beat Phil Jagielka to a high ball and afterward tumbled under the England guard's cumbersome test.
Equity was served from the ensuing corner however as James Ward-Prowse's inswinger was thumped into his own net from short proximity by Lukaku to proceed with a run of three continuous own goals by Everton at St Mary's.
Also it may have been two several minutes after the fact as Long and Ryan Bertrand joined well down the left, yet Pelle could just jab the ensuing cross the wrong side of the post.
Clyne's cross then fell just behind the on-surging Ward-Prowse as Saints finished the half in the power.
Everton's reaction after the split was to up their power, however they could discover no chance to get through a flexible Southampton safeguard magnificently marshaled by Fonte – depending on long-run potshots that once in a while beat the first man.
At the flip side, Southampton were upbeat to be a danger on the break and Distin was at full extend to cut Bertrand's cross before Pelle got the house side's second in the 65th moment.
With little room to manouevre, Clyne did splendidly to scrape out a cross from the right and Long's thump down tumbled to the Italian, who jabbed past Tim Howard from eight yards.
Fonte then met an alternate flawless Ward-Prowse conveyance with a stooping header that Howard did well to repel away in a gathered range, before Forster was at long last constrained into serious activity with a full-extend recovery to tip over Lukaku's 25-yard drive.
However any trust of an Everton recovery was finished eight minutes from time as Sean Davis' impudent cross with the outside of his boot was met by Yoshida, who ghosted between the two inside parts to head home and complete the win.
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