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SAINTS thumped Huddersfield 5-0 at St Mary's tonight, as they closed the gap on the playoffs..

Alan Pardew's men followed up Saturday's 5-1 win over Walsall with a 5-0 drubbing of the Terriers.

Saints are now 14 points behind sixth-placed Huddersfield with two games in hand.

Daily Echo: Read View from the Stands

KEY EVENTS

• 90: Full-time Saints 5 Huddersfield 0.

• 87: Lambert off, Oxlade-Chamberlain on.

• 86: Saints goal. Waigo is played in, turns one defender inside out, then rounds the keeper to score. Saints 5 Huddersfield 0.

• 81: Radhi Jaidi off, Dan Seaborne on.

• 80: Lee Barnard off, Papa Waigo on.

• 78: Saints goal. Jason Puncheon’s corner is headed in by Dean Hammond at the near post. Saints 4 Huddersfield 0.

• 73: Jose Fonte heads just over from a corner.

• 45: Half time. Saints 3 Huddersfield 0.

• 34: Saints goal. Jason Puncheon breaks into the right side of the area, cuts back onto his left foot and curls a shot into the bottom corner via the inside of the post. Saints 3 Huddersfield 0.

• 24: Saints goal. Lee Barnard loops a header from Dean Hammond’s cross over the keeper. Saints 2 Huddersfield 0.

• 16: Saints goal. Jason Puncheon gets to the right by-line and stands up a cross which Rickie Lambert heads in off the underside of the bar. Saints 1 Huddersfield 0.

• 00: Kick-off is at 7.45pm.

Saints

Davis, Otsemobor, Fonte, Jaidi, Harding, Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Hammond, Lallana, Lambert, Barnard.
Subs (not used): Bialkowski, Seaborne, Thomas, Wotton, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Papa Waigo, Antonio.

Huddersfield Town

Smithies, P. Clarke, T. Clarke, Trotman, Heffernan, Kay, Roberts, Drinkwater, Pilkington, Rhodes, Novak.
Subs (not used): Eastwood, Collins, N. Clarke, Simpson, Pearce, Robinson, Eccleston.

Referee: Mr. P Miller, Bedfordshire.

Attendance TBA.

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