Southampton ramped up the pressure on their automatic promotion rivals after brushing aside Preston North End at St Mary’s Stadium this evening. Russell Martin‘s side have moved within three points of third-placed Leeds United with a game in hand on the West Yorkshire outfit. Further, they are now just four points off Leicester City, who occupy the final automatic promotion spot. The South Coasters still have The Foxes and league leaders Ipswich Town to play in their remaining four games, so a top-two finish is certainly attainable. Against North End, Southampton were relentless and made a rea…
