Goals from Joel Ward and Wilfried Zaha helped Crystal Palace pile more misery on out-of-form Southampton in a 2-1 FA Cup third-round victory.
Southampton headed into Saturday's contest at St Mary's having won just once in their past nine matches, albeit that coming in a 4-0 win over Premier League leaders Arsenal.
And Ronald Koeman's side were 1-0 down at half-time as Ward, who started his career with Saints' rivals Portsmouth, finished a fluent Palace counter-attack.
That goal came against the run of play with Shane Long and Steven Davis missing good first-half chances for Southampton and Oriol Romeu levelled from close range early in the second half.
But Palace, who beat Saints at the same ground 3-2 in the fourth round last season, were not to be denied as Zaha's 69th-minute volley delighted the visiting fans.
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