Southampton will seek to win back-to-back league games for the first time in more than 18 months when basement-boys Sheffield Wednesday visit on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
After three straight defeats ended Will Still's tenure at St Mary's, Saints held on to win 2-1 at QPR on Wednesday under interim boss Tonda Eckert to climb to 19th, six points clear of the bottom three.
Wednesday were pegged back to draw 1-1 at home to Norwich on the same night to make it eight games without a win and remain bottom on -4 points, still effectively 18 short of safety.