2014–15 Southampton F.C. season

[13] Dani Osvaldo,[14] Jordan Turnbull,[15] Jos Hooiveld,[16] Gastón Ramírez,[17] Jake Sinclair,[18] Jack Stephens,[19] Artur Boruc[20] and Will Britt were loaned out.

[21] In the summer transfer window, the Saints made six full signings – winger Dušan Tadić from Twente,[22] striker Graziano Pellè from Feyenoord,[23] goalkeeper Fraser Forster from Celtic,[24] striker Shane Long from Hull City,[25] centre-back Florin Gardoș from Steaua București[26] and attacking midfielder Sadio Mané from Red Bull Salzburg.

[29] In January 2015 the club signed Bertrand on a full transfer, as well as bringing in midfielders Eljero Elia and Filip Đuričić on loan from Werder Bremen and Benfica, respectively.

[30][31] Midfielder Jack Cork left to join Swansea City,[32] while loan deals were completed for Jos Hooiveld to Millwall, Dani Osvaldo to Boca Juniors and Lloyd Isgrove to Sheffield Wednesday.

[41] The Premier League club largely dominated the match, although only won by a single goal courtesy of defender Jos Hooiveld's second-half conversion.

[41] Four days later, the Saints faced local Football League Championship club Bournemouth, again winning 1–0, with Lloyd Isgrove heading in the only goal of the game in the first half.

[43] James Ward-Prowse completed Southampton's scoring in the second half with a long range effort, while Kazenga LuaLua pulled one back late on for Brighton.

[43] The Saints hosted their final pre-season friendly against German side Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 9 August, losing the game 1–0 to a Graziano Pellè own goal despite a number of goalscoring chances, especially in the first half.

[45] The Saints returned to St Mary's Stadium for their first home game of the season on 23 August, drawing 0–0 with West Bromwich Albion.

[48] The club picked up their third consecutive league win the following week against Swansea City, with the only goal of the game coming from Victor Wanyama just ten minutes before the end of the match.

[50] On 5 October, Southampton travelled to White Hart Lane to face former manager Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham Hotspur, to whom they suffered their second defeat of the season.

[51] Two weeks later, Southampton hosted Sunderland and picked up their biggest win ever in the Premier League, thrashing the visitors 8–0 at St Mary's.

[58] Despite their dominance, it took Arsenal until the final minute of normal time to score, when Chilean striker Alexis Sánchez converted the only goal of the game.

[61] Toffees striker Romelu Lukaku headed the ball into his own net, before Pellè and centre-back Maya Yoshida scored in the second half to ensure that the Saints remained fifth in the Premier League going into Christmas.

[67] Jonjo Shelvey scored the only goal of the game from the edge of the penalty area late in the second half to win the match for the Swans.

[68] After long periods of attacking play, Sadio Mané finally scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time at the end of the game.

[77] Morgan Schneiderlin opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, but goals from Mame Biram Diouf and Charlie Adam in the second left Saints in sixth place.

[79] The Saints lost again the following week at Leicester City, with two first-half goals from Riyad Mahrez keeping the visitors from moving further up the Premier League table.

[80] Southampton picked up their final win in the penultimate game of the season, beating struggling Aston Villa 6–1 at St Mary's.

[81] The club missed out on sixth place in the table on the final day of the season when they lost 2–0 to second-placed Manchester City, with goals coming from Frank Lampard and Sergio Agüero.

[84] The replay took place ten days later, with Southampton winning 1–0 thanks to a Shane Long goal in the first half to progress to the fourth round.

[86] The Saints won the game 2–0, with Jack Cork and Graziano Pellè scoring their respective first goals for the club to send Southampton through to the third round.

[88] Early in the second half, Steven Nzonzi pulled one back for the hosts, and Mame Biram Diouf equalised for the Potters in the last ten minutes.