Southamptons 2-1 victory over Leeds at St. Mary's took them one place and one point above Blues into eighth place and sent the financially strapped Yorkshire side to rock-bottom of the table.
Blues, before Sundays game at Chelsea, do have two games in hand over some of the teams around them in the top ten and a win at Stamford Bridge would take them into sixth place.Premier Results On Saturday, 17th January 2004 Barclaycard Premiership Bolton Wanderers (0) 1 Portsmouth (0) 0 Everton (0) 0 Charlton Athletic (1) 1 Manchester City (0) 1 Blackburn Rovers (0) 1 Middlesbrough (1) 3 Leicester City (0) 3 Southampton (2) 2 Leeds United (0) 1 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2 Liverpool (0) 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 1 Manchester United (0) 0