Leeds United's good recent run came to a crashing halt as Saturday's clash at Championship hosts Southampton ended in a 3-1 defeat after a dreadful first half display from Daniel Farke's Whites.
But the Leeds response soon flatted out and the Saints then doubled their lead just after the half hour mark through Smallbone who prodded home a clinical finish following a cutback from Kamaldeen Sulemana who got in behind Jamie Shackleton down the left flank.
As part of a dreadful first half, Glen Kamara then entered the book for a late challenge on Flynn Downes but things got a whole lot worse two minutes later as the Saints bagged a third as an Armstrong strike took a nick off Pascal Struijk for a Whites own goal. Armstrong was picked out by a crossfield pass into the box from Sulemana and the Saints attacker turned Byram inside out before unleashing a low drive which took a nick off Struijk en route to beating Meslier into the far left corner of the net.
Southampton's Jen Bednarek then became the third Saints player to pick up a yellow card but the hosts squandered a good chance to bag a fourth goal in first half stoppage time through Carlos Alcaraz who was presented with a free header that Meslier tipped over the bar for a corner which then flashed through the box.
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