Wolves and Southampton both saw managerial shake-ups on Sunday, with Gary O’Neil being shown the door at Molineux and Russell Martin following suit after Saints’ thrashing by Tottenham.

The PA news agency takes a look at the two teams’ records and the current Premier League relegation scenario.

Southampton’s five points is one of the lowest ever totals at this stage of a Premier League season, matching Sunderland in 2005-06 and only better than Sheffield United’s two in 2020-21 – both teams ended up at the bottom of the table. The Saints have managed just one win out of 16 games, suffered 13 losses and netted 11 goals, all of which are the worst records in this season’s Premier League.

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Their 36 conceded goals is only surpassed by Wolves’ 40. They have allowed the most shots on target, 108, and have the fifth-worst goal difference ever at this stage of a Premier League season.

Martin’s team managed to scrape together just one point from his last six games in charge and let in five goals twice in the last three. The 38 year old’s first stint in the Premier League concludes after 16 games with a dismal 6.25 per cent win rate, a stark contrast to a club-record 25-match unbeaten run last season that led to promotion from the Championship.

Only 10 teams, including the Saints this season, have had fewer than Wolves’ nine points through 16 Premier League games. Despite ranking joint-eighth in goals scored this term with 24, they have the worst defensive record and second-worst goal difference.

They have lost 11 games, more than any other team except Southampton.

Recent Wolves games have been marred by ill-discipline – two players were cautioned after the final whistle in their last two matches. Mario Lemina lost the captaincy after clashing with West Ham skipper Jarrod Bowen, while Rayan Ait-Nouri saw red for a second yellow against Ipswich, with boss O'Neil slamming the incident as "unacceptable".

Matheus Cunha also confronted a member of Ipswich's security staff, prompting O'Neil to admit: "We have to keep control better."

These incidents followed a 4-2 defeat to Bournemouth, where they allowed Justin Kluivert to make Premier League history with a hat-trick of penalties, and goalkeeper Jose Sa argued with Wolves fans at half-time. O'Neil has a Premier League win rate of just 28.41 per cent from 88 games in charge of Wolves and Bournemouth, with 25 wins, 16 draws and 47 losses.

Wolves' relegation rivals are also struggling. Ipswich have won only twice this season, while Leicester, Everton and Crystal Palace, the three teams above the drop zone, have three wins apiece, with the Toffees having a game in hand.

Leicester, who are 17th, have already made a managerial change, sacking Steve Cooper last month. Ruud van Nistelrooy's side are Wolves' next opponents.

Last season's bottom three teams amassed a record-low 66 points, a total that could be threatened again this season, with Southampton, Wolves and Ipswich currently on track for a combined 62 points. – This marks only the second instance in the Premier League era where all three promoted teams faced relegation.

The current season's newcomers, Saints, Ipswich and Leicester, are languishing in three of the bottom four spots.