Kamaldeen Sulemana scores overdue goal as Southampton see off Swansea in FA Cup Kamaldeen Sulemana ended a 37-game goal drought and Tyler Dibling scored twice as Southampton registered a first win under manager Ivan Juric by beating Swansea 3-0 in the FA Cup third round.
Club-record signing Sulemana, who cost a reported £22million from French club Rennes two years ago, found the net for the first time since May 2023 by lobbing the Premier League’s bottom side ahead at St Mary’s.
The Croatian kept faith with nine of the starting XI embarrassed by the Bees, while Swansea boss Liam Williams started second-choice goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin and dropped nine-goal top scorer Liam Cullen to the bench as part of his four changes.
A comfortable victory for the 1976 FA Cup winners, who are 10 points adrift of safety in the top flight, was only a fourth in 25 outings this term and ended an 11-match winless run stretching back to November 2.
Teenager Dibling benefited from a Sulemana assist to claim Saints’ second before adding another in the second period to finish off opposition sitting mid-table in the Sky Bet Championship.
