FINN AZ A THREAT IN & OUT OF THE AREA

FINN AZAZ has turned into a goal-machine at Southampton - and on Saturday he scored his fifth goal in his last four club appearances for the Championship side.

- BY MARK MCCADDEN

FINN AZAZ has turned into a goalmachine at Southampton - and on Saturday he scored his fifth goal in his last four club appearances for the Championship side.

Unfortunately for the Ireland star, having been on the winning side of a 3-2 injury-time win in Budapest just a couple of weeks ago, his 87th minute equaliser against Millwall counted for nothing, as the Lions hit back to score a winner deep into injury-time.

That 3-2 defeat brought to an end an impressive four-game winning streak, which saw the St Mary's side beat QPR (2-1), Sheffield Wednesday (3-1), Charlton (5-1) and Leicester City (3-0).

Azaz hit the net twice against Charlton, and one each against the Owls and Foxes -as well as on Saturday.

It's the first time in his career that he has scored in four consecutive Championship matches.

Last season, on three separate occasions, he managed to net in backto-back games for Middlesbrough on his way to scoring 12 goals at club level.