In every Premier League season a ‘draw specialist’ emerges; a team flawed and inspired in equal measure whose twin personalities are reflected in an inability to be ruthless while having enough quality to not be beaten. Last year that team was Southampton, who drew just shy of one in three times across the campaign and the season before it was the Saints again, a fact that elicits sympathy for the fans having to endure so many stalemates in recent times. In 2017/18 it was 15 in 38 games. Twelve months earlier Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United matched that number and ultimately it was their many dropped points – or salvaged, depending on your interpretation – that led to a...
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