Oriol Romeu 8, James Ward-Prowse 8; Dominic Calvert-Lewin 4, Lucas Digne 5: Southampton v Everton player ratings

Lucas Digne sent off for lunge on Kyle Walker-Peters as Everton lose unbeaten record

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  SOUTHAMPTON RATINGS: Alex McCarthy - 6: Other than a Sigurdsson effort that rattled his crossbar the Southampton keeper had precious little else to do. AFP

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  Kyle Walker-Peters - 7: Defended well and looked to break forward at every opportunity. Thankfully avoided a nasty injury after Digne's clumsy challenge led to a red card for the Everton left-back. AFP

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  Jan Bednarek - 7: Made several interventions to snuff out Everton attacks before they even had the chance to develop. AFP

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  Jannik Vestergaard - 8: The giant Dane won everything in the air, everything on the ground and forced a fingertip save from Pickford. AFP

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  Ryan Bertrand - 7: Linked really well with Armstrong down Southampton's left and had a decent shout for a penalty waved away. EPA

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  Nathan Redmond - 7: A constant menace but let down by poor decision making on occasion. Reuters

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  Oriol Romeu - 8: The Spaniard shielded his defence brilliantly. Crisp and simple passing and stung Pickford's hands twice with long-range efforts. AFP

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  James Ward-Prowse - 8: Few players strike the ball better than the Englishman as seen with his unstoppable effort to put Saints ahead. EPA

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  Stuart Armstrong - 7: Full of running and popped up on both wings to cause the Everton defence headaches all round. AFP

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  Danny Ings - 8: Southampton's main source of goals turned provider today with two assists. EPA

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  Che Adams - 7: Showed a cool head to slot home his side's second and linked well with his teammates. Reuters

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  SUBS: Ibrahima Diallo (Armstrong 86') - N/A; Dan N'Lundulu (Adams 89') - N/A: Neither sub had any time to make an impact with the match already won. EPA

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  EVERTON RATINGS: Jordan Pickford - 7: Fine stops to deny Romeu and Vestergaard. Distribution solid as per. AFP

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  Ben Godfrey - 6: Stuck to his task in the unfamiliar role of right-back but Everton really missed the enterprise and leadership of Seamus Coleman. AFP

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  Yerry Mina - 6: The Colombian won his fare share of aerial battles but struggled with Southampton's runners. AFP

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  Michael Keane - 8: Tackled his heart out and tried to instigate attacks from the back. AFP

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  Lucas Digne - 5: Even before his red card the Frenchman had an afternoon to forget against Saints. AFP

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  Abdoulaye Doucoure - 5: The Frenchman was a non-factor at either end with Southampton playing through him at will. EPA

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  Allan - 6: Everton's enforcer came off second best against Romeu and Ward-Prowse. EPA

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  James Rodriguez - 6: The Colombian cut a frustrated figure throughout. Reuters

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  Gylfi Sigurdsson - 5: Recalled to the side and had Everton's best chance when his rasping drive crashed against the bar. That was about as much influence as he exerted on the game before being replaced midway through the second half. AFP

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  Alex Iwobi - 4: Started on the left of Everton's midfield but his afternoon was defined by a poor attempt to control a Rodriguez pass with his chest that he completely mistimed. Replaced at half time. AFP

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  Dominic Calvert-Lewin - 4: The league's top scorer only had one touch of the ball in Southampton's penalty area, and the less said about that the better. Reuters

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  SUB: Bernard (Iwobi 45') - 5: Was arguably even less effective than the man he replaced on the left of Everton's midfield. AFP

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  SUB: Anthony Gordon (Doucoure 58') - 6: The young winger was Everton's best attacking player by a distance in his half-hour cameo. Reuters

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  SUB: Fabian Delph (Sigurdsson 58') - 6: The midfielder was forced to cover at left-back following Digne's sending off. AFP

Southampton beat Premier League leaders Everton 2-0 at St Mary's Stadium on Sunday with goals from James Ward-Prowse and Che Adams as Carlo Ancelotti's side became the final club to lose a game this season.

Everton remain top of the standings with 13 points and a healthier goal difference than city rivals and reigning champions Liverpool but Southampton moved up to fifth with their third win in four matches.

"We knew it was a good challenge for us, they came here unbeaten and we didn't like that feeling. Our confidence was high," Ward-Prowse told Sky Sports.

"We were aggressive, we believe in what we are doing and we have the quality to go and score goals ... This gives us a lot of confidence, we weren't really troubled."

With about 20 minutes to go, Everton were reduced to 10 men when defender Lucas Digne was sent off for a straight red card after he fouled Kyle Walker-Peters and Carlo Ancelotti could not bring on another defender having already made three substitutions.