Saints 'have quality players' - Eckert

Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert praised his "quality players" for their work in an emphatic victory over QPR on Tuesday night.

Saints took an early lead through Finn Azaz before a brace from Kuryu Matsuki and goals from Leo Scienza and James Bree.

The victory moves them up to seventh in the table and four points behind Wrexham who sit in sixth.

"There are many games we could have scored more than one and sometimes that's enough, but today there were some key moments that came out way and we do have some quality players on the pitch.

"These night games are always special at St Mary's," Eckert told BBC Radio Solent.

"It's a quick pitch and we needed to make sure that we are really sharp and we were right from the beginning, the first goal was because of that.

"I'm very big on confidence and I believe every player needs to back themselves, he (Matsuki) has got his head down and worked hard despite not playing very minutes and today is a consequence of that.

"We're still not where we want to be, we have to keep our heads down, be humble and keep working, we need to turn this into a really good month when we have our game Saturday."

Saints are next in action when they travel away to already relegated Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.