Adam Johnson continued his form in-front of goal as he sealed a point for Sunderland after they went two goals down in the first half.
A first half dominated by Southampton saw Jay Rodriguez and Dejan Lovren put them 2-0 before Fabio Borini pulled one back for Sunderland.
The second half was an end-to-end encounter with Adam Johnson making the most of an opening to fire the Black Cats level.
The point moves Sunderland up to 18th while Southampton remain at 8th, however, the Saints will be more concerned with what appeared to be serious injuries to both Lovren and Gaston Ramirez.
Southampton’s Rodriguez superbly struck his 11th goal of the season to put the resignation of their Chairman, Nicola Cortese out of mind after four minutes.
The Saints continued to create chances with their 75 per cent possession 21 minutes in when Ricky Lambert narrowly missed the target after a flowing team move.
Lovren doubled Southampton’s lead after 31 minutes with a guided volley from Steven Davis’ corner.
A minute later Borini pulled one back for Sunderland with his shot creeping into the bottom corner of Artur Boruc’s goal.
Sunderland started the second half brightly and Borini appeared to put them level but he was rightly judged offside and his 65th minute goal was disallowed.
Johnson scored his fourth goal in two games to draw Sunderland level after 71 minutes with a powerful strike.
Southampton were forced into using their last two substitutions as Ramirez and Lovren were both stretchered off after 87 minutes.
Sunderland were unable to add to the three game winning streak with it finishing in a draw.
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