Jack Cork believes a win at home to West Brom next weekend should secure Saints’ Premier League survival.

Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Swansea moved the club to 39 points and took them eight clear of the relegation zone.

Safety is now within touching distance, and Cork reckons the club could wrap it up at St Mary’s in their next match.

“We’ve got West Brom at home and if we can win that then hopefully that will be us safe I think, but at the minute we just need a few more points,” he said.

“We worked so hard last year and I was so happy for the lads to get up.

“For us to stay in the Premier League this year, I know how much it would mean to all of them.”

Cork, who was making his 100th Saints appearance, admitted he was happy to leave the Liberty Stadium with a point in the bag.

Saints might feel they should have had all three, after Adam Lallana appeared to score a perfectly good goal that was ruled out for an alleged foul on Swansea keeper Michel Vorm.

But it was the hosts who enjoyed the better of the play and the chances overall.

“We had to deal with a lot of pressure from Swansea in the second half and at the beginning of the first half,” he said.

“It was a hard game for us. The heat didn’t help, especially when you’re playing a team that likes to pass it round a bit, because we were going to have long spells without the ball.

“It was hard, but we also played some good stuff at times. We created a few chances and it was a good game. I think both teams would take the point.”

The build-up to the game involved plenty of talk about the similarity in style between the two teams, who utilise an almost identical formation and look to press high up the pitch, while playing a fast and incisive passing game.

It is a set of tactics Saints have used to excellent effect under Mauricio Pochettino, but Cork admitted they received a taste of their own medicine at times against the Welsh side.

“You don’t see as much of the football, and you have to concentrate a lot more without the ball, especially against a team like Swansea, because they’re always looking for little passes between the lines and to thread balls through,” he said.

“It was a very hard game, and the lads did really well to keep concentrating and just to keep that clean sheet.”