SAINTS keeper Kelvin Davis could be out until the New Year with a groin injury.

The club captain limped off in the second half of tonight's 3-1 win at Hartlepool and was replaced by Bartosz Bialkowski.

Saints boss Alan Pardew said after the match the early indications are that the club may have to cope without Davis through the Christmas period.

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