Ronald Koeman will speak to Victor Wanyama about his disciplinary record in the coming days after the midfielder collected a whopping five game ban for his third red card of the season.

Wanyama was shown a straight red by Mark Clattenburg for the second time in this campaign as Saints defeated West Ham 1-0 at St Mary’s.

While there was little argument over Clattenburg’s decision to send off Wanyama at Norwich, the decision against the Hammers was more debatable.

But those two reds, allied to the one the Kenyan picked up against Bournemouth, means he will now serve a five match suspension.

That rules his out for the games against Swansea, Chelsea, Bournemouth, Sunderland and Stoke, meaning he won’t be able to play again until March 19.

It is clearly not something that Saints would wish for, and Koeman insists he will have words.

“I will speak with Victor,” insisted Koeman.

“I didn’t speak after the game because everybody was so happy about the final result and we have the whole week to analyse the game and to speak about those situations.

“Normally you need to be clever. Of course, we need players like Victor, because they are winning and doing tackles and most of the time it is good for the team.

“Sometimes you can’t take this risk what he took on the pitch in the second half.”

Wanyama picked up three red cards during his time at Celtic but seemed to have calmed things down on that front at Saints until his hat-trick of red cards in little more than three months.

The latest one was for a tackle on Dimitri Payet.

It looked harsh but by jumping in he did make it difficult for Clattenburg, something which Koeman conceded.

“Maybe out of the position of the referee it’s a red card,” said the Saints boss.

“I was in front of that tackle. Maybe it’s a little bit harsh to give him a red but I like to be respectful because I like the referee. It’s one of the best referees.

“Maybe out of his position it’s a red card.”

When put to him that the nature of the tackle meant Clattenburg had to make a big call, Koeman replied: “I agree with that. It’s not his first red card, it’s his third red card.

“That’s not good because you have to learn from mistakes.”

The sending off of Wanyama made things considerably harder for Saints, but they defended valiantly to secure another three points.

“Of course more difficult in the second half after the red card but in the start of the game we had good ball possession, 1-0 up,” reflected Koeman.

“They changed the system and a maybe it was tactical game first 45 minutes.

“After the red card good organisation defensively, good spirit, winning second balls and the best chances to score the second one.”