 He finished the 2009–10 season with a total of twenty goals in all competitions, netting his 20th on the final day of the season against Southend United.This made him the first Southampton midfielder to score twenty goals in a season since Matthew Le Tissier's 30 in the 1994–95 season.On 7 January 2011, Lallana signed a new contract with Southampton which would expire in the summer of 2015.