Southampton vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more

Follow live coverage as Southampton face Fulham in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.

It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.

It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

Southampton FC 0 - 0 Fulham FC

Southampton vs Fulham

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Fulham get the game underway at St. Mary's Stadium!

Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

14:58

The players are making their way out of the tunnel and onto the pitch!

Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Fulham’s Leno has conceded 45 goals in the Premier League this season (excluding OGs), despite facing an xG on target total of 56.6. Indeed, according to our expected goals model, Leno has prevented more goals (11.6) than any other goalkeeper this term based on the quality of shots on target faced.

Southampton vs Fulham

14:52

Selles makes two changes to his Southampton side as Onuachu and Lyanco replace the injured Che Adams and Armel Bella-Kotchap. Silva keeps the same starting 11 that beat Leicester on Monday.

Southampton vs Fulham

14:50

SUBS: Marek Rodak, Shane Duffy, Neeskens Kebano, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Manor Solomon, Cedric Soares, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Sasa Lukic, Luke Harris.

Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Tosin Adarabioyo, Issa Diop. Antonee Robinson; Joao Palhinha, Harrison Reed; Harry Wilson, Tom Cairney, Willian; Carlos Vinicius.

Southampton vs Fulham

14:44

SUBS: Gavin Bazunu, Duje Calte-Car, Joe Aribo, Adam Armstrong, James Bree, Sekou Mara, Moussa Djenepo, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Mohamed Elyounoussi.

Southampton vs Fulham

14:42

SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2): Alex, McCarthy; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Jan Bednarek, Lyanco, Kyle Walker-Peters; Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, Theo Walcott; Carlos Alcaraz, Paul Onuachu.

Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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After a poor run of games, Fulham got back to winning ways with a 5-3 win over Leicester last time out. Marco Silva’s team do not have a lot to fight for as a European place will be very hard to attain. They will be boosted by the return of Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is available following his suspension.

Southampton vs Fulham

14:35

Southampton come into this game knowing that anything other than a win would see them relegated from the Premier League. Ruben Selles’ side have not won in their last 10 league matches, and it is unlikely that record will change today. The Saints truly have nothing to lose as their fans will hope for a brave performance today.

Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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Southampton vs Fulham

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