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

Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Southampton 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:

Newcastle United vs Southampton

Newcastle have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Southampton (W7 D3), a 2-0 away loss in November 2020.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

Sulles, meanwhile, makes five changes to the Saints side that lost 1-0 against Bournemouth. Romain Perraud is injured and so Lyanco comes in at right-back while Bella-Kotchap returns from injury to start in central defence with Caleta-Car dropping to the bench. In midfield, Stuart Armstrong and Sulemana are preferred to Elyounoussi and Adam Armstrong while in attack, Djenepo replaces Walcott who drops to the bench.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

Eddie Howe makes four changes from the Newcastle side that won 4-1 against Everton. In defence, Burn returns at left-back to replace Targett while in central midfield, Sean Longstaff misses out altogether with Gordon coming in to start. Almiron, who is still returning from an injury, is benched for Murphy while Wilson is rotated, with Isak the preferred striker today.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON SUBS: Ibrahima Diallo, Gavin Bazunu, Sekou Mara, Theo Walcott, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Adam Armstrong, Duje Caleta-Car, Che Adams.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2): Alex McCarthy; Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Lyanco; Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, Kamaldeen Sulemana; Moussa Djenepo, Carlos Alcaraz.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

NEWCASTLE SUBS: Miguel Almiron, Jamal Lewis, Matt Ritchie, Elliot Anderson, Martin Dubravka, Callum Wilson, Paul Dummett, Javier Manquillo, Matt Targett.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

NEWCASTLE (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman, Dan Burn; Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes, Joe Willock; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Joelinton.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

Southampton, meanwhile, appear to be inching closer and closer to Premier League relegation. Ruben Selles’ side have not won in their last eight games including defeat in their must-win midweek game against Bournemouth on Thursday. They sit rooted at the bottom of the league table and six points off safety but, with just five league games to go, the Saints will need to start picking up points even against today’s tricky opposition.

Newcastle United vs Southampton

There is plenty to fight for at both ends of the table for these two sides today. For Newcastle, there is a chance to take another step towards a return to elite European football. Aside from a disappointing 3-0 defeat against Aston Villa, Newcastle have won the rest of their last eight games to give themselves a commanding eight-point lead over Tottenham in fifth. The Magpies have scored 10 goals in their last two games and will be looking to continue their free-scoring form against today’s bottom-of-the-table opposition.

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