Southampton vs Stoke City: Latest score as Bojan strike gives visitors the lead

Follow all the latest from this afternoon's Premier League match at St. Mary's

Charles Reynolds
Saturday 21 November 2015 07:53 EST
Comments
(Getty Images)

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Southampton vs Stoke City, one of today’s 3.00pm Premier League kick-offs.

Preview: Southampton vs Stoke City

Key stats

  • Four of the six Premier League meetings between these two sides have been draws.
  • Southampton are undefeated in their last six league matches but both of their losses this season (Everton 0-3, Manchester United 2-3) have come at home.
  • Ronald Koeman’s men have scored a more headed goals than any other team this season (6).
  • Stoke have kept a clean sheet in their last four away games in all competitions.
  • That undefeated run includes three 1-0 victories (against Fulham in the Capital One Cup, Swansea City and Aston Villa in the Premier League)
  • The last time Mark Hughes’ side conceded on the road was to Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud on 12 September.

Team news

Southampton: Stekelenburg, Fonte, Bertrand, Cedric Soares, Van Dijk, Davis, Wanyama, Tadic, Clasie, Pelle, Long

Substitutes: K. Davis, Yoshida, Mane, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Juanmi, Caulker

Stoke City: Butland; Pieters, Wollscheid, Shawcross, Johnson; Adam, Whelan; Arnautovic, Bojan, Shaqiri, Walters

Substitutes: Haugaard, Ireland, Wilson, Afellay, Diouf, Cameron, Crouch

Follow all the action with our live blog below…

Please allow a moment for the live blog to load.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in