Southampton vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Southampton face Newcastle United 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 vs Newcastle United
Newcastle have made only one change to their side from their win over Villa in their last outing. Joelinton is suspended after receiving his fifth booking of the season last week and is replaced in the final third by Murphy, who gets the nod over Saint-Maximin.
Southampton vs Newcastle United
Southampton have made four changes to their side from their defeat to Palace last time out. Bellat Kotchap and Larios come into the backline as Lyanco and Caleta-Car make way. Maitland-Niles slots into the midfield, while Walcott returns in the final third. Diallo and Aribo drop to the bench for the Saints.
Southampton vs Newcastle United
NEWCASTLE UNITED SUBS: Jamaal Lascelles, Jonjo Shelvey, Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Targett, Javier Manquillo, Chris Wood, Ryan Fraser, Karl Darlow, Elliot Anderson.
Southampton vs Newcastle United
NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman, Dan Burn; Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joe Willock; Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson, Joe Murphy.
Southampton vs Newcastle United
SOUTHAMPTON SUBS: Alex McCarthy, Lyanco, Duje Caleta-Car, Joe Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Sekou Mara, Samuel Edozie, Ibrahima Diallo, Romeo Lavia.
Southampton vs Newcastle United
SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1): Gavin Bazunu; Romain Perraud, Armel Bella Kotchap, Mohammed Salisu, Juan Larios; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, James Ward-Prowse; Theo Walcott, Stuart Armstrong, Mohamed Elyounoussi; Che Adams.
Southampton vs Newcastle United
Newcastle's outstanding form continued last time out against Aston Villa, hammering the Villans 4-0 at St James' Park. The Magpies are pushing themselves not only into contention for the top four, but also an outside chance in the Premier League title race. A year ago that would have been unthinkable, but under Eddie Howe the club have been transforrmed. He will be determined to continue their momentum to leave Newcastle in a strong position before the World Cup halts proceedings next week.
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