Newcastle seeing much early possession with Jonjo Shelvey dictating the play. No chances yet for either side.

It's a decent start from the Hammers as Alex McCarthy in the Saints net has to beat clear a cross from Mark Noble. All is friendly enough from the stands. So far.

Plenty of early ball for the hosts as Leicester sit in and look to hit Jamie Vardy on the break...

Burnley start with a buzz.

Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, on his first start for the club, makes a dart from the left and his cross-shot is saved by a calm Ben Foster.

Kevin Kilbane
Former Republic of Ireland winger on Final Score

Carlos Carvalhal won't change how he sets up today. Swansea won against Liverpool earlier in the season, so I don't see why he would change too much. Also Manchester United find it difficult to break down teams who defend deep.

Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 live

The first goal is important but what a lift it would give this team and this stadium if West Ham get the first goal here.

Let's go!

Garth Crooks
BBC Sport football expert

Jesse Lingard is a gamechanger. It would be foolish if Jose Mourinho didn't put him in the team, as he doesn't have that many game changers with Zlatan Ibrahimovic gone, Lukaku in and out of form.

22 starts, 13 goals for Lingard, any player that scores goals has to be involved. This kid is a real talent.

Messrs Gold & Sullivan are at the game today, but they are not in the same seats from where they were confronted so aggressively against Burnley.

Sir Trevor Brooking takes his seat. Almost time to get up and running.

Garth Crooks
BBC Sport football expert on Final Score

You get a sense that Huddersfield are running out of road, running out of gas. Can they keep going? You fear not. But today will tell us a lot about them. A win at St James' could give them the boost they need to stay up.

Here come the teams at a charged London Stadium...

Leon Osman
Former Everton midfielder on Football Focus

I think he (Rafael Benitez) sees a long-term project at Newcastle and I think he sees it as a massive club and a sleeping giant.

He is the type of manager that can identify where they can pick up points and make sure his team can do it.

That result against Man United a few weeks ago really brought confidence and they have gone on from then.

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Dave Merrington
Former Southampton manager on BBC Radio 5 Live

Mark Hughes has taken enthusiasm and direction into his management at Southampton. If he keeps them up I am sure he will want to stay.

No doubt the fans will want him to stay if he keeps them up; I know there was a bit of scepticism when the appointment was made.

He will give them the direction they need, today is absolutely crucial. If we win we go above West Ham, if we lose they go above us and we’re five points from them. That will be a big psychological factor.

Garth Crooks
BBC Sport football expert on Final Score

West Ham fans are desperately unhappy. They sit just above relegation and this fixture couldn't be more tense. A win can catapult them out of danger momentarily, give them breathing space.

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Ian Dennis, Jonathan Overend and Pat Nevin are in place at London Stadium - listen to commentary of West Ham v Southampton on BBC Radio 5 live and at the top of this page.

An ecclectic pre-match mixtape at the Hawthorns!

A unidentifiable reggae tune is followed by Feeling Hot Hot Hot.

The irony's not lost on the freezing fans in the stands.

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

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For all David Wagner's confident words, his Huddersfield players need to show they haven't 'hit the wall' as they approach "the last yards of the marathon".

Their last two games have been big opportunities missed, and defeat in this next match of huge significance really would test the togetherness Wagner has built his squad upon.

Newcastle look to have got it together to pace their run to the finish nicely. Rafa Benitez may not have had the funds he wanted in January, but the loan signings of Martin Dubravka and Kenedy have worked out superbly so far.

They need another home win to keep up the momentum. Huddersfield need points (and goals) to stop the rot."

John Roder
Match of the Day commentator

Both Watford and Bournemouth are almost assured of their place in the Premier League for another season. A win for either side will edge them that little bit closer to officially achieving that target.

When they met back in August, Richarlison took the headlines as he scored his first Watford goal in a 2-0 victory.

The Brazilian will be desperate to end his barren run, having not scored since November.

Bournemouth returned to winning ways by defeating West Brom before the international break, and will hope to build on that against a Watford side who have conceded eight goals in two games and not scored since their last victory, coincidentally against the Baggies four weeks ago.

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Eden Hazard was certainly guilty of starting a trend a few months ago when he gave a child his shirt.

The TV cameras pick out kids holding up signs asking for kits from Bruno, Glenn Murray and Pascal Gross as the players go in after their warm ups.

A stonking version of Seven Nation Army has boomed out around the Hawthorns.

We're taking bets at BBC Sport HQ about what song's going to come next.

Apparently the odds-on favourite is 'I've gotta feeling' by Black Eyed Peas.

We wait with breath that is baited...