And that's it!

Mark Hughes will be a relieved man.

Southampton hung on and the hosts just could not find a way through with Alex McCarthy in fine form in the Saints goal.

Danny Ings and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg win it for the visitors, despite Charlie Austin's penalty miss.

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Goodbye for now!

A terrific stop by Alex McCarthy may just have earned Southampton the points here.

He blocks Christian Benteke's point-blank header.

The Saints keeper has been superb today.

Southampton edging ever closer to those three points now.

They've survived plenty of Palace pressure but have managed to find their way back up the pitch and take the action away from Wayne Hennessey's goal.

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Palace are ramping up the pressure here and Alex McCarthy is forced into another excellent stop.

Southampton are under real pressure here and just can't keep hold of the ball.

Nervous moments for Mark Hughes.

Plenty of chances in this second half. Christian Benteke fails to direct a header on target as Palace search for a route back into this one.

Danny Ings is replaced by Oriol Romeu as Mark Hughes looks to see out a first Premier League victory of the season for Southampton.

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Cheikhou Kouyate replaces Andros Townsend for Palace while Southampton swap Mohamed Elyounoussi for Matt Targett.

Are Saints going to regret all these missed chances?

Mohamed Elyounoussi can only hit the crossbar as the visitors look to double their slender advantage.

Charlie Austin misses it!

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Aaron Wan-Bissaka handles the ball and Southampton have the chance to double their lead.

In the middle of all that, Shane Long has had to leave the field after picking up an injury, to be replaced by Charlie Austin.

How has that not gone in?

Christian Benteke, Patrick van Aanholt and James McArthur all stab at the ball as it bounces around the many bodies jammed inside the Southampton penalty area, but agonisingly none of them are able to convert for the home side.

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James McArthur goes so close to equalising for the hosts, but his curling effort from distance strikes the crossbar.

This feels like a completely different game to the first half.

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We've talked about how important it is for Danny Ings to have a good start both for Southampton and him personally.

It is a lovely finish through Wayne Hennessey’s legs. Two goals this season will do him a world of good.

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Back under way!

And that's it for the first 45 minutes.

It's been OK, I suppose.

Luka Milivojevic almost delivers a much-needed moment of quality in this game as he hits a sweet volley from the edge of the penalty are following Andros Townsend's looping pass.

Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, fresh from his midweek England call-up, is equal to it.

The second half will have to contain something special for this game not to feature quite low down on the Match of the Day running order, you feel.

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After a very tight, fairly uneventful start to the match, you feel Southampton are on top now.

They've restricted the hosts and have had quite a few decent opportunities so far - but Wayne Hennessey has been equal to everything.

Palace, to this point, are really missing their main man Wilfried Zaha.