Right, while you digest the teams, let's have a quick flick through what else happened on match-day 19 of the Premier League yesterday...

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Southampton make one change to the side that started the 3-1 win at Huddersfield on Saturday as Pierre-Emile Hojberg, who was Saints captain that day, is suspended. His place is taken by Mario Lemina, with Oriol Romeu getting the armband.

Southampton: McCarthy, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Yoshida, Valery, Romeu, Lemina, Targett, Redmond, Armstrong, Ings.

Substitutes: Stephens, Long, Austin, Elyounoussi, Ward-Prowse, Gunn, Ramsey.

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West Ham make five changes from the side beaten 2-0 at home by Watford at the weekend.

Club captain Mark Noble drops to the bench and Javier Hernandez is not in the squad at all. Aaron Cresswell comes in and is skipper, with starting spots for Pedro Obiang, Angelo Ogbonna, Lucas Perez and Grady Diangana.

Andy Carroll is one of only six substitutes on the Hammers' bench, with 21-year-old forward Xande Silva and 18-year-old midfielder Conor Coventry both yet to feature in any Premier League match.

West Ham: Fabianski, Antonio, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Obiang, Diangana, Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson, Lucas Perez.

Substitutes: Carroll, Adrian, Noble, Masuaku, Xande Silva, Coventry.

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Andy Carroll has just four substitute appearances to his name this season and has not started a Premier League game since scoring twice in a 2-1 win over West Brom in January.

He starts on the bench again for the Hammers at St Mary's despite West Ham's minor injury crisis.

Will Manuel Pellegrini use Carroll as an impact sub later in the game?

The former Newcastle and Liverpool man does have form against the Saints, scoring three times in six games against them for West Ham.

Just the one change for Southampton, and it's an enforced one as suspended midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg makes way for Mario Lemina.

West Ham make five changes to the side that lost to Watford last time out - and only name six substitutes from a possible seven on the bench.

A "give me money to strengthen in January" message to the board from Manuel Pellegrini?

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender predicts this week's Premier League scores

West Ham's run of four straight wins ended with their defeat by Watford, and I have a feeling they will be reflecting on another loss after this game is over.

Prediction: 2-0

Lawro's full predictions v James bassist Jim Glennie

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Now, how about this for a cracking Christmas-themed stat... Manuel Pellegrini has the best record of any Premier League manager over the festive period - winning seven and drawing two of his nine games between 26 December and 4 January, all of which came while in charge at Manchester City.

According to Premier League statisticians, his closest rival is Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp, who has lost just once in 10 games, and... former Tottenham and QPR boss Gerry Francis!

Francis is also unbeaten, but drew three of the 10 games he managed during the festive schedule.

He just edges out ex-Liverpool manager Roy Evans and former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho.

We'll be giving you the sides as soon as we get them, but here's a quick look at who could be in or out this evening...

Southampton are without suspended midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who picked up a fifth booking of the season in the win over Huddersfield.

West Ham have several injury doubts, with Fabian Balbuena and Javier Hernandez facing late fitness tests and Marko Arnautovic out with a muscular injury, but Andy Carroll could make a first start in nearly a year.

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Ralph Hasenhuttl has been a hit at Southampton since his first game at St Mary's, getting the beers in for the home supporters before their surprise victory over Arsenal.

That drinks stunt, securing the Saints' first home league win since April and making it successive league victories for the first time in 20 months with a 3-1 success at Huddersfield on Saturday has already made the Austrian a fans' favourite.

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Hasenhuttl's side welcome West Ham to the south coast in the last game of this round of Premier League fixtures, with the Hammers now looking settled under their own new boss.

Manuel Pellegrini endured a difficult start to life in east London, but the Hammers had won four league games on the bounce before a defeat by Watford last time out.

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