Bournemouth

Joshua King misses out for Bournemouth today, while Fulham have Tom Cairney on the bench.

Wolves

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo on making his first change to his starting line-up this season: "It is a simple change. Adama comes in and Diogo comes out. The shape stays the same. It is just a matter of bringing in energy."

Wolves

For the first time this season, Wolves make a change to their starting XI!

In comes Adama Traore for Diogo Jota.

Full team news on its way.

Huddersfield Town

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Huddersfield Town have failed to score in 55.3% of their Premier League games (26 of 47); the highest share in the competition’s history.

Manchester United

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Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea says he is focused on "winning games, rather than contracts", despite being yet to agree a new deal.

The 27-year-old's contract runs out next summer, with the club having an option to extend to 2020.

United manager Jose Mourinho has said he is "not confident" the Spaniard will sign a new contract, but De Gea insists he is "very happy" at Old Trafford.

"You have to be focused on what's important," he told Sky Sports., external

Martin Keown
Former England defender on Football Focus

Newcastle are a sleeping giant.

Any other manager might be facing the sack but it’s about hanging on to Rafa Benitez as he is the man to save them.

BBC Radio 5 live

Former Cardiff City player Nathan Blake on BBC Radio 5 Live:

"If Cardiff are in danger come Christmas I personally would still stick with Neil Warnock.

"Before Neil came in Cardiff were going to League One in my opinion. He’s come in, done what he’s done for the club and saved them. Then promised ‘I’ll get you in the top eight, top six, maybe playoffs’ the year after. He totally exceeded expectation and got promoted.

"Cardiff’s problem is they don’t seem to have a plan beyond getting into the Premier League. People at the club relaxed, but after five or six games last season, you could tell they would be there, or thereabouts and should have put a plan of action in place."

Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on Football Focus

To see how Newcastle are as a football club is bordering on depressing.

I can't see a future. All I see is clinging on and survival and that's not what Newcastle are about. Rafa Benitez has not been given the tools. It's not good enough.

Shola Ameobi
Ex-Newcastle striker on BBC Radio 5 live's The Friday Night Social

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Rafa Benitez is a great manager and you know what he is doing. But you need people in the box, occupying defenders. You need to be flooding that area and the style of play unfortunately doesn't allow for that.

Scoring has been the problem all season. Newcastle have actually played some decent football but they're just not taking chances.

Simon Brotherton
Commentator on BBC TV

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This is not the most attractive match of the weekend on paper, but no less important for that.

Both will see this as an opportunity to collect much-needed points. Rock bottom Newcastle haven't won a game yet, while Southampton just can't seem to find the back of the net.

They cancelled out Bournemouth last week but haven't scored in four league matches, a run going back to the middle of September.

Newcastle slumped to the bottom of the table following last week's 1-0 defeat by Brighton at St James' Park. They became only the fourth side in Premier League history to lose their first five home games of a season and the other three were relegated.

We will have team news for all of today's 15:00 BST games in 15 minutes time. Who you waiting on?

Steve Bower
Match of the Day commentator

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Cardiff will have enjoyed this week much more than any other since their return to the top flight. Their long awaited first win of the season against Fulham will have been a much needed lift to spirits.

However, a trip to Anfield continues their tough introduction back to Premier League life. After it, they will have already faced all of the current top five this season.

Liverpool's midweek Champions League swagger only acted as a reminder of Cardiff's latest challenge, as does the fact Jurgen Klopp's team haven't been beaten at home in the league since April 2017.

To maintain pace with the champions, Liverpool cannot afford any margin for error in these fixtures.

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Liverpool have conceded only three goals in nine Premier League matches, a record that owes much to the summer arrival of Brazil keeper Alisson and the January purchase of Netherlands centre-back Virgil van Dijk.

When the Dutchman signed for a world-record £75m, Neil Warnock suggested Cardiff's Sol Bamba was a better defender.

"I think I'd been drinking if I'm honest," said the Bluebirds boss when reminded of his comment.

"What I meant was if Van Dijk was in our team, you'd see if he was a good defender. He doesn't have to defend that much in Liverpool's team because they're usually in the other half.

"I'm delighted Van Dijk is playing like he is because I think we could have bought him at Crystal Palace for £6m but my chief scout said he was too slow. I think he's still in a job as well!"

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender and BBC football expert

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In the Liverpool defence it’s about Virgil van Dijk. Joe Gomez is not same player without him, though he will be outstanding player in his own right.

Van Dijk has made the step up and made it look easy. And he has pulled everyone alongside him.

He’s a class payer on the ball but he does the horrible things, and he does them comfortably. It is good for an inexperienced player like Gomez it is great to play with him.

Gary Flintoff
BBC Radio 5 live reporter at Anfield

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The Cardiff City fans can expect a cold day on Merseyside. The Welsh side have won 11 of their 22 top-flight matches against Liverpool. That is balanced by Neil Warnock’s away record as a manager against Liverpool, which is played four, lost four, scored none!

There will be some celebrations in the away end if that changes this afternoon.

A £60m spend in January? A bold shout from Lawro!

You can see all of his predictions for this weekend here.

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender and BBC football expert

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Mike Ashley is much maligned by most of the Newcastle supporters, he’s a businessman. In January I do feel he will speculate to accumulate. Next year being in the Premier League is worth in the region of £160m.

Why wouldn’t you be spending £40m, £50m, £60m in January to make sure you will be in the Premier League for the previous season?

He won’t be able to sell the club for as much as he wants if come February or March they are bottom of the Premier League.

Jonathan Pearce
BBC Match of the Day commentator

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Forwards can win a match with a moment of individual brilliance. Clean sheets only come through bonded mutual defensive reliance.

Slavisa Jokanovic unglued the bond that had tied his team together through the grinding promotion campaign in the first game of this season, fielding six new players against Crystal Palace.

Half of the promotion team had been discarded. Dressing room division!

Twenty five goals conceded.

Bournemouth got it right. They stuck by their promoted team, strengthening gradually into a hardened unit capable of winning four of its last six games.

If Fulham don't defend soon with an 11-man bond, they'll go down.

BBC Radio 5 live

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Former Newcastle striker Michael Owen on BBC Radio 5 live:

"Newcastle are not playing well, they’re not scoring goals, they have lost a couple of players that did score goals, so that’s probably biting Rafa [Benitez] in the backside a little bit.

"They had a really poor start to the season last season and they gradually got themselves out of it, got themselves to a respectable position, so you have to trust Rafa to do that again."

If there's one game we are all banking on for goals this afternoon it's that one.

Southampton v Newcastle? Not so much...