Anthony Knockaert storms into the Southampton half and plays it wide to Alireza Jahanbakhsh, but the winger's ball is cleared by the first man.

It's a poor ball in and it ricochet's off a red shirt and behind for a Seagulls' goal kick.

It's been a slow start on the south coast.

James Ward-Prowse, fresh from his selection for England, fins the ball near the touchline before whipping a testing ball into the Brighton box.

It's headed away and now it's Saints' turn from the corner flag.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is in the thick of the action once again and the Saints skipper concedes the first corner of the game.

The visitors win the first ball into the box and Alireza Jahanbakhsh volleys over the bar from outside of the box.

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Yves Bissouma latches onto the loose ball and sets off deep inside his own half.

But Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg sniffs out the danger for the visitors and he concedes the foul.

The sun is beating down on the south coast but the football is struggling to live up to the weather in the early exchanges.

We've already had three goal kicks.

James Ward-Prowse gets us under way...

We are currently having a combined team photo in a show of support for the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign.

Nice touch.

Both sets of players and the officials have made their way to the pitch.

Wembley awaits for the hosts, but they cannot allow that to distract them today. Kick off is just moments away...

Conor McNamara
MOTD commentator at Amex Stadium

These clubs have delivered dramatic finishes in their previous two meetings this season. Charlie Austin's winner in the Carabao Cup came in the 88th minute, and Brighton snatched a draw in the league in September with a stoppage-time penalty from Glenn Murray.

Set-pieces are massively important for Brighton. Chris Hughton's side have scored more goals from free-kicks, corners, throw-ins and penalties combined than any other Premier League team this season.

Southampton hope that James Ward-Prowse's hot streak continues. Only Sergio Aguero and Sadio Mane have scored more Premier League goals than him in 2019.

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Southampton have dominated this fixture with 33 wins compared to the Seagulls' 20.

Today's visitors are unbeaten in the past four matches between the two sides and they haven't lost in Brighton since 2012.

That victory was Brighton's first home win against Southampton for 31 years.

Ominous.

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Chris Hughton has decided to select an unchanged Brighton side from their victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

Brighton: Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, Knockaert, Bissouma, Stephens, Propper, Jahanbakhsh, Murray

Subs: Button, Bong, Kayal, Locadia, Izquierdo, March, Burn

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Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has made two changes to his side that beat Tottenham in their last outing.

Danny Ings replaces Charlie Austin and Stuart Armstrong comes in for Jannik Vestergaard.

Southampton: Gunn, Yoshida, Bednarek, Valery, Bertrand, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Redmond, Ings

Subs: McCarthy, Stephens, Austin, Elyounoussi, Gallagher, Targett, Sims

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It's often dubbed the south coast derby, but in actual fact, there are 65 miles between Brighton and Southampton.

Nonetheless, just one place separates the two sides in the table and the trap door to the Championship is not far behind.

Saints are just two points above the relegation zone in 16th, while Brighton are five clear and one place ahead of their visitors, with a game in hand.

All to play for then at the Amex. Kick-off is just 10 minutes away...

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