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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Southampton in the Premier League today.
Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez shook off illness to face Southampton while Ashley Young and Philippe Coutinho returned for the injured Matty Cash and Douglas Luiz, who was on the bench.
Joe Aribo dropped to the bench in the only change from Southampton’s 1-0 defeat at Wolves and was replaced by Moussa Djenepo.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League updates
Aston Villa: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn, Bailey, Coutinho, WatkinsSouthampton: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Kotchap, Salisu, Perraud, Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Djenepo, Adam Armstrong, AdamsShow latest update
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Possession has been evenly split in the first 20 minutes of this game. Villa have been in possession for 51 per cent of the play.
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Villa work their way into the box as Watkins plays Bailey into a good position, but the winger once again struggles to get past Perruad and Southampton win a goal kick.
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Bailey tries to take on Perraud twice on the wing. The first attempt sees his pass intercepted by Salisu and the second ends swiftly as Armstrong helps his defender out to stop the winger.
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Both sides are struggling to find the necessary quality in the final third to create a good scoring opportunity early on in this game.
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Djenepo gets the better of Digne on the right-hand side and beats him for pace too. His cross to Adams in the box is put behind for a corner by Konsa. The set-piece leads to nothing.
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Southampton win a free-kick on the right-wing and Ward-Prowse crosses it in, but the Villa defenders deal with the cross easily and clear any danger.
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Southampton have their first spell of possession but are slow on the ball and cannot find their way through the Villa defence. Young wins the balls back for the hosts.
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Young drills a lot cross towards Watkins but Bella-Kotchap clears his lines and gives his side possession in the process.
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Villa are first to take the ball down and control it for a considerable amount of time. They are pressing very high when they lose the ball too.