The Saints come out as 2-0 winners following a fantastic attacking display in the first half thanks to goals from James Ward-Prowse and Che Adams. This result seems them climb to fifth in the league, just three points off top of the table. Everton however, remain top of the table despite losing their first game of the season, they’ll be disappointed though as they seemed to always be stuck in second gear and Digne’s dismissal in the second half just added to their problems as they failed to get back into the game.
LINE-UPS from St. Mary’s
Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Redmond, Adams, Ings
Substitutes: Stephens, Long, Tella, Diallo, Vokins, N’Lundulu, Forster
Everton: Pickford, Godfrey, Mina, Keane, Digne, Doucoure, Allan, Sigurdsson, Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin, Iwobi
Substitutes: Delph, Nkounkou, Bernard, Andre Gomes, Gordon, Davies, Olsen
Team news:
James Rodriguez is in the starting line-up after being a doubt throughout the week and Ben Godfrey makes his full debut for the away side following an injury to captain Seamus Coleman
On loan Theo Walcott is unavailable for Southampton due to being unavailable to play against his parent club