Southampton v Swansea
Venue: St. Mary’s Stadium
Kick off: 2:15pm
Charlie Austin is not guaranteed a place in the Southampton team despite his first-half double against Sparta Prague in midweek.
The former QPR striker was in fine form in the Europa League but could lose his place for the game against Swansea.
Manager Claude Puel is expected to make wholesale changes to the team that ran out 3-0 victors at St Mary’s, as he prepares to restore the players he rested in the week.
Jose Fonte, Ryan Bertrand and Nathan Redmond could all start.
Swansea are set to return to a four-man defence at Southampton, and that could mean more disappointment for Neil Taylor.
The Wales international was hauled off before half-time of the 2-2 draw against Chelsea last weekend as manager Francesco Guidolin abandoned the experiment of playing three central defenders. Taylor could once again lose out to Stephen Kingsley, who has been first-choice left-back this season, at St Mary’s.
Record signing Borja Baston could make the bench after a thigh injury which has delayed his debut since a £15.5million move from Atletico Madrid, but winger Nathan Dyer has been ruled out for two months with an ankle problem.
Southampton provisional squad: Forster, Van Dijk, Fonte, Bertrand, Tadic, Redmond, Rodriguez, McCarthy, Austin, Yoshida, Long.
Swansea provisional squad: Fabianski, Fernandez, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Taylor, Mawson, Montero, Borja.