Town make one enforced change for this afternoon’s game at Southampton with Jens Cajuste coming in for his full league debut for Kalvin Phillips.

Cajuste will join skipper Sam Morsy in the centre of midfield with Phillips having picked up a minor thigh problem. Jack Taylor comes onto the bench.

Southampton make four changes from last week’s 3-0 defeat at home to Manchester United with contract rebel Kyle Walker-Peters, Chelsea loanee Lesley Uguchukwu and Ben Brereton-Diaz all dropping to the bench, and suspended skipper Jack Stephens missing out.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Charlie Taylor, Adam Lallana and ex-Town loanee Ryan Fraser come into the team.

Flynn Downes, the Blues’ youngest-ever captain, skippers the Saints for the first time in Stephens’s absence following his red card last week. Former Town loan keeper Alex McCarthy is on the bench.

Southampton: Ramsdale, Sugawara, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Fernandes, Downes, Taylor, Dibling, Lallana, Fraser, Archer. Subs: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Wood, Uguchukwu, Aribo, Cornet, Armstrong, Stewart, Brereton-Diaz.

Town: Muric, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy (c), Cajuste, Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics, Delap. Subs: Walton, Johnson, Townsend, Luongo, Taylor, Chaplin, Ogbene, J Clarke, Hirst. Referee: Sam Allison (Wiltshire). VAR: Jarred Gillett (Australia).

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arc added 14:54 - Sep 21 That's a shame—I thought Phillips was immense last week and got better and better as the game went on.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 15:07 - Sep 21 Cajuste is a very good replacement, though.
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MVBlue added 16:47 - Sep 21 Phillips > Cajuste right now
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bluesman added 18:50 - Sep 21 Six point win? 2-3 v 3-1 = a three point draw
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