Chelsea face Aston Villa at Villa Park in just under an hour, and the teams are in!
Injuries have ravaged Graham Potter’s squad in the last few weeks, with Wesley Fofana and Reece James joining N’Golo Kante on the sidelines.
There is no obvious replacement for James in the squad, so whatever XI Potter picked was always going to have a funny look to it.
In goal is Kepa, up front is Kai Havertz, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Raheem Sterling.
In midfield it’s Mateo Kovacic and Mason Mount – but that’s where it gets complicated.
Is it a back four, with Marc Cucurella or Ben Chilwell at right back, the other on the left and Thiago Silva and Trevoh Chalobah in the middle, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek joining Mount and Kova in the middle? Or is RLC at right wing back with Chelsea in a 343?
As always, we will just have to wait to see it out on the pitch before we know for sure.
Here are the full team line-ups for Southampton vs Chelsea (kick off at 14:00 pm GMT)
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