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FULL TIME: Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton

It's a big three points for Mauricio Pellegrino's side, as they record their first away win of the season! Steven Davis's early goal, on his 200th appearance for the club, was enough to separate the teams, and it was a very well deserved victory for the visitors!

Southampton substitution: Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Shane Long

It's a final change of the afternoon for Mauricio Pellegrino.

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Cédric nearly seals it

The right-back breaks into the area, cuts onto his left foot and sends in a low shot, but Wayne Hennessey makes the save.

Southampton substitution: Virgil Van Dijk replaces Dušan Tadić

It's Saints' second change.

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Southampton substitution: James Ward-Prowse replaces Nathan Redmond

Saints make a switch.

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Romeu heads wide

Steven Davis swings in a corner, which Oriol Romeu meets at the near post, but he sends his header wide of goal.

Yellow Card for Shane Long (Southampton)

Long gets a booking after arguing with referee Robert Madley.

Torrential rain at Selhurst! ☂️

The weather has taken a turn for the worse at Selhurst Park in the second half, as the above photo shows!

Saints back on the front foot

A clever cross from Ryan Bertrand picks out Shane Long in the area, but the ball is ever so slightly too high for the leaping striker to be able to head on target. Saints then keep the pressure on, but Nathan Redmond's shot from the edge of the box is blocked.

The second half begins!

We're back under way here at Selhurst Park! Let's see this through, boys! 👊

Best images from the first half! 📸

Take a look back at some of the best images from our photographers from the opening 45 minutes at Selhurst Park.

HALF TIME: Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton

Steven Davis's early goal, on his 200th Saints appearance, gives Mauricio Pellegrino's men a deserved lead as we reach the interval at Selhurst Park.

Hennessey saves from Redmond

Nathan Redmond again threatens, this time with a low shot from 25 yards, but there's not as much power behind it as he would like and Wayne Hennessey dives to his right to save well.

Tadić sees goal-bound effort blocked

Nathan Redmond goes on a brilliant driving run into the area, with the ball eventually then falling to Dušan Tadić just inside the box. His low, first-time shot appears to be heading for the bottom corner, but is well blocked.

Lemina impressing in midfield

It's been an eye-catching half so far from Mario Lemina, who has helped Southampton control the ball and much of the game.

Redmond tests Hennessey from distance

It's a fierce strike from 25 yards by Nathan Redmond, but Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey gets behind it well to knock it down and collect it. Saints posing more danger, though.

Lemina threatens again

Some superb skill from Mario Lemina sees him slalom past a couple of Crystal Palace players, opening space up 30 yards out. Unfortunately, Lemina drags his shot tamely wide, but the build-up was another eye-catching piece of play from the midfielder.

Davis celebrates the opener! 📸

Steven Davis turns away in celebration, after giving Southampton a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute at Selhurst Park. What a way for the club captain to mark his 200th appearance for Saints!

GOALSCORER 8 Steven Davis

GET IN, DAVO!

Dušan Tadić gets to the byline and sends in a cross, which Wayne Hennessey dives to punch away, but it stops straight to Steven Davis on his 200th Southampton appearance, as he slots into the bottom corner!

Saints apply a bit of pressure

Crystal Palace fail to properly clear a cross from Cédric, allowing the alert Mario Lemina to latch onto it just inside the area, but his shot is well blocked.

We're underway!

Let's do this, boys! 👊

Final preparations ✅

The Saints players have now completed their warm-up and the teams are in the tunnel at Selhurst Park 😇

He's back!

Virgil van Dijk returns to the squad on the Southampton bench today. Kick-off is now just 15 minutes away! ⌚️

When you change a manager a lot of things are up in the air, but the quality of the players is the same. we have to work hard to control them.

mauricio pellegrino

southampton manager

See the players arrive at Selhurst Park

The squad are fine tuning their preparations ahead of kick-off, and our camera crew were on hand to capture their arrival in South London.

Four changes for Saints

Mauricio Pellegrino makes four changes to his side following the defeat to Watford last time out, including the return of Maya Yoshida - Saints' Player of the Month for August 🏆

Crystal Palace team confirmed

Starting XI: Hennessey, Ward, Fosu-Mensah, Dann, Schlupp, McArthur, Cabaye, Loftus-Cheek, Puncheon, Townsend, Benteke.

Subs: Speroni, Tomkins, Kelly, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Lee, Sako.

Saints team confirmed

Starting XI: Forster, Cédric, Yoshida, Hoedt, Bertrand, Davis (c), Romeu, Lemina, Redmond, Tadić, Long.

Saints have arrived!

The players, led by boss Mauricio Pellegrino, are at Selhurst Park in good time ahead of today's 12.30 kick-off.

Milestone man?

Could Steven Davis be in line to make his 200th Saints appearance today? Team news announced in 20 minutes 👀

We have to turn the page and start again. it's a big game for both teams. we have to do everything in our power to go there and get three points.

Wesley Hoedt

southampton defender

Saints prepare for Palace 📸

Our cameras were trained on the players as they went through one of their final sessions this week, in preparation for today's game. Take a look at some of the images here.

Pellegrino previews Palace

How will the arrival of Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace affect Southampton's preparations for the game? That was one of the questions we asked Mauricio Pellegrino in the build-up this week. Find out what he had to say in our interview here.

It's matchday! 😇

Welcome to the latest edition of Matchday Live! We're on the road today, as we visit Crystal Palace in the Premier League! As always, we'll bring you the build-up, team news, match updates and FREE live audio commentary, so stick with us for all the action. Kick-off is at 12.30pm BST!