Thursday’s Europa League victory over Sparta Prague gave Claude Puel the first win of his reign and some welcome selection options. Charlie Austin put forward a strong case for a start against Swansea by scoring twice against the Czechs and the whole team looked comfortable in a 4-3-3 formation. The manager could build on that performance as he seeks his first Premier League win. Paul Doyle

Kick-off Sunday 2.15pm

Venue St Mary’s Stadium

Last season Southampton 3 Swansea City 1

Referee Mike Jones

This season G1, Y2, R0, 2.00 cards per game

Odds H 4-6 A 5-1 D 14-5

Southampton

Subs from McCarthy, Martina, Yoshida, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Long, Rodriguez

Doubtful None

Injured Boufal (knee, 16 Oct), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DLDL

Discipline Y8 R0

Leading scorers Redmond, Rodriguez 1

Swansea City

Subs from Nordfelt, Taylor, Bastón, Routledge, Fulton, Rangel, Montero, Britton, Van der Hoorn, McBurnie

Doubtful None

Injured Dyer (ankle, Nov)

Suspended None

Form WLLD

Discipline Y7 R0

Leading scorer Fer 3