Confirmed Teams: Southampton vs Chelsea | Premier League

Chelsea face Southampton in the Premier League and the confirmed team news is in from St. Mary's Stadium.

Thomas Tuchel's side head to the south coast to face Ralph Hasenhuttl's side looking to clinch back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season.

Chelsea beat Leicester City last time out, while the Saints suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Manchester United.

Tuchel is expecting a high-intensity game on Tuesday night, admitting pre-match: "I had the chance to watch the game of Southampton (against Manchester United) live and saw a very strong side. They had a huge turnaround at Leicester to win the game, and you could see they gained a lot of confidence from it. They conceded, but they had a lot of touches in the box, a lot of shots against Manchester United and were very mobile upfront.

Thomas Tuchel and Ralph Hasenhuttl. (Alamy)

"What you can always expect in Southampton is a physical game, a running game, a high-intensity game. This is what it is. We need to recover well and be well prepared to repeat what we did last season."

Chelsea are without Reece James due to illness, while Billy Gilmour and Harvey Vale travelled with the squad down to the south coast.

Here is the confirmed team news from the south coast as Chelsea take on Southampton.

Southampton

Starting XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Salisu, Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, A Armstrong, Perraud, Elyounoussi, Adams

Bench: McCarthy, Lyanco, Bednarek, Aribo, Valery, S Armstrong, Djenepo, Walcott, Mara

Chelsea

Starting XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Mount, Ziyech, Havertz, Sterling

Bench: Kepa, Chilwell, Ampadu, Chukwuemeka, Gilmour, Kovacic, Pulisic, Vale, Broja

A general view of the stadium ahead of the Premier League match at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton. (Alamy)

Hakim Ziyech starts on the south coast for Chelsea, while Armando Broja starts on the bench against the club he spent last season on loan at.

James is out through illness and hasn't travelled with the team. Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Raheem Sterling all start.

Kalidou Koulibaly comes back into the side following suspension and starts in defence with Thiago Silva and Cesar Azpilicueta.

Jorginho has also, as expected, been given the nod to start with Mateo Kovacic making the bench.