Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Chelsea's Premier League trip to Southampton. Everything has gone pretty much to plan for Thomas Tuchel so far, as the German remains unbeaten. It is a different story for Saints, who have lost six consecutive league matches for the first time in their history. Time to change that.

Reece James looks for the run of Timo Werner early on, but gets too much on it.

KICK OFF! We are up and running on the south coast.

So here we go. Can Chelsea compound Saints' misery?

Is Hasenhuttl the issue? The Austrian has lost more Premier League home games than any other Southampton manager (W16 D7 L20). In fact, the Austrian has lost 47% of his home games in the competition with Saints - only Stuart Gray has lost a higher share with the club (71% - 5 of 7).

Losing 9-0 twice in 16 months won't have helped.

What a start it has been for Tuchel. The German has picked up 13 points from his first five Premier League games in charge of Chelsea (W4 D1), level with José Mourinho's first five with the club and bettered only by Carlo Ancelotti and Maurizio Sarri (15 pts each). Five of the last 10 managers to go unbeaten in their first six Premier League games have been in charge of Chelsea (Sarri, Ancelotti, Scolari, Mourinho, Gullit).

What does the future hold for the American?

Cheer up lads!

HEAD TO HEAD: Southampton have lost their last five home league games against Chelsea, their longest losing run against a specific opponent in their league history. Chelsea haven't failed to win either of their league meetings with Southampton in a season since 2014-15, when they drew 1-1 both home and away against them. Southampton have lost 24 Premier League games against Chelsea; only versus Manchester United (28) have they lost more in the competition.

MENDY AND KANTE BACK, SALISU DEBUTS: The big team news is that Edouard Mendy returns in goal for Chelsea, with Kepa Arrizabalaga back on the bench. N'Golo Kante also comes back in, in place of Jorginho. Reece James starts at wing-back. Southampton are without Kyle Walker-Peters this afternoon, meaning Mohammed Salisu makes his full debut for the south coast club.

TEAM NEWS - SOUTHAMPTON: McCarthy, Bertrand, Vestergaard, Bednarek, Salisu, Djenepo, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Ings, Minamino... Subs: Forster, Stephens, Adams, Tella, Ramsay, N'Lundulu, Ferry, Jankewitz, Chauke. /// CHELSEA: Mendy, Alonso, Rudiger, Zouma, Azpilicueta, James, Kante, Kovacic, Mount, Abraham, Werner... Subs: Arrizabalaga, Christensen, Jorginho, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Chilwell, Ziyech, Gilmour, Emerson

The teams are in...