Southampton 4 Norwich 3

Portsmouth 4 Southampton 1

Bolton 1 Southampton 1

Robbie Keane gets a rare start for Tottenham today as they bid to halt Liverpool's Champions League push. See all today's teams below.

Teams ahead of this afternoon's Premiership action.

SOUTHAMPTON assistant boss Jim Smith was delighted at the way his side climbed out of the bottom three with a deserved victory against Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough 1 Southampton 3

Midfielders Jamie Redknapp, Graeme Le Saux and Nigel Quashie are all expected to return to Southampton’s side as they bid for their first away win of the Barclays Premiership season at Middlesbrough on Sunday.

Southampton boss Harry Redknapp included striker Kevin Phillips in his starting line-up for tonight’s FA cup fifth round replay against Brentford.

Swedish midfielder Anders Svensson will return to Southampton’s squad for the clash with Barclays Premiership champions Arsenal at the St Mary’s Stadium.

Tonight's Premiership team news.

Southampton’s new signings Henri Camara and Olivier Bernard go straight into Harry Redknapp’s squad for the Barclays Premiership match at Birmingham tomorrow.

New signing Nigel Quashie will miss Southampton’s clash against his former side Portsmouth when the two sides meet for a place in the FA Cup fifth round at St Mary’s tomorrow.

Liverpool fans breathed a sigh of relief as star player Steven Gerrard was passed fit to face Southampton at St Mary’s after a groin injury scare.

Southampton manager Harry Redknapp will give an immediate debut to new signing Nigel Quashie as he bids for his first Barclays Premiership win since taking charge of Southampton against Liverpool tomorrow.

Midfielders Anders Svensson and Fabrice Fernandes are both fit to return to Southampton’s squad as they bid to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation with a win at Newcastle tomorrow.

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Harry Redknapp will hand immediate debuts to new signings Jamie Redknapp and Calum Davenport when Southampton host relegation rivals Fulham tomorrow night.

Kevin Phillips returned to the Southampton line-up for this afternoon’s encounter with Manchester City – but there was still no place in Harry Redknapp’s squad for James Beattie, whose departure from St Mary’s is due to be confirmed in the next 72 hours.

Liverpool 1 Southampton 0

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Southampton 0 Charlton 0

Defenders Graeme Le Saux and Jason Dodd face fitness tests as Southampton bid to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation with victory over Charlton on St Stephen's Day.

Tottenham set about chasing a fourth successive Barclays Premiership victory - something they have not managed since 1995 – with Jermain Defoe and Frederic Kanoute up front.

Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Todd, Short, Matteo, Reid, Flitcroft, Ferguson, Emerton, Dickov, Bothroyd. Subs: Stead, Pedersen, Enckelman, Johansson, Gallagher.

Southampton striker James Beattie has recovered from injury and is included in the squad for the Premiership clash at Tottenham tomorrow.

Norwich v Fulham

Southampton head coach Steve Wigley will welcome three key players back to his squad for the trip to Manchester United.

Southampton 2 Crystal Palace 2

Southampton keeper Antti Niemi has a knee injury and misses tomorrow’s relegation clash with Crystal Palace at St Mary’s.

Arsenal v West Brom

Arsenal v West Brom

Crystal Palace v Newcastle

Pascal Cygan replaced England defender Sol Campbell at the heart of the Arsenal defence as the Arsene Wenger’s side looked to start another unbeaten run against Southampton at Highbury.

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