Premier League as it happened: Southampton beat Burnley, Watford see off MIddlesbrough

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Burnley's Ward slides in to dispossess Southampton's Redmond (Getty)

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Sunday’s Premier League action.

Aitor Karanka's Middlesbrough are still looking for their first home win and will be hoping to take three points from visitors Watford.

After a difficult start, Claude Puel is starting to tighten things up at Southampton, keeping three straight clean sheets.

Their guests, Burnley, are the top flight's lowest scorers so far with just five in their opening seven games.

Sunday’s Premier League fixtures

Middlesbrough 0 Watford 1

Southampton 3 Burnley 1

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Saturday’s Premier League results

Chelsea 3 Leicester 0

Arsenal 3 Swansea 2

Bournemouth 6 Hull 1

Manchester City 1 Everton 1

Stoke 2 Sunderland 0

West Bromwich 1 Tottenham 1

Crystal Palace 0 West Ham 1

Monday's Premier League fixtures

Liverpool vs Manchester United - 8.00pm

[16 October 2016 12:27 · Sam Dymond]

Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Super Sunday’s Premier League action.

First up this afternoon, we're at the Riverside for Middlesbrough's home match with Watford. Boro are without a win in five and have yet to taste success in front of their own fans this season but will fancy their chances against Walter Mazzarri's team, who were beaten at Turf Moor in their last away outing.

Later in the day, it's to the south coast as Southampton host Burnley where the victory could prove precious. A win for Saints - for whom former Burnley man Charlie Austin is firing - would take them up to eighth while three points for Sean Dyche's Clarets would lift them into the top half of the table.

Here's Sunday in a nutshell:

Middlesbrough v Watford – 1.30pm

Southampton v Burnley – 4pm

I'm Sam Dymond, and I'll be here with news of all the thrills and spills from the Riverside and St Mary's. Get in on the action by either 'making a comment' using the facility above, tweeting @sammydymond or by emailing sam.dymond@gmail.com.

[16 October 2016 13:02 · Sam Dymond]

Captain Troy Deeney sits on 99 Watford goals, and has a good record against today's opponents...

[16 October 2016 13:59 · Sam Dymond]

27 mins: Ooof! A classic striker's header from Alvaro Negredo, rising highest at the near post to thump an effort inches wide of the goal. The only potential issue was that the Spaniard was back in his own box to help out with defending, and the cross was from the boot of Holebas. Thankfully for Middlesbrough, the end result is a corner and not an own-goal.

[16 October 2016 14:01 · Sam Dymond]

31 mins: Huge controversy! The lively Isaac Sucess broke down the left once more and was hauled down in his tracks by the grappling arms of Antonio Barragan. The Middlesbrough man, of course, is already on a yellow card and the second looks inevitable, but despite protestations from the Watford ranks, Roger East decides a long, final warning is instead the best course of action.

[16 October 2016 15:47 · Sam Dymond]

This can only mean one thing, right?

Yep, a Dean Marney double.

[16 October 2016 16:04 · Sam Dymond]

3 mins: It doesn't take Charlie Austin long to get on the go against his former club. A crisp one-two sends the striker into the box where only an alert piece of defending from Michael Keane stops the Southampton man from crossing into the middle. 

[16 October 2016 16:05 · Sam Dymond]

5 mins: Brilliant save from Tom Heaton! How has the Burnley goalkeeper denied Charlie Austin?! The England goalkeeper has channelled Gordon Banks with an incredible one-handed stop to deny the Southampton striker. Austin appeared to have done everything right as he met Matt Targett's perfectly curled cross from the left, heading down from ten yards but before he could celebrate the opener, Heaton dived low to his left to sensationally flick the ball away to safety. Wow!

[16 October 2016 16:12 · Sam Dymond]

9 mins: Southampton continue to push forward, utilising the flanks to great effect. Dusan Tadic then goes for goal with a shot from outside the box that is straight at Heaton. To be honest, Dusan, if the Burnley goalkeeper managed to keep out that Austin header, he's not going to have much trouble with that.

[16 October 2016 16:33 · Sam Dymond]

31 mins: Route one football at it's finest. Fraser Forster moves quickly to intercept a shot-back pass and sends a huge hurried punt down field. It completely bypasses the Burnley defence and has Dusan Tadic on the scene in a flash. Moving into the area, the Serbian struggles to control the ball cleanly, but still manages to get a shot away that Tom Heaton is able to block at close quarters.

[16 October 2016 16:43 · Sam Dymond]

41 mins: As feared, Defour is unable to play any further part and Burnley's key midfielder will be replaced by Australian teenager Aiden O'Neill. The 18-year-old has tasted just 34 minutes of Premier League football prior to today. What a chance to impress.