Southampton vs Newcastle, Brighton vs Wolves, Fulham vs Bournemouth, Watford vs Huddersfield – Premier League LIVE

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Newcastle remain one of two clubs in the Premier League without a win this season and face Southampton, who have not started as they would have liked under Mark Hughes. After a run of tricky fixtures against Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, Rafa Benitez, who says he wants to stay at the club amid speculation about his future, will be targeting a win at St Mary’s to kick-start their campaign.

Meanwhile, Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic received owner Shahid Khan’s vote of confidence following the London side’s 4-2 defeat against Cardiff in their last match. After spending over £100m on players in the summer, Fulham are the league’s worst defenders by some stretch and could be exposed by Bournemouth’s counter-attacking side.

Elsewhere Brighton host Wolves and Watford play Huddersfield, the second side still searching for a league win. Follow it all live:

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[27 October 2018 13:26 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Callum will be a long shortly with all of the team news and build-up to the game at Anfield between Liverpool and Cardiff City. In the meantime, here's the latest from Liverpool and the fight to support Sean Cox, the supporter attacked outside the ground in April:

[27 October 2018 13:53 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Liverpool to go top?

Avoid defeat today and Jurgen Klopp's side will move - perhaps temporarily - to the top of the Premier League table. Their imperious form at Anfield, and Cardiff's questionable away record, suggests that is highly likely.

Even Neil Warnock, probably in an attempt to soften the blow of an imminent heavy defeat, has admitted as much. It will be "virtually impossible", he said, for his team to come away with a result. Maybe such fatalism will be justified by the end. Or maybe, just maybe, Cardiff can spring a surprise?

Follow all the action from Anfield here. Team news to come shortly.

[27 October 2018 14:01 · Callum Rice-Coates]

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[27 October 2018 14:10 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Changes

As expected, Klopp opts to make some changes, but this is still a formidable lineup. Joe Gomez and Andy Robertson are given a breather, and Xherdan Shaqiri drops out for Adam Lallana.

[27 October 2018 14:24 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Elsewhere

There are five 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League today, and we'll be providing goal updates as and when they go in. Brighton host Wolves, Bournemouth go to Fulham, bottom of the league Newcastle are at Southampton and Watford play Huddersfield.

[27 October 2018 14:30 · Callum Rice-Coates]

A long wait

It has been a long time since Cardiff last tasted victory at Anfield. Close to 60 years in fact. They beat Liverpool 4-0 in 1959 in the early days of Bill Shankly's managerial reign.

A repeat of that scoreline today doesn't seem likely. 

[27 October 2018 14:33 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Tough task

The stats don't bode well for Cardiff either. Liverpool haven't conceded a league goal at Anfield since February, helped by the imposing presence of Virgil van Dijk in defence. Cardiff, meanwhile, have scored only once away from home in the Premier League this season.

[27 October 2018 14:38 · Callum Rice-Coates]

And if that wasn't enough relentless pessimism for all you Cardiff fans, here's something from Opta:

[27 October 2018 14:49 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Complacency 

Cardiff, if they are to get a result today, will need a number of things to go in their favour. Liverpool are a far superior side, and are growing used to swatting aside lesser opposition at Anfield. But complacency could still become an issue. As much as it will be on the players' minds, avoiding it can be a challenge.

[27 October 2018 14:58 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Teams out

The teams are out at a packed Anfield and we're moments away from kick off...