Southampton vs Burnley: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

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Ahead of the Premier League's weekend action, Sportsmail will be providing you with team news, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all you need to know as Southampton take on Burnley.

In or out? Keep up-to-date with all the latest team news and stats ahead of the weekend games

Southampton vs Burnley (St Mary's)

Team news

Southampton

Mario Lemina will be Southampton's only absentee for Saturday's Premier League clash with Burnley at St Mary's.

The Gabon international midfielder remains sidelined with the ankle injury which kept him out of last weekend's 1-1 draw with Brighton.

Winger Nathan Redmond and forward Shane Long are among the players pushing for starts after being named as substitutes against the Seagulls.

Provisional squad: Forster, McCarthy, Soares, Bertrand, Yoshida, Van Dijk, Hoedt, Stephens, McQueen, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Davis, Hojbjerg, Redmond, Tadic, Boufal, Long, Gabbiadini, Austin.

Nathan Redmond and Shane Long are among the Southampton players pushing for starts

Burnley

Burnley striker Chris Wood may have to settle for a place on the bench against Southampton.

The New Zealand international is recovering well from a hamstring injury but may not be risked from the start, while Steven Defour (groin) is in a similar position after coming off against Newcastle.

Nahki Wells (foot) proved his fitness with a hat-trick for the under-23s on Thursday night and should keep his spot on the bench, but Jon Walters, Dean Marney (both knee) and Tom Heaton (shoulder) remain out.

Provisional squad: Pope, Lindegaard, Lowton, Long, Mee, Taylor, Ward, Tarkowski, Bardsley, Defour, Brady, Ulvestad, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, Arfield, Gudmundsson, Vokes, Barnes, Wood, Wells.

Steven Defour (groin) may not be risked from the start after coming off against Newcastle

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Southampton have won their last four home matches against Burnley in all competitions, including victories in both Premier League games.

Burnley have only won one of their last 16 visits to Southampton in all competitions (D6 L9), a 1-0 win in April 2008 in the Championship via a Steven Caldwell goal.

Seven of the eight goals scored in Premier League meetings between these sides have been scored after half-time, with the exception being Shane Long's 37th minute strike at St Mary's in March 2015.

Saints have scored three goals in their last two home Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous nine at St Mary's.

Southampton won their last home game, but haven't managed consecutive Premier League home victories since December 2016.

Southampton  haven't managed consecutive top flight home victories since December 2016

Burnley have already won more away games (two) and more away points (eight) this season than they did in the whole of 2016-17 (one win and seven points).

These two sides have seen the fewest goals scored in their Premier League games so far this season – Burnley (18) and Southampton (19 – level with Swansea and Newcastle).

Only bottom of the league side Crystal Palace (3.2 per cent) have converted a lower proportion of their total shots in the Premier League than Southampton (six per cent) this season. Southampton were also the worst side in the 2016-17 Premier League for shot conversion rate (7.5 per cent).

Sean Dyche has lost all four of his trips to St. Mary's as a manager – three defeats with Burnley and one with Watford in October 2011; a 0-4 defeat which remains his joint-biggest defeat as a manager.

Charlie Austin – who scored 41 goals in 82 league appearances for Burnley between 2011 and 2013 – has been involved in five goals in five league games against the Clarets since leaving (four goals, one assist) and scored a brace in this exact fixture last season.

Former Southampton and current Burnley midfielder Jack Cork has covered 121.1km in the Premier League this season; more than any other player in the competition.