16.47: Saints pushing forward but Blues look more likely to score on the counter attack.

16.45: Phillips’ goal has given Blues an extra spring in their steps. Saints heads look to have dropped a little.

16.37: Kevin Phillips comes on as a sub and immediately makes an impact putting Blues 2-1 up against his old club. Saints fans are not happy.

16.30: Stern John replaced by Jake Thomson for Saints.

16.25: Garry O’Connor replaced by Marcus Bent as Mcleish makes a tactical switch.

16.15: The goal seems to have lifted Blues – they look a lot better since half-time. Guess Alex McLeish had some fairly tough words at half-time.

16.08: Blues equalise through Gary O’Connor.

15.44: Saints take the lead thanks to Chris Perry with just a couple of minutes to go before half-time.

15.36: Mehdi Nafti is replaced by Cameron Jerome after suffering an injury.

15.26: Blues have the upper hand now but are struggling to turn possession into real chances.

15.15: Honours even early on but, as might be expected, the home team are dominating in terms of possession.

15.00: We’re under way.

The teams are in from St Mary’s.

Saints: Davis, James, Svensson, Perry, Surman, Schneiderlin, Gillett, McGoldrick, Lallana, Holmes, John. Subs: Lancashire, Thomson, Mills, Wotton, Bialkowski.

Blues: Maik Taylor, Murphy, Martin Taylor, Ridgewell, Larsson, O’Connor, Nafti, McFadden, Owusu-Abeyie, Parnaby, Carsley. Subs: Kelly, Phillips, Bent, Jerome, Doyle.