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Redmond pokes it through to Diallo, and he lays it off to Romeu... whose left footed strike is saved at the second time of asking by Pickford.

Vestergaard is off for some treatment on the sidelines, and Shane Long looks as though he's coming on in just a second.

Five minutes to go in injury time. Southampton full of confidence, knocking the ball about and controlling the tempo. The three points are in the bag.

The Toffees want the final whistle soon enough here. They know the game is lost, and Southampton are really controlling the game, full of confidence after a near-complete performance.

James Rodriguez is feeling his injury again, and is glancing over to the Everton bench here. Do they keep him on and risk him, or do they sacrifice him and perhaps more goals and go down to nine men?

CLOSE! Deep inswinger from Bertrand, and Vestergaard, marked incredibly by Anthony Gordon at the back post, cranes his neck and forces the save from Pickford with a dipping header.

Southampton are relaxed here and fully in control now. There's nothing Everton can do now - Ancelotti has thrown all his dice, and there's a Saints corner in the offing here.

RED! Lucas Digne is off, after chopping down the advancing Walker-Peters from behind, raking his studs down the back of the ankle - a dangerous challenge - and Everton are down to 10.

Rodriguez has come much more central now to get into the game a bit more for Everton, with Gordon now out on the right and Bernard on the left, tucking into a 4-2-3-1 with Delph and Allan as the double pivot.

A well-drilled Everton move allows for a crossing opportunity down the left from Digne, but Calvert-Lewin isn't equal to it, and it's nodded away.

Bernard is booked for a late dangling challenge on Oriol Romeu, and that brings the game's first booking just off the hour.

CLOSE! Redmond drives through the middle of the park and slips in Adams who has Armstrong outside him for company, and the Scot's cross just evades the sliding Ings.

Allan's pocket is picked by Romeu, who slides in Ings dangerously, but as the Saints number nine tries to check back onto his left, he runs into his compatriot Michael Keane and the chance is gone.

... and Anthony Gordon is on for Gylfi Sigurdsson.

A double change for Everton: the first - Doucoure is off for Fabian Delph.

... Digne's delivery is poor, and headed away, and the Everton dream is not kept alive as Ben Godfrey fouls Bertrand on the left touchline.

A chance for Everton's aerial targets as Digne wins a free-kick for handball off Walker-Peters...

Adams and Ings are still putting pressure on the channels for the Saints, dragging Keane and Mina into uncomfortable positions where they don't want to go, ultimately leaving space in behind and central for Redmond and Armstrong to sneak into unopposed.

Bertrand is felled in the area after a challenge from Godfrey... but Kevin Friend and the VAR Simon Hooper says no and we play on!