How to follow Southampton's pre-season friendly against Villarreal amid live stream decision

Southampton round off their pre-season preparations this afternoon (Saturday) as they face Unai Emery's Villarreal side at St Mary's.

Ralph Hasenhuttl's men will welcome the Spanish side to the south coast for their final pre-season friendly ahead of the new campaign, which gets underway on Saturday, August 6 for Saints when they travel to north London to face Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Southampton have already played four friendlies this month, kicking off their pre-season fixtures in Austria with a 3-1 defeat against RB Leipzig at the Lavanttal-Arena, before a goalless draw with SK Austria Klagenfurt during their training camp. Southampton then returned to England, where they drew 0-0 with Championship side Watford, before claiming a first win of the summer as they came from a goal down to beat AS Monaco at St Mary's on Wednesday night.

And now, they will host Champions League semi-finalists Villarreal to complete their friendly fixtures, with the Yellow Submarine the visitors to St Mary's this afternoon (Saturday). But Saints fans will not be able to watch the game, which kicks off at 3pm via a live stream as the fixture will not be broadcast, with the match coinciding with the opening day of the new EFL season, which means UK blackout restrictions will be in place.

Here at Hampshire Live, we will have a live blog from our reporter Mark Wyatt so you can follow all the action, while there will be in-game coverage on Saints' social media channels and highlights will be made available after the game.

Tickets for the game are on general sale and still available to purchase at the ticket office situated at St Mary’s, but the prices do increase on match day from £15 for adults and senior citizens and £5 for