Liverpool vs Southampton – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Sreya

Liverpool vs Southampton – Liverpool hosts Southampton at the Anfield on 7th May, Sunday in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Liverpool are third in the league standings with sixty nine points, three points ahead of Manchester City and are yet to secure UEFA Champions League football for next season. They bounced back from the 2-1 loss at the hands of Crystal Palace with a 1-0 win over Watford in their previous game.

Southampton are tenth with forty one points and have failed to win any of their previous three league fixtures – the losses to Manchester City and Chelsea were followed by a draw against Hull City.

Team News

Sadio Mane, Danny Ings, Jordan Henderson andOvie Ejaria are unavailable for Liverpool due to injuries. Alex McCarthy, Sam McQueen and Virgil van Dijk miss out for the visitors.

Liverpool Possible Starting Lineup: Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Lucas Leiva, Emre Can, Adam Lallana, Daniel Sturridge, Roberto Firmino.

Southampton Possible Starting Lineup: Fraser Forster, Cedric Soares, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Manolo Gabbiadini, Nathan Redmond.

“It cannot be our job to count points, our job is to get them. There is absolutely no club in the top spots who can waste points in the next match day: not Chelsea, not Tottenham, not Liverpool, City, United or Arsenal. We all have to fight with all we have and that makes this league so exciting.”

– Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Liverpool vs Southampton H2H Stats, Liverpool have lost three, won one and drawn one of their previous five matches against Southampton. Southampton have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 matches against Liverpool in all competitions. It should be a closely contested affair but Liverpool are likely to win 2-1 tomorrow.