Southampton vs Liverpool – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Sreya

Southampton vs Liverpool – Southampton hosts Liverpool at the St. Mary’s Stadium on 11th February, Sunday in an English Premier League fixture.

Liverpool are third in the league standings with fifty-one points after twenty-six matches and are one of the prime contenders for finishing in the ‘top four’. They conceded a late equalizer in their last game to Tottenham Hotspur in a thrilling 2-2 draw.

Southampton have had a difficult season so far and are now fifteenth in the league standings with twenty-six points. Although not relegation-threatened, the Saints are just two points above the relegation zone and must end the season well to avoid any shocks.

Team News

Charlie Austin is Southampton’s only injury concern while Liverpool will be without the injured Nathaniel Clyne and Joseph Gomez.

Southampton Possible Starting Lineup: Alex McCarthy, Cedric Soares, Jack Stephens, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Sofiane Boufal, Guido Carrillo.

Liverpool Possible Starting Lineup: Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane.

“Liverpool is a huge possibility for us but a really tough side. We want to learn and we want to improve from our experience away and we have to improve in different aspects in the way we play. Hopefully, we feel at the end of the game that we are growing and we are continuing with this feeling.”

– Mauricio Pellegrino, Southampton.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Southampton vs Liverpool H2H Stats, Southampton have won two, drawn two and lost one of their previous five matches against Liverpool. However, Liverpool are undefeated in sixteen of their last seventeen matches in the Premier League and are likely to win today, for Southampton have failed to win any of their previous six home matches in the league.

Moreover, Liverpool have scored at least twice in eight of their last nine league games, so it should be a high-scoring affair. A 2-0 win for Liverpool is the most probable outcome of this match.