Turn on the lights for Liverpool - Southampton! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this fixture should be great fun!
- Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Liverpool nor Southampton as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Anfield. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
The home fans witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Derby County in the Carabao Cup last time out and are looking for a win here. Phillips, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Phillips won 14 of 19 duels.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Tottenham Hotspur.Liverpool are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 7 games).
Southampton form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Southampton so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).
Southampton delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sheffield Wednesday in their previous match; a Carabao Cup duel. Ward-Prowse got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, top player of the team. Ward-Prowse scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 80 successful passes (of 84 total).
A 1-4 loss hosting Newcastle United before that.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Southampton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: nine wins for Liverpool, zero draws and one win for Southampton. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games. One of the stars has been Salah with 7 goals scored against Southampton in these 10 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Firmino 6 goals |  M. Salah Ghaly 6 goals |  L. Díaz Marulanda 3 goals |
Liverpool missing players
Southampton missing players
| Liverpool | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 64% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 23% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 57% |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 7.6 | 8.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.7 | 20.6 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.6 | 11.6 |
| 6.4 | 7.3 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 35% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 10.1 | 8.7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Liverpool have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
- Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Southampton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
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