Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Liverpool greet Southampton

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Liverpool have played really well so far this season, being 3rd place in the table. Southampton can look both up and down from their 13th position.

Insights:
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (35) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.

The hosts Liverpool saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Porto, was also a home game here at Anfield. The away team is better rested.

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Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool have performed here at Anfield this season with 3 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

The Liverpool supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Porto in Champions League and win 2-0. Defender Neco Williams got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Williams hit two key passes and won 10 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Arsenal.

Liverpool are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew zero and lost two.

The manager J. Klopp will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Everton in only four days.

Liverpool can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times. From these home matches, Liverpool have conceded only 5 goals.

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Southampton form and stats

There's been little loot from Southampton's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Southampton only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.

Southampton lost away at Norwich City (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder James Ward-Prowse was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Ward-Prowse hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 89 successful passes (of 97 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Aston Villa.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Southampton played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.

A quick return to home after this game, as Southampton are hosting Leicester City in the Premier League only four days away.

The visiting Southampton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Southampton have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these participants: Liverpool won seven, Southampton were winners in two and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
11 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
7 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
5 goals

Liverpool missing players

Southampton missing players

Liverpool Southampton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
7 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
35 14 5 Scored S 1 6 11
11 5 2 Conceded C 3 10 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 50%
83% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 42%
58% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 50%
58% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 42%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 25%
 
7.6 7.3 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.7 6.2
3.1 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.8 5.2
1.2 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
19.6 19.3 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 12 12.8
7.3 7.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 3.4
40% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 27%
 
9.3 9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 19 13 11.5
3.3 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.2 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Liverpool's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Liverpool have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
  • Liverpool have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (35) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chelsea 12 9 2 1 30 4 6 4 1 1 17 3 6 5 1 0 13 1 26 29
2 Manchester City 12 8 2 2 25 6 6 4 1 1 15 2 6 4 1 1 10 4 19 26
3 Liverpool 12 7 4 1 35 11 6 3 3 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 21 6 24 25
4 West Ham United 12 7 2 3 23 14 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 4 1 1 11 5 9 23
5 Arsenal 12 6 2 4 13 17 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 2 1 3 3 11 -4 20
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 6 1 5 12 12 6 3 0 3 5 6 6 3 1 2 7 6 0 19
7 Tottenham Hotspur 12 6 1 5 11 17 6 4 0 2 6 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -6 19
8 Manchester United 12 5 2 5 20 21 6 2 1 3 10 11 6 3 1 2 10 10 -1 17
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 4 5 3 12 14 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 2 3 1 6 6 -2 17
10 Crystal Palace 12 3 7 2 18 17 6 2 4 0 9 4 6 1 3 2 9 13 1 16
11 Everton 12 4 3 5 16 19 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 1 2 3 6 11 -3 15
12 Leicester City 12 4 3 5 16 21 6 2 1 3 7 10 6 2 2 2 9 11 -5 15
13 Southampton 12 3 5 4 11 14 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 1 2 3 6 10 -3 14
14 Brentford 12 3 4 5 16 17 6 1 1 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 9 8 -1 13
15 Aston Villa 12 4 1 7 16 20 6 3 1 2 11 8 6 1 0 5 5 12 -4 13
16 Watford 12 4 1 7 16 20 6 2 1 3 8 12 6 2 0 4 8 8 -4 13
17 Leeds United 12 2 5 5 12 20 6 1 3 2 6 9 6 1 2 3 6 11 -8 11
18 Burnley 12 1 6 5 14 20 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 0 3 3 6 12 -6 9
19 Norwich City 12 2 2 8 7 27 6 1 1 4 5 11 6 1 1 4 2 16 -20 8
20 Newcastle United 12 0 6 6 15 27 6 0 3 3 10 16 6 0 3 3 5 11 -12 6

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.