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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32689 seats)

It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Southampton form and stats

Southampton's first home game here at St. Mary's Stadium ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.

The Southampton crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Liverpool here at St. Mary's Stadium in a Premier League match. Prior to that, an away loss at Burnley.

At St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Liverpool form and stats

Only one away game so far for Liverpool and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 13 victories, 5 draws and 1 loss from 19 travels. Liverpool has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Two travels in a row for Liverpool, whose manager J. Klopp could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Southampton. A draw for Liverpool before that, at their own venue hosting Chelsea (2-2).

Liverpool has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Southampton and Liverpool have met before this season: Southampton - Liverpool 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Southampton won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Liverpool has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

D. Ings
1 goals
V. van Dijk
1 goals
Roberto Firmino
1 goals / 1 assists

Southampton missing players

Liverpool missing players

Southampton Liverpool
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 2 6
5 2 0 Conceded 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 9 10
5.5 9 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 3.5
1 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 0.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Southampton Last season Liverpool
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
38 19 6 Played 7 19 38
9 5 2 Won 7 13 30
12 8 1 Drew 0 5 7
17 6 3 Lost 0 1 1
45 27 9 Scored 16 34 89
65 30 14 Conceded 3 12 22
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 89% 92%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 71% 79% 82%
61% 68% 100% Over 2.5 57% 47% 55%
34% 37% 67% Over 3.5 43% 21% 34%
13% 11% 17% Over 4.5 0% 5% 18%
66% 79% 83% BTTS 43% 53% 45%
18% 16% 0% Clean Sheets 57% 47% 55%
26% 16% 17% Failed To Score 0% 11% 8%
 
5.1 5.3 3.7 Corners For (avg) 7.3 6.1 6.6
5.6 5.6 7.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 3.7 3.3
2 2.2 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.4 1.1
3 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Southampton
23-07-19 CF Guangzhou Evergrande 0 - 4 Southampton
28-07-19 CF Feyenoord 1 - 3 Southampton
03-08-19 CF Southampton 2 - 0 Köln
10-08-19 PL Burnley 3 - 0 Southampton
17-08-19 PL Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool
24-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Southampton
27-08-19 CC Fulham 18:45 Southampton
31-08-19 PL Southampton 11:30 Manchester United
14-09-19 PL Sheffield United 14:00 Southampton
20-09-19 PL Southampton 19:00 AFC Bournemouth
Liverpool
31-07-19 CF Liverpool 3 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais
04-08-19 CS Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City
09-08-19 PL Liverpool 4 - 1 Norwich City
14-08-19 USC Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea
17-08-19 PL Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool
24-08-19 PL Liverpool 16:30 Arsenal
31-08-19 PL Burnley 16:30 Liverpool
14-09-19 PL Liverpool 11:30 Newcastle United
22-09-19 PL Chelsea 15:30 Liverpool
28-09-19 PL Sheffield United 11:30 Liverpool

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Everton 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
7 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
8 Burnley 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
9 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
10 Norwich City 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
11 Sheffield United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Crystal Palace 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 West Ham United 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
16 Aston Villa 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
17 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Southampton 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
19 Chelsea 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
20 Watford 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 19 18 0 1 57 12 19 14 2 3 38 11 72 98
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 19 17 2 0 55 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 19 9 3 7 24 27 24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 19 12 2 5 34 16 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 19 14 3 2 42 16 19 7 4 8 31 35 22 70
6 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 19 10 6 3 33 25 19 9 3 7 32 29 11 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 9 13 47 46 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 6 5 8 19 25 1 57
8 Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 19 10 4 5 30 21 19 5 5 9 24 25 8 54
9 Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 19 8 3 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 52
10 West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 6 3 10 20 28 -3 52
11 Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 19 8 3 8 26 28 19 6 5 8 26 31 -7 50
12 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 19 5 5 9 19 23 19 9 2 8 32 30 -2 49
13 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 19 4 8 7 18 23 -6 45
14 AFC Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 19 8 5 6 30 25 19 5 1 13 26 45 -14 45
15 Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 19 7 2 10 24 32 19 4 5 10 21 36 -23 40
16 Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 19 5 8 6 27 30 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 9 20 35 60 19 6 5 8 19 28 19 3 4 12 16 32 -25 36
18 Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 19 4 2 13 13 31 -35 34
19 Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 19 6 3 10 22 36 19 1 2 16 12 45 -47 26
20 Huddersfield Town 38 3 7 28 22 76 19 2 3 14 10 31 19 1 4 14 12 45 -54 16