Southampton vs Liverpool Preview & Prediction 28 May 2023

A short glance at the Premier League table imply an edge to Liverpool when they go to Southampton. Yet; let's wait for the game before we hand out the points!

Insights:

Southampton is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.

For Southampton relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Liverpool are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Southampton form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Southampton, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses from their games here at St. Mary's Stadium. It's trouble wherever Southampton are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Southampton are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Brighton & Hove Albion. Elyounoussi (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.01/10. Elyounoussi scored one goal.

Preceding that match was the home game against Fulham that was lost 0-2.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Southampton had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Southampton lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.

Southampton aren't scoring a lot here at St. Mary's Stadium in the league, with only {15 goals} from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 33 goals have been conceded.

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Liverpool form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Liverpool playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Liverpool as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Liverpool's last game was the home draw against Aston Villa (1-1). The draw against Aston Villa came from a losing position. The Liverpool manager Klopp brought on Firmino as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. van Dijk, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.31. Dijk hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Leicester City with the score of 3-0.

Liverpool have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 25 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Liverpool have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Liverpool have been victorious in all of the 4 latest fixtures against this opponent. Something to take note of?

The latest past result featuring both these participants is the Liverpool - Southampton 3-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

M. Salah Ghaly

19 goals

R. Firmino

10 goals

D. Núñez Ribeiro

9 goals

Southampton missing players

Liverpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Southampton				Liverpool
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
6	2	0	Won	W	3	6	19
6	4	1	Drew	D	1	4	9
25	12	4	Lost	L	2	8	9
32	15	4	Scored	S	11	25	71
69	33	13	Conceded	C	4	26	43
97%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	83%	89%
65%	72%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	72%	73%
51%	44%	60%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	67%	59%
32%	28%	60%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	17%	33%	35%
16%	17%	40%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	17%	17%	22%
51%	56%	80%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	50%	51%
11%	6%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	33%	28%	38%
41%	39%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	39%	22%

4.2	4.8	5.2	Corners for (avg)	C F	6.7	5.4	6.1
5.4	4.4	4.2	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.8	4.2	3.6
2	1.4	0.8	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1	1.5	1.5
0	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	1

11	11.9	12	Shots (avg)	S (	16.8	13.7	15.7
3.4	3.7	3.2	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	6.2	4.9	5.5
25%	22%	25%	Goal Efficiency	G E	30%	28%	35%

13.4	12.4	10	Shots against (avg)	S A	8.8	10.9	9.5
4.2	3.8	5.2	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	3.5	4.6	4

Southampton			First Half	Liverpool
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
8	4	0	Won	W	2	5	14
10	7	1	Drew	D	3	7	12
19	7	4	Lost	L	1	6	11
13	5	0	Scored	S	5	13	34
30	9	5	Conceded	C	2	11	22
73%	61%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	72%	76%
24%	11%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	56%	46%
14%	6%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	6%	19%
5%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	8%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
14%	6%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	17%	24%
43%	56%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	56%	54%
70%	78%	100%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	56%	46%

Southampton			Second Half	Liverpool
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
5	2	1	Won	W	3	4	15
15	5	1	Drew	D	2	9	15
17	11	3	Lost	L	1	5	7
19	10	4	Scored	S	6	12	37
39	24	8	Conceded	C	2	15	21
70%	83%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	72%	70%
49%	50%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	17%	44%	41%
24%	28%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	22%	24%
11%	22%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	17%	6%	11%
3%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	17%	6%	8%
30%	33%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	33%	24%
35%	22%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	39%	59%
65%	61%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	56%	46%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
Southampton have the fewest points (10) at home in Premier League
Southampton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Premier League
Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-37) in Premier League
Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
Southampton is in the worst form (0-1-5)

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Manchester City	36	28	4	4	93	31	19	17	1	1	60	17	17	11	3	3	33	14	62	88
2	Arsenal	37	25	6	6	83	43	18	13	3	2	48	25	19	12	3	4	35	18	40	81
3	Newcastle United	36	19	12	5	67	32	18	11	5	2	36	14	18	8	7	3	31	18	35	69
4	Manchester United	36	21	6	9	52	41	17	13	3	1	30	8	19	8	3	8	22	33	11	69
5	Liverpool	37	19	9	9	71	43	19	13	5	1	46	17	18	6	4	8	25	26	28	66
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	18	7	11	70	50	18	10	3	5	36	20	18	8	4	6	34	30	20	61
7	Aston Villa	37	17	7	13	49	45	18	11	2	5	31	20	19	6	5	8	18	25	4	58
8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	6	14	66	62	19	12	1	6	37	25	18	5	5	8	29	37	4	57
9	Brentford	37	14	14	9	57	46	18	9	7	2	34	18	19	5	7	7	23	28	11	56
10	Fulham	37	15	7	15	54	51	19	8	5	6	31	29	18	7	2	9	23	22	3	52
11	Crystal Palace	37	11	11	15	39	48	18	7	6	5	20	22	19	4	5	10	19	26	-9	44
12	Chelsea	36	11	10	15	36	42	18	6	6	6	19	18	18	5	4	9	17	24	-6	43
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	8	18	31	53	19	9	3	7	19	20	18	2	5	11	12	33	-22	41
14	West Ham United	37	11	7	19	41	53	19	8	4	7	26	24	18	3	3	12	15	29	-12	40
15	AFC Bournemouth	37	11	6	20	37	70	19	6	4	9	20	28	18	5	2	11	17	42	-33	39
16	Nottingham Forest	37	9	10	18	37	67	19	8	6	5	27	24	18	1	4	13	10	43	-30	37
17	Everton	37	7	12	18	33	57	18	5	3	10	15	27	19	2	9	8	18	30	-24	33
18	Leeds United	37	7	10	20	47	74	18	5	7	6	25	33	19	2	3	14	22	41	-27	31
19	Leicester City	36	8	6	22	49	67	18	4	4	10	21	26	18	4	2	12	28	41	-18	30
20	Southampton	37	6	6	25	32	69	18	2	4	12	15	33	19	4	2	13	17	36	-37	24

Southampton:

Southampton FC
Daily Echo - Saints - (local newspaper)

Liverpool:

Liverpool FC
Liverpool Echo - (local newspaper)

Premier League:

NewsNow Premier League

England:

English Football Association

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Manchester City	36	28	4	4	93	31	19	17	1	1	60	17	17	11	3	3	33	14	62	88
2	Arsenal	37	25	6	6	83	43	18	13	3	2	48	25	19	12	3	4	35	18	40	81
3	Newcastle United	36	19	12	5	67	32	18	11	5	2	36	14	18	8	7	3	31	18	35	69
4	Manchester United	36	21	6	9	52	41	17	13	3	1	30	8	19	8	3	8	22	33	11	69
5	Liverpool	37	19	9	9	71	43	19	13	5	1	46	17	18	6	4	8	25	26	28	66
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	18	7	11	70	50	18	10	3	5	36	20	18	8	4	6	34	30	20	61
7	Aston Villa	37	17	7	13	49	45	18	11	2	5	31	20	19	6	5	8	18	25	4	58
8	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	6	14	66	62	19	12	1	6	37	25	18	5	5	8	29	37	4	57
9	Brentford	37	14	14	9	57	46	18	9	7	2	34	18	19	5	7	7	23	28	11	56
10	Fulham	37	15	7	15	54	51	19	8	5	6	31	29	18	7	2	9	23	22	3	52
11	Crystal Palace	37	11	11	15	39	48	18	7	6	5	20	22	19	4	5	10	19	26	-9	44
12	Chelsea	36	11	10	15	36	42	18	6	6	6	19	18	18	5	4	9	17	24	-6	43
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	8	18	31	53	19	9	3	7	19	20	18	2	5	11	12	33	-22	41
14	West Ham United	37	11	7	19	41	53	19	8	4	7	26	24	18	3	3	12	15	29	-12	40
15	AFC Bournemouth	37	11	6	20	37	70	19	6	4	9	20	28	18	5	2	11	17	42	-33	39
16	Nottingham Forest	37	9	10	18	37	67	19	8	6	5	27	24	18	1	4	13	10	43	-30	37
17	Everton	37	7	12	18	33	57	18	5	3	10	15	27	19	2	9	8	18	30	-24	33
18	Leeds United	37	7	10	20	47	74	18	5	7	6	25	33	19	2	3	14	22	41	-27	31
19	Leicester City	36	8	6	22	49	67	18	4	4	10	21	26	18	4	2	12	28	41	-18	30
20	Southampton	37	6	6	25	32	69	18	2	4	12	15	33	19	4	2	13	17	36	-37	24