Liverpool VS Southampton Match Prediction
2020-02-01
15:00:00
Liverpool
VS
Southampton
Our Prediction Tip
Liverpool will win this match.
2020-02-0115:00:00 Liverpool will win this match.
In 88 matches, Liverpool have 44 wins, 21 draws, and 23 losses to Southampton.
Here's a look at the last five results:
Aug 17, 2019: Southampton 1-2 Liverpool
Apr 5, 2019: Southampton 1-3 Liverpool
Sep 22, 2018: Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Feb 11, 2018: Southampton 0-2 Liverpool
Nov 18, 2017: Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:
Liverpool are at -350, a draw is at +450, and Southampton are at +900.
Liverpool will begin this round, yet again, in first place in the Premier League as they inch in closer and closer to a title. Their win on Wednesday at West Ham now has them on 70 points from their first 24 matches. They have now played the same number as everyone else, too, so the specter of a game in hand is no more. In their last five matches, they have only given up one single goal. They are 19 points clear, ridiculously.
Southampton, on the other hand, will enter this match at Anfield on 31 points, putting them in ninth in the table. A month or so ago, they were in major relegation danger, and now they are a full eight above the drop zone. Ridiculous how quickly things changed. They have won three of their last four matches and have ten points from the last 15 on offer, so they do have a lot of form going for them ahead of this very difficult trip to face the Reds.
Liverpool’s home record thus far has been just about perfect. They have 12 wins out of 12 and they have only conceded nine total goals. They have four straight clean sheets at the ground, too, which makes it even tougher for sides to believe they have any sort of hope of getting a result. As for the Saints, they have the league’s fifth-best away record having taken 20 of their 31 points on the road so far. They have four consecutive road wins, giving them some hope to do some damage to the Reds.
Betfair have Salah scoring anytime at 1.73.
Ladbrokes have no for both teams scoring at 17/20.
The key here for Southampton has to be at the defensive end of the pitch. Liverpool are not likely to give up much of anything, so if the Saints want a point they have to be impervious. They just fall a bit short in the end as Liverpool march on.
Jurgen Klopp will definitely be missing former Saints men Sadio Mane and Nathaniel Clyne here due to injuries. Others that are less clear include James Milner, Xherdan Shaqiri, who has a recurring injury woe, and Adam Lallana, who has had sickness to overcome.
Mo Salah has had an off and on kind of season, but he’s still leading the Reds with 12 goals now after his penalty on Wednesday took him past the stricken Mane. He looked livelier than he has a lot of times in that outing, and there will be hopes from the Merseyside faithful he can unlock this Saints back line. In goal, Alisson Becker was fantastic, as usual, against the Hammers in the few touches he got. He wasn’t asked to do much, but he made some very big saves and kept them rolling with yet another league-leading clean sheet.
Liverpool have four wins and a draw in their last five matches:
0-2 win win at West Ham
2-2 draw at Shrewsbury Town (FA Cup)
1-2 win at Wolves
2-0 home win vs Manchester United
0-1 win at Tottenham
Ralph Hasenhuttl will be missing Cedric Soares for this match. After that, he has four men that could play a role, with Shane Long, Stuart Armstrong, Jannik Vestergaard, and Yan Valery all at least having a shot to play some role.
If the last time out in the league was any indicator, then Nathan Redmond is hitting full stride. And just in time, too, as Liverpool love to come forward and can be countered against vigorously. The English winger had a goal and an assist in the win at Palace, giving him a lot of confidence ahead of this one. Another that should have confidence is former Red Danny Ings. The Saints’ top poacher, who has 14 tallies already, scored against Liverpool, fortuitously, last time and will be a major pain for them to combat.
Southampton have a draw, three wins, and a loss in their last five matches:
1-1 home draw vs Tottenham (FA Cup)
0-2 win at Crystal Palace
2-3 home loss vs Wolves
1-2 win at Leicester
2-0 home win vs Huddersfield (FA Cup)
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