Liverpool welcome the bottom side in the Premier League to Anfield, knowing that a win would see them go 16 points clear of Arsenal at the top of the league before they play on Sunday against Manchester United. Of course, Arsenal would have two extra games to play. Liverpool come off the back of a tough night in Paris when the PSG attack battered them. Despite this they came away 1-0 winners after Harvey Elliott scored the winning goal 76 seconds after he came on for Mohamed Salah. Alisson made an incredible nine saves, which has been heralded as one of the great Champions League goal performances. With the second leg coming next week we could see some rotation in the Liverpool side.
Southampton have only won two matches in the Premier League this season, the most recent of which came away from home against Ipswich. Southampton have conceded 11 goals in their last four away matches in the Premier League.
Head-to-head record: Last 10 matches
Southampton 1-2 Liverpool
Southampton 2-3 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Southampton 4-4 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-1 Southampton
Southampton 1-2 Liverpool
Liverpool 4-0 Southampton
Liverpool 2-0 Southampton
Southampton 1-0 Liverpool
Liverpool 4-0 Southampton
Liverpool- Eight wins
One Draw
Southampton- One win
Matchup Statistics
- Liverpool were once considered a club that mainly signed players who had played for Southampton. Virgil van Dijk was the last player that Liverpool signed from Southampton. He has gone on to become club captain and playing 307 times for Liverpool in all competitions, winning every competition available for Liverpool to compete in other than the Europa League.
- In the match between the sides earlier in the season, Southampton took a 2-1 earlier in the second half before Mohamed scored past Alex McCarthy and then beat him again from the penalty spot to win the game in the 83rd minute.
- There are currently 58 points between the two sides in the league table, the biggest there has been since Liverpool were on their way to winning the league title in 2020.
Team Statistics
- Liverpool remain the only undefeated side in 2025 with six wins and four draws since the turn of the year.
- Southampton haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last eight matches and have gone two games without scoring.
- Southampton have conceded the most goals in the league with 65 while Liverpool have scored the most goals in the league with 66.
Player Statistics
- Mohamed Salah is only three assists away from the joint record for most assists in a Premier League season. He is currently sitting on 17, while Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry hold the record with 20.
- Mohamed Salah has been involved in a goal in 12 of Liverpool’s 13 home games this season, the only game he didn’t was when they failed to score in the 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.
- Dominik Szoboszlai has scored two goals and provided an assist in his last two matches.
- Mohamed Salah has scored nine goals and provided four assists in 12 matches against Southampton.
Player Unavailability
Liverpool-
Conor Bradley- Muscular- few more weeks before return
Joe Gomez- Hamstring- back for the end of the season after surgery
Cody Gakpo- Pain- didn’t train on Thursday but may be available
Southampton-
James Bree- Hamstring- Will return in the next week or so