On the 4th of January, Southampton hosts Liverpool in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Southampton sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against West Ham United. Southampton had 9 on net, and West Ham United had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Southampton is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Liverpool recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Newcastle United. Neither Newcastle United nor Liverpool could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Liverpool won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Liverpool is glad to have Mohamed Salah in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Southampton hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Nathan Redmond and Stuart Armstrong, and they each have 1 goal
Oriol Romeu, Danny Ings, Stuart Armstrong, Moussa Djenepo, Jannik Vestergaard and Nathan Redmond are unavailable to play for Southampton, while Liverpool will be without Virgil van Dijk, Alisson, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keïta, Joël Matip, Xherdan Shaqiri, Thiago Alcântara, Joe Gomez, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Diogo Jota.