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Liverpool vs Southampton Prediction & Betting tips
Liverpool and Southampton compete on Anfield Road on Sunday afternoon, and for Liverpool it might be a very nice afternoon.
Liverpool :
Liverpool is third in the Premier League and will not be higher than that. The question is more if Liverpool can hold third. The lead at number four Manchester City is three points, but City has played a game less. The difference in goal balance is one goal in favor of Liverpool, which means that Liverpool can not afford to afford more mistakes. Assuming Manchester City do not leave any points, of course.
Last Monday, Liverpool knew that it had to win to make the most of the point loss of the competitors. However, that was not possible because Liverpool created almost nothing against Watford. Despite that, Liverpool managed to win, because Emre Can wielded a world-world from his high hat. By doing so he put the three points and thus secured a competitive edge on the competitors. The goal made a lot of good, but the rest of the game was simply very bad.
Jurgen Klopp has not won any of his previous three Premier League matches against Southampton. So he has another apple to Southampton. In fact, this season, Liverpool played three times against Southampton and did not score twice. Both matches in the League Cup lost 1-0, and in November Liverpool played the match with 0-0 in the Premier League.
Probable setup Liverpool
Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Matip, Milner, Wijnaldum, Leiva, Can, Lallana, Sturridge, Firmino
Southampton :
Southampton has no illusions about what it could achieve. The seventh place – and so European football – is out of reach, and The Saints lost this season’s League Cup final to Manchester United. Currently Southampton is ninth, and is a top ten ranking – the eighth place to be precise – the highest achievable. The only thing Southampton has to play for is the winning prize and honor.
Southampton did not pass Hull City last weekend, and Dusan Tadic will be charged in particular. The Serbian claimed in penalty time the penalty given, but did not make it out of the ordinary, as Eden Jakupovic held the penalty. As a result, the match ended in a 0-0 draw. However, that was a good result, because the match was right and Southampton could not make the difference.
As stated, Southampton performs remarkably well against Liverpool since Jurgen Klopp swings with the scepter. Southampton knew in his last three games against Liverpool to keep zero, but only won one of his last five games at Anfield. That will be difficult now, because Southampton did not score in two of his last three games. Manolo Gabbiadini, who started so well at Southampton, has already drowned four matches and managed to score a goal in 237 minutes in Premier League football.
Probable setup Southampton
Forster, Soares, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Davis, Tadic, Gabbiadini, Redmond
Liverpool vs Southampton head to head
25.01.17 EFL Liverpool Southampton 0 : 1
11.01.17 EFL Southampton Liverpool 1 : 0
19.11.16 PL Southampton Liverpool 0 : 0
20.03.16 PL Southampton Liverpool 3 : 2
02.12.15 EFL Southampton Liverpool 1 : 6