Liverpool are adding to their ridiculous run of form on a week by week basis and the 42nd game of their unbeaten run sees them take on a revamped Southampton side who have picked up 19 of their 31 points in their last 10 games. They only managed to get 12 points in the previous 14 fixtures.
A surprise hero has been former Liverpool player Danny Ings, who has scored 14 goals in the league this season which is more than any of the Liverpool players. He’s personally scored 45% of Southampton’s league goals this season and if the Saints are to stand any chance, he will need to be on top form this afternoon.
Liverpool are undoubtedly proving themselves to be one of the best teams in the world if not the best with their current 41 game unbeaten streak that’s 8 games away from breaching Arsenal’s 49 game unbeaten record. The form they’re bringing to every game is making it impossible to oppose from a neutral perspective and they also go in search of their 54th unbeaten home game in a row. If you can consider it a negative, Liverpool have not scored more than 2 goals in a game since the calendar year started. To counteract that minute issue, they’ve managed to sure up their defensive line and kept clean sheets in 6 of their last 8 games in all competitions.
Sadio Mane got injured in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Wolves and is without doubt, a huge loss and he’s also a former Southampton player that would’ve been facing his former club. Southampton have recently loaned out right back Cedric Soares who has taken part in 16 games this season but has been replaced by a loanee youngster from Tottenham named Kyle Walker-Peters who is an interesting acquisition. The 22-year-old Englishman has played 562 minutes in his short PL career but has managed to get an assist every 110 minutes, very close to one assist a game.
Alex McCarthy has been excellent between the sticks for Southampton, he’s been the starting goalkeeper for 12 games or so now and averages 3.12 saves a game which is hugely relevant for the amount of shots he’s bound to face. Southampton collectively been fantastic to watch rise through the struggles in recent months, they had their 9-0 home loss to Leicester and since have seen a real reversal of fortune. The last four away games for the Saints have brought themselves 4 wins, 2 of which were against Chelsea and considering the previous result, it was a shock to see them beat Leicester.
Ralph Hasenhüttl has incredibly got Southampton up to 9th but taking points from this current Liverpool side seems an impossible ask. Liverpool could definitely be vulnerable to conceding but the offensive power should overwhelm a substandard defence.
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