Southampton and Liverpool are going to clash on Sunday the 28th of May at 4:30 pm in the 38th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium.
Southampton is in the 20th place in the standings with 24 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 25 times.
Liverpool sits in the 5th position in the standings with 66 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 19 times, draw 9 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 37.84%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-4-2 (13 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Rubén Sellés Salvador is expected to play against Liverpool with the following players: Alex McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Lyanco, James Bree, Roméo Lavia, Mohamed Elyounoussi, James Ward-Prowse, C. Alcaraz, Theo Walcott and Joe Aribo.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Southampton would be 27.09.
Rubén Sellés Salvador will probably not be able to employ Che Adams because of injury.
Armel Bella-Kotchap, Juan Larios López, Romain Perraud and Mohammed Salisu will definitely miss the match.
Liverpool
Liverpool has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (31 times or 83.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (31 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Jürgen Klopp is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: Alisson, Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Liverpool would be 29.82.
Jürgen Klopp will probably not be able to employ Naby Keïta and Darwin Nuñez because of injury.
Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira, Calvin Ramsey, Thiago Alcântara and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will definitely miss the match.