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Premier League leaders Liverpool travel to Southampton as they look to increase their lead over reigning champions Manchester City to eight points ahead of next weekend’s Anfield showdown.

Arne Slot’s side entered the weekend top of the table with a five point advantage after an incredible start under their new boss and a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa before the international break.

And City’s stunning 4-0 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday night, Pep Guardiola’s fifth defeat in a row in all competitions, means the Reds can open up a clear gap at the top of the table before hosting the champions next weekend.

Russell Martin’s Saints secured their first win of the season when they faced Everton in their last home fixture but they were defeated in a crucial clash with Wolves last time out. They are bottom of the table and desperately need to turn around their form or else they’ll face the drop back into the Championship.

Southampton 0-0 Liverpool

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Robertson sweeps in the first cross of the day, and Nunez narrowly misses it after good defending from Downes.

The home side try and make their first foray forward but it’s not troubling Liverpool at the moment, as Fernandes fires a shot from distance straight at Kelleher.

Chris Wilson24 November 2024 14:05

Southampton 0-0 Liverpool

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The hosts have set up in a back five to begin with, with Fraser and Walker-Peters as wing-backs.

Liverpool have started on the front foot, as you’d expect, and Jones and Salah nearly combine to create an opening down the right.

Chris Wilson24 November 2024 14:02

KICK-OFF! Southampton 0-0 Liverpool

The visitors get us underway at St. Mary’s!

Chris Wilson24 November 2024 14:00

Southampton vs Liverpool LIVE

The two sides are in the tunnel at St. Mary’s, so we’ll be underway soon.

Liverpool have a huge chance to extend their lead at the top of the table today – they’d go eight points ahead with a win.

Chris Wilson24 November 2024 13:56

Southampton vs Liverpool LIVE

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Chris Wilson24 November 2024 13:50

Match facts

Liverpool’s last Premier League game against Southampton was a 4-4 away draw in May 2023 – they conceded as many goals in that game as they had in their previous six visits to St Mary’s combined.

So far, the Reds have won nine of their 11 Premier League games under new head coach Arne Slot (D1 L1). A win over Southampton will see the Dutchman become the joint-fastest manager to reach 10 wins from the start of a Premier League career (12 games), alongside Guus Hiddink in May 2009 and Carlo Ancelotti in November 2009 (both with Chelsea).

Mohamed Salah has both scored and assisted in the same match 35 times in the Premier League (including four already this term), just one shy of Wayne Rooney’s record of 36 games with both a goal and assist in the competition. The Egyptian has been directly involved in 11 goals (7 goals, 4 assists) in 11 Premier League appearances against Southampton.

Chris Wilson24 November 2024 13:45

Martin: “It’s such an exciting month"

Russell Martin called December an “exciting month” in his press conference, adding that “we should be excited about the challenge”.

“We showed the guys the table how it looked at this point last season, and how much it changed by the end of December. It’s such an exciting month.

“People talk about the difficulty of the games and the level of competition we face in the next four or five games, but it’s what we’ve worked so hard for and we should be excited about the challenge.

“Teams have shown in recent weeks that you can pick up big results against big teams and good opposition. We’re going to have to at some point if we’re going to achieve what we want to achieve.”

He added that Liverpool are “the best team in the country at the moment on current form”, and went on to praise Arne Slot’s start as boss.

“When you go into a club that’s built on something for so long with top players that have bought into that, he hasn’t changed too much. It’s the best management at that point to continue some of the brilliant things they were good at, and put his own spin on it, which he has done.”

Chris Wilson