Southampton vs Liverpool, January 4, 2021: The defending Premier League champions Liverpool will take on Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton. In Liverpool's opening match of 2021 on Monday night, they are on their own at the Premier League table's top when they visit Southampton.
In the last five matches, Liverpool has won two and drawn three matches against Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, and Newcastle United respectively. While Southampton is standing at the ninth position with one win, one loss and three drawing matches in the last five Premier League form.
How to watch Southampton vs Liverpool Live stream
The Premier League broadcast will be provided in the United Kingdom on SKY GO Extra, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Premier League, and Sky Sports Main Event. The Southampton vs Liverpool live score will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live. For the United States of America, there you can watch this match on UNIVERSO NOW, NBCSports.com, NBCSN, SiriusXM FC, NBC Sports App, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, UNIVERSO.
Live scores will be updated regularly on the social media pages of the two teams.
Venue: St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Date: Monday, January 4, 2021
SOU vs LIV Playing XI
Southampton playing XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Ward-Prowse, Diallo, Armstrong, Djenepo, Ings, Walcott.
Subs: Lewis, Long, Valery, Smallbone, Tella, Vokins, Ramsay, N’Lundulu, Chauke.
Liverpool playing XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Henderson, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Thiago, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Kelleher, Milner, Jones, Minamino, Shaqiri, Origi, Rhys Williams, Phillips, Neco Williams.
Liverpool vs Southampton prediction, team news
The defending champions' Virgil van Dijk is yet to recover completely from his ligament injury, while Naby Keita also sits out following a muscle issue. Konstantinos Tsimikas, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, and Diogo Jota are also not available on this trip to Southampton.
The Saints' manager Ralph Hasenhuttl will miss out on Jannik Vestergaard due to a knee injury. However, there's still no clarity on the availability of Nathan Redmond.
SOU vs LIV prediction: Liverpool having clear chances to win the game against Southampton.
*Prediction is based on our own analysis.
