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Liverpool will be aiming to maintain their place at the top of the Premier League table this afternoon when they travel to face Southampton.
The Reds are sitting five points clear of Manchester City at the summit of the top-flight and life under Arne Slot could hardly have started any better.
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Liverpool continued their winning form against Villa before the breakCredit: Getty
A 2-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break enabled them to take advantage of all four teams below them dropping crucial points.
They have been virtually unstoppable this season, scoring 21 goals and only conceding six in their opening 11 league fixtures.
So that means it will be an incredibly hard task for bottom-of-the-table Southampton to pick up just their second victory of the campaign on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah and Slot are both closing in on some Premier League history.
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Having won nine of his opening 11 matches in charge, the Liverpool boss is set to equal the achievements of Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti.
If the Reds win again, Slot will have reached 10 wins in the top-flight in the joint-fastest time along with Hiddink and Ancelotti who both did so in 12 games for Chelsea.
The Dutchman has settled into his new club seamlessly and Salah has continued to thrive under his latest manager.
He is in such great form that it’s likely he could match the record for scoring and assisting in the same game.
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The Egyptian king has found the net and provided the assist for a goal in the same match 35 times, with Wayne Rooney doing it in 36.
So another dominant performance for Liverpool could well lead to their manager and star player joining some iconic names in the history books.
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Slot has made a superb start to life at LiverpoolCredit: GettySouthampton have won just one of their last 14 Premier League games against Liverpool (D3 L10), a 1-0 home victory in January 2021.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.
Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Stephens, Fraser, Downes, Lallana, Fernandes, Dibling, Armstrong, Onuachu.
Subs: Lumley, Sugawara, Bree, Manning, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Kamaldeen, Brereton Diaz, Archer.
Liverpool: Kelleher, Van Dijk, Konate, Bradley, Robertson, Szoboszlai, Jones, Gravenberch, Gakpo, Salah, Nunez.
Subs: Jaros, Davies, Gomez, Endo, Diaz, Mac Allister, Elliott, Quansah, Morton.
Southampton are the lowest scorers in the Premier League this season (7), while only Crystal Palace (5.1%) have a lower shot conversion rate than Saints (6.2%).
Just 30.1% of Southampton’s shots have been on target this term (34/113), a league-low ratio.Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in 67% of Liverpool’s Premier League goals this season (14/21 – 8 goals, 6 assists), the highest ratio by a player for any side in the division in 2024-25.
Indeed, only Matt Le Tissier for Southampton in 1993-94 (69% - 34/49) has scored or assisted a higher proportion of a side’s goals in a single season in the competition.
Former Premier League striker Troy Deeney came under fire for his recent claims that Liverpool star Salah isn’t a world-class player.
One of those to disagree with his comments was ex-Newcastle and West Ham manager Alan Pardew who told talkSPORT: “Yes.
It's efficiency that he's about.”
Ex-Premier League manager Alan Pardew hits back at Troy Deeney's huge Mo Salah claim that he is not world classOnly Manchester City are averaging more passes/game (642) and a higher passing accuracy (91%) than Southampton (543, 89%) in the Premier League this season.
However, just 22% of the Saints’ passes have ended in the final 1/3, a league-low ratio.This will be the first Premier League match between the side starting the day bottom of the table and the side starting the day top since April 2023, and Southampton’s 3-3 draw away to Arsenal.
Mary’s Stadium is scheduled for 2pm.
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