Southampton v Liverpool Betting Tips – Premier League 11th February 4.30pm
The Saints landed a much-needed win last weekend as they went to the Hawthorns and produced a 3-2 victory to give them a bit of breathing space. It snapped a long streak of winless matches that they were on in the top flight. Can they follow it up in this tough home game though? Liverpool were frustrated with their 2-2 home draw against Spurs last weekend after conceding a late penalty. They will be looking to get three points in the bag in the hot race for a top-four finish.
Southampton News and Form
The Saints snapped their massive twelve match winless streak with a 3-2 victory out at West Brom on the weekend. That was just the ticket they needed to get up and away from the drop zone a little bit. The Saints are unbeaten in their last four played now in the Premier League (W1 D3) so they have been harder to beat as of late. That has to be counted as a positive for them. Their last two at St Mary’s have ended in a 1-1 draw and four of their last six at home have ended by that scoreline. In the bet365 correct score market a 1-1 draw is at 7/1 odds* (Betting Odds taken on February 5th, 2018 at 8:13 p.m.). Just how much will that win have done for them? Southampton have only won three league home games this season (D6 L5) and they have not collected one in any of their last six home fixtures. They are on a good scoring streak of seven home games though, but flip that around and they have conceded in their last eight at home. Still, it may add up nicely to a both teams to score option offering a bit of value.
Liverpool News and Form
The Reds thought that they had beaten Tottenham last weekend before shipping a late, late penalty. Still, they have only lost one league game since losing against Spurs back in October last year, so it has been great form from them. The only defeat in their last seven league games was out at Swansea recently, but Liverpool immediately snapped back to winning away form as they took a 3-0 win at Huddersfield in their next game. The Reds are W7 D3 L3 this season out on the road now and they have scored so freely at an average of 2.5 goals per game away from Anfield. That’s impressive, but they also have not been all that watertight at the back away from home and we have seen many examples this term of them throwing away leads. 62% of their away games have gone over 3.5 which is staggering. Mo Salah was at it again last weekend with a brace and he is the bet365 7/2 outright first goalscorer favorite* (Betting Odds taken on February 5th, 2018 at 8:13 p.m.). Liverpool have been leading at half time in seven of their away games this season and they have split their goals evenly over the first and second half of matches. The Reds have actually opened the scoring in 9 of their 13 road games.
Southampton v Liverpool Head to Head
Southampton could not deal with Liverpool in a heavy 3-0 loss at Anfield for them back in November. If you look at the recent battles that these two have had thought, Southampton are slightly up with a W3 D3 L2 against Liverpool in all competitions. The Saints have lost just one of their last six games against Liverpool home and away in all competitions. Southampton are also unbeaten in their last two home games against the Reds too, collecting four points from those games. Four of the last five games between these two of them have gone under 2.5 goals.
Southampton v Liverpool Betting Odds*
Liverpool 3/4, Draw 11/4, Southampton 10/3* (Betting Odds taken on February 5th, 2018 at 8:13 p.m.)
Southampton v Liverpool Predictions
Draw: The Reds will be hungry to put that disappointing result against Spurs behind them and they were comfortable 3-0 winners in their last road game out at Huddersfield. However, the Saints recently held out at home against Spurs and at Old Trafford against United and they may have enough to frustrate the visitors.
