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Southampton face a trip to Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 31 out of 45 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2003, with Southampton inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Reds in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 14 Mar | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Liverpool | 1 - 2 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 19 Jan | Southampton | 0 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 06 Nov | Liverpool | 3 - 1 | Southampton | LC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Liverpool | 3 - 0 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Liverpool | 1 - 1 | Southampton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 09 Jan | Southampton | 2 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Reds, with 6 goals against.
In complete contrast to Liverpool, Southampton are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Saints have hit 6 goals, 18 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Liverpool find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 31 points they have accumulated from 19 games. Southampton are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 14 points from their 19 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 |
| Southampton | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Saints are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Liverpool. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Southampton | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 6 most recent games. |