3 reasons why Southampton will beat Liverpool this evening

Confidence from draw with Reds in November

It may have been a tricky few weeks for Puel and his side, yet they can look back to their 0-0 draw with Liverpool in November as a confidence-booster ahead of tonight’s game.

The Reds had failed to score in just two of their preceding 11 games before traveling to the South Coast, but the Saints defended brilliantly and thwarted the likes of Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho.

Since then, Liverpool have scored in nine of their ten matches (the only one they didn’t was against Plymouth last weekend), so Southampton clearly know how to defend against Klopp’s side, and they’ll take that into this evening’s game.

And, with the way Liverpool have defended at times this season, you sense that you’ll get chances to score, so keeping it tight defensively could be the key for both sides this evening.